ART TALKS WITH LVA
LVA strives to work with innovative thinkers, enthusiastic supporters, and those in the community who want to help visual arts move forward — Art Talks with LVA is just one way we make that happen! Art Talks with LVA delves into artists’ work and history, and also the larger artistic and cultural contexts surrounding them.
Meet The Man Behind Art Talks with LVA
Keith Waits, Writer & Managing Editor
keith@louisvillevisualart.org
Born and raised in Louisville, Keith Waits has been involved with the LVA off-and-on since the late 1980s, eventually joining LVA as Facility Manager in 2006, where he now manages the day-to-day operations of the gallery space.
Keith studied Fine Art at three institutes of higher learning, including the Louisville School of Art. He has also been involved with Walden Theatre, including support work in set design and construction and managing the operation of a visual art exhibition space at the Theatre. Keith has also worked professionally as a Manager and Purchaser in retail bookselling.
In addition to his work at the LVA, Keith is also the Managing Editor of a website, arts-louisville.com, which covers local visual arts, theatre, and music in Louisville.
Art Talks with LVA's History
Artebella Daily was an on-line initiative launched in October 2012 by Louisville Visual Art. Artebella Daily was, for nearly four years, a five-days- a-week email highlighting individual artists working and exhibiting in the Louisville area. In that time, Artebella Daily delivered over 700 individual emails showcasing the work of more than 300 artists. Thousands of subscribers from all around the world have been learning about artists from the Kentuckiana region.
Beginning in September 2016, Artebella dropped the Daily and was rebranded to reflect a new vision of representing visual artists in Louisville and its surrounding area. Drawing on feedback from artists and arts professionals within the community, as well as the metrics that tell us what your viewing habits are, Louisville Visual Art's staff developed a revised blog format and schedule for the four-year- old online program that will provide a fresh delivery system for Artebella material.
We are always taking submissions for consideration for Art Talks with LVA. We welcome artists from every medium to submit (including video artists and installation artists). There is no membership or fee required to submit your work. We only ask that artists live with in the state of Kentucky or within a 50 mile radius of the Louisville area—this includes areas of Southern Indiana. We do make exceptions for artists that live outside of the radius, but have exhibited work in the Louisville/Kentucky area. Artists can also submit up to four times a year for consideration (once each quarter of the year).