Open Studio Weekend is November 7 & 8, so the next two weeks we will be talking with a few of the participating artists. LVA leader Kristian Anderson joins me along with Trish Korte, Philip High, & Rebecca Norton. Tune in to WXOX 97.1 FM, or stream on Artxfm.com each Thursday at 10 am to hear Keith Waits talk with artists on LVA's Artebella On The Radio. https://www.louisvillevisualart.org/osw
Trish Korte is a exhibiting artist and licensed visual arts educator and currently an MFA candidate it the University of Louisville’s Hite Institute for Art. She has taught for LVA’s Children’s Fine Art Classes for many years Her art classes exceed the Visual Arts Standards so that you always know kids are getting rich learning experiences while having fun.
Philip High was born in Louisville, Kentucky and studied painting, printmaking and ceramics at the University of Kentucky in Lexington. His career in graphic arts took him to Atlanta, Georgia, and Mobile, Alabama. Years later he returned to Lexington, he shifted his focus back to fine art. Philip has received regional, national and international awards for fine art and illustration in both digital and traditional media and currently lives in Louisville, Kentucky.
Rebecca Norton,’s work examines theories of synthesis and connectivity as they relate to the activity of reconstructing reality in vision and thought. She takes a special interest in color theory and problems of the mathematical intelligibility of natural phenomena. Norton has exhibited nationally and internationally. She has been a contributing writer for The Brooklyn Rail, Arts in Bushwick and Abstract Critical. Rebecca Norton currently lives and works in Louisville, KY.
LVA Executive Director Kristian Anderson has 15 years’ experience in the arts and culture sector, most recently as Senior Policy Advisor to the Mayor of Salt Lake City. In that role, he oversaw a variety of community, operational and political projects encompassing arts and culture as well as land use, urban design, economic development and more. Prior to his mayoral appointment, Kristian was for four years the Executive Director of the Utah Museum of Contemporary Art and Executive Director for the Association of Academic Museums and Galleries in Seattle.