Artists Talk with LVA: June 6, 2024

Rescheduled from May 30: Printed Zine III Stop Digging happened June 1 with an exhibition at Outsider Art Museum & Gallery. Lindsey Cummins & William Smith will tell us all about it this week. Tune in to WXOX 97.1 FM/Artxfm.com each Thursday at 10 am to hear Artists Talk with LVA.

Lindsey Cummins (she/her) is a Louisville-based independent curator, collector, archivist, and arts community organizer. As the Founder of AVID Collectors, she strives to impact local arts communities by uplifting artists, patrons, and private collections. Lindsey received her education at Louisville’s Hite Art Institute with a degree in Studio Art, Art History, and Modern Culture. She currently serves on the Board of the Portland Museum and the SNAP Art Foundation.  Lindsey was recently selected to be a Curate Purchase Inspire (CPI) Fellow with Louisville Visual Art.

William Smith (he/him) is an Art History and Economics graduate from the University of Louisville. There he acted as Vice President of the Honor Student Council’s Outreach Committee, working to raise awareness for and facilitate interactions between the campus and the creatives of its greater city. William has interned with the Fund for the Arts, and today works as the Administrative Coordinator of the Portland Museum.

Artists Talk With LVA: November 3, 2022

Melissa E. Feldman just wrapped up a stint as the 2022 Great Meadows Critic-In-Residence and she spoke with us about her experiences in Kentucky. Tune in to WXOX 97.1 FM/Artxfm.com each Thursday at 10 am to hear Artists Talk with LVA.

Melissa E. Feldman is an international contemporary art curator and writer. Her practice of over 25 years has focused on novel curatorial approaches, the geo-cultural context of art, and identifying emerging artistic trends. Recent traveling exhibitions include Indie Folk: New Art and Sounds from the Pacific Northwest organized by the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, Pullman, WA (2022-25); Free Play, Independent Curators International, NY (2013-17); Another Minimalism: Art After California Light and Space, Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh (2015-16); and Dance Rehearsal: Karen Kilimnik’s World of Ballet and Theatre, Mills College Art Museum, Oakland (2012-13).

Feldman has held positions for the last several years as Distinguished Visiting Faculty at Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle, and Director of the Neddy Artist Awards at Cornish. A contributor to Art in America, Frieze, and Third Text among others. Feldman has taught at the California College of Art, the San Francisco Art Institute, and Goldsmith's College.

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: December 3

Julien Robson has curated "The Shands Collection: New Directions" which opens at John Brooks' Quappi Projects this week. Both joined us this week to discuss this unprecedented exhibit. Tune in to WXOX 97.1 FM, or stream on Artxfm.com every Thursday at 10:00am to listen to LVA's Artebella On The Radio.

Julien Robson is Director of Great Meadows Foundation, the INhouse Foundation, and Curator of the Shands Collection and the collection of Brook Smith. He also works as a project-based Independent Curator/Consultant. He is based in Louisville, Kentucky in the USA and Vienna, Austria.

Visual artist and poet John Brooks explores themes of identity, memory, death, place, and the transformative power and emotional resonance of particular experiences and what Max Beckmann described as “the deepest feeling about the mystery of being. he is the founder and director of Quappi Projects in Louisville, Kentucky.

The Shands Collection: New Directions is on exhibit December 4, 2020 through January 16, 2021.

Artebella On The Radio: April 16, 2020

Today’s broadcast features and interview with Alison Huff (Commonwealth Theatre Center) and Jackie Pallesen (Kertis Creative) talking about Elevator Artist Resource’s Artist Relief Trust initiative, which has quickly raised the money to fund emergency relief for Kentucky artists. The interview is the first 20 minutes of the show and was remotely pre-recorded the night before because of the pandemic. In fact the entire broadcast was executed remotely as a part of WXOX station management’s efforts to reduce risk to the health and safety of all of it’s on-air personalities.

The Artist Relief Trust is a coalition-led initiative to provide emergency assistance to artists who have lost work due to Coronavirus / COVID-19 and related closures and cancellations. Though applicants must demonstrate that they are working artists, there is no review of their artwork — awards are based on need.

Artist Relief Trust can help. If you’re an artist who is struggling to meet basic needs because of COVID-19, go to

 http://elevatorarts.org/artist-relief-trust/ and apply

Other support resources:

Metro Louisville's official DAILY arts commissioning program: the Louisville Arts Network! Submit your idea in ANY artistic medium - music, literary arts, visual art, etc! You'll have three days to complete the project and you'll get either $150 or $200 (the extra is if you agree to present your work on Lift Up Lou's Facebook page). This is Louisville's own micro-WPA, our own mini-New Deal. Artists and creatives, let's go to work to build a better world right now!!

www.louisvilleartsnetwork.org

APRON, Inc. was founded in 2011 by a group of individuals with ties to the local restaurant community. Apron supporters include owners, servers, chefs and others concerned about our local independent food and beverage service workers. They realize that independent restaurant employees may be susceptible to financial distress in times of crisis.

http://www.aproninc.org/application-for-assistance/