Artebella On The Radio: October 28

Ed "Nardie" White is our guest this week. Since retiring from River City Drum Corp he has been focusing on photography and is included in Through Their Eyes: Future, Present, Past: An LVA Exhibit for Louisville’s Metro Hall through November 23, 2021. Tune in to WXOX 97.1 FM/Artxfm.com each Thursday at 10 am to hear Keith Waits talk with artists.

Edward “Nardie” White devoted his life to leading the African-American drum corps he co-founded with his wife, Zambia Nkrumah in Louisville, Kentucky three decades ago. Together they inspired youth from their West Louisville neighborhood to thrive by connecting them with the art and cultural traditions of their African ancestors. After leaving this legacy to his successor, Mr. White decided to pursue his lifelong passion for photography.

Mr. White’s first public photography exhibition, Edward “Ed” White - The Historian took place at the Kentucky College of Art + Design. He currently is a part of Through Their Eyes: Future, Present, Past: An LVA Exhibit for Louisville’s Metro Hall October 8 – November 23, 2021

Artebella On The Radio: September 30

Esther Callahan is the 2021 Great Meadows Critic-in-Residence. We had a blast talking to her this week halfway through her residency. You won't want to miss this interview so tune in to WXOX 97.1 FM or stream on Artxfm.com Thursday at 10 am.

Esther Callahan is an African American independent curator, arts organizer, and feminist scholar with roots in Minnesota. Over the past 20+ years in the Twin Cities, she has created and co-created various platforms for cultural production rooted in interrogating the impact of racial and gender equity. She is the former Co-Director of the Emerging Curators Institute, a Minnesota-based nonprofit designed to build the individual practices of emerging curators from diverse backgrounds. In 2018-2019 she was Curatorial Fellow at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts (Mia), where she co-founded the Curatorial Advisory Committee—embracing all departments in Mia, including facilities, accounting, and visitor information—which has been adopted at Mia and other museums to help inform Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, and Inclusion practice in curatorial work. 

And LVA is excited to announce that Esther has agreed to conduct the next entry in our Artist Resource Series in October. Look for the date and how to register to be announced SOON!

Artebella On The Radio: April 29

Kyle Citrynell, Vallorie Henderson, Ramona Lindsey, & Sarah Lindgren recently participated in a State of the Arts panel for LVA, and this week we will listen to portions of that conversation. Tune in to WXOX 97.1 FM, or stream on Artxfm.com this Thursday at 10 am to join in.

As the COVID pandemic slowly begins to wind down and 2020 gains distance in our rear-view mirror, it feels like a time to take stock. How did artists fare in the time of pandemic and what has been their contribution to society in such difficult times? We also want to talk about what resources are available for artists and what the immediate future might look like in the “new normal” awaiting us all. For this conversation we welcome four highly respected professionals who have experience with these and other related questions: 

Kyle Citrynell has a national litigation and transactional practice in the areas of arts, entertainment, media, publishing, and technology, and intellectual property law. Kyle has litigated copyright, trademark, trade dress, trade secret and patent matters, and cases involving business torts and unfair competition, as well as employment and product liability. She has worked with for-profit and tax-exempt organizations from formation and as corporate counsel covering a wide variety of licensing, merchandising, distribution, and franchising transactions for any and all manner of creatives.

Vallorie Henderson is the Center Director, Kentucky Small Business Development Center in Berea, which is the first SBDC in the U.S. that focuses on the impact created by entrepreneurs working within the creative and tourism sectors of the U.S. economy. Vallorie has also served as Business Development Director of the Kentucky Arts Council and is herself a Working textile artist. 

Sarah Lindgren is currently the Public Art Administrator for Louisville Metro Government where she supports Arts & Culture initiatives within Develop Louisville, a city department that includes a range of land and community development programs.  

Sarah manages the city's External Agency Fund grants for arts programs, as well as public art collections and exhibitions. Recent projects include the city’s “Build Back Better, Together” initiative, and “Making It Public”, a series of public art workshops and opportunities, in collaboration with Forecast Public Art and Community Foundation of Louisville.

Sarah currently serves on Louisville’s Commission on Public Art, Arts & Culture Alliance Board, and Kentucky Arts Council Peer Advisory Network.

Ramona Dallum Lindsey joined the Community Foundation of Louisville in 2017 and is currently a Senior Program Officer where she is primarily responsible for several foundation efforts focusing on racial justice, community empowerment, and leadership development. Before that, she was at KMAC Museum as their Director of Education and Museum Educator. As a practicing mixed media textile artist, Ramona’s artistic practice and visionary background equip her to think outside traditional processes to coordinate, design, develop, implement, advise and manage philanthropic, civic, and cultural initiatives shifting decision making to those most impacted by systemic injustice.