Artists Talk with LVA: March 28. 2024

This week we talked briefly with Gad Niyiragira from the Community Foundation of Louisville about the Bill Fischer Award for Visual Art. Deadline to apply is April 8.

Then Scott Scarboro talked about his latest project:

Scotchamo - "Station to Stereo"

Performing LIVE in the Art FM Performance Studio Friday, March 29  7pm EST 

On March 29 (Good Friday), Scarboro will perform his latest conceptual, improvisational musical/sound collage, "Station to Stereo", a 14 movement piece that draws inspiration from David Bowie's "Station to Station" song/album, the Stations of the Cross as a religion story, the magic of radio waves, and cosmic space travel.

The public is invited to experience the free performance in the Art FM studio or from the comfort of their favorite tune-in spot as the event will be LIVE BROADCASTED on WXOX 97.1 FM and streamed worldwide on www.artxfm.com

The ART FM station's performance space is located at 515 W. Breckinridge Street, Louisville, KY.  The event is Free, BYO food/drink.  Doors open at 6:30pm and the performance will start promptly at 7pm.

Artists Talk With LVA: September 15, 2022

WXOX/Art FM celebrates 10 years AND its GiveForGood Louisville so Station Manager Sharon Scott talks about the history & future of 97.1. Tune in to 97.1 FM/Artxfm.com each Thursday at 10 am to hear Artists Talk with LVA.

SHARON M. SCOTT established ARTxFM in 2011 with the purpose of providing artists and community members access to the airwaves for creative and experimental use. Streaming live around the world 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, the ARTxFM schedule includes music, talk, and experimental programming.

She is also an author, artist, and cultural historian. Her premier book Toys and American Culture: An Encyclopedia received outstanding reviews from Booklist, The American Journal of Play, and Lawrence Looks at Books.

Sharon has spoken on the importance of freeform broadcasting at national events such as the Grassroots Radio Conference, College Broadcasters Inc., and the CMJ Music Marathon. Her radio advocacy on behalf of artists and community members has gained the attention of publications such as The Chronicle of Higher Education, Southern Living, The College Music Journal, and The New York Times. 

Artists Talk With LVA: June 30, 2022

Lance G. Newman II is the recipient of the 2022 Bill Fisher Prize for Visual Arts. We talked with him about the impact he expects the $7000 award will have on his practice. tune in to WXOX 97.1 FM/Artxfm.com each Thursday at 10 am to hear Artists Talk with LVA.

Lance G. Newman II, is a writer, poet, host, actor, performing, visual, and teaching artist. His experience is the culmination of a 16-year career performing around the country. As a playwright, he helped create plays such as the “Smoketown Poetry Opera,“ ”The Westend Poetry Opera” and “The Blood Always Returns.“ Under the name, SpreadLovEnterprise, he teaches his creative writing and public speaking curriculum in schools, community centers, and service-providing organizations. He co-hosts the largest and longest-running poetry slam in Louisville; created the public art “LITS Project” on 4th st; just managed the annual Southern Fried Poetry Festival here in Louisville, and last night was presented with the 2022 Bill Fisher Prize for the Visual Arts by the Community Foundation of Louisville and Louisville Visual Art.

Artists Talk with LVA: April 21, 2022

Applications for the 2022 Bill Fisher Award in Visual Arts are now open and Simone Sibley-McBride of the Community Foundation of Louisville and Louisville Metro Public Art Administrator Jessica Kincaid talked about what make for a good submission. Tune in to WXOX 97.1 FM/Artxfm.com each Thursday at 10 am to hear Artists Talk with LVA.

Simone Sibley-McBride joined the Community Foundation of Louisville’s Mission & Impact team as the Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) Manager and Program Manager in December 2021. Simone is passionate about improving community and organizational equity, systems, and wellness. She supports the Foundation in implementing equitable departmental strategies around DEI, Anti-racism, grantmaking, trust-based philanthropy scholarship practices, and evaluation of organizational impact.

Jessica Bennett Kincaid has been a curator and writer based in Louisville,  Kentucky for several years, and she was recently appointed Public Art Administrator for Louisville Metro Govt. She was previously the Manager of Permanent Collections for 21c Museum and before that the coordinator of collections and exhibitions at the University of Louisville Hite Art Institute, where she also served as a lecturer in art history.  

The Bill Fischer Award for Visual Artists is a $7,000 cash prize designed to make a meaningful impact on the career of a visual artist residing in the Louisville Metro Area by providing support in the form of grants for the execution and exhibition of artwork and other efforts to foster a professional career as a visual artist. Recipients of the Fischer Award must show a commitment to experimentation and the creative use of materials and techniques, and a commitment to pursuing a career as a professional working visual artist.

Apply here: louisvillevisualart.org/fischer-award

DEADLINE: May 2, 2022, @11:59 PM (EST)

Artebella On The Radio: June 24

Carlos Gamez de Francisco is the winner of the 2021 Fischer Award for Visual Art and one of the Featured Artists in the 2021 LVA art[squared] Online Auction, so there was plenty to talk about! Tune in to WXOX 97.1 FM, or stream on Artxfm.com Thursdays at 10 am.

Cuban-born artist Carlos Gamez de Fransisco is a painter, sculptor, photographer, and filmmaker who is interested in history and storytelling in his work. Gamez de Francisco uses a Baroque aesthetic with a sense of contemporary fashion to create portraits that blend historical references with a modern painterly approach. His work has been collected by the Evansville Museum, 21C Museum, the Fashion Resource Center at the Art Institute of Chicago, the Cuba Ocho Museum and Performing Arts Center, Polanco’s Collection in Havana, Cuba, and Louisville’s Metro Hall.

Carlos is the winner of the 2021 Fischer Award for Visual Art, granted by the Community Foundation of Louisville and Louisville Visual Art. He is also one of the Featured Artists for the 2021 art[squared] Fundraiser