Mural artist Liz Richter was our guest this Thursday. Liz is being recognized as the Emerging Artist at the Louisville Visual Art Honors event on February 7. We talked about murals, art education, and other things. Tune in to WXOX 97.1 FM, or stream on ArtXFM.com each Thursday at 10:00 am to hear Keith Waits talk with artists.
Liz Richter was born in Paducah, KY and raised in rural Southeast Missouri. Although primarily focused on painting and drawing, Liz also explores wearable art, printmaking and other mixed media.
In 2016, she expanded into larger public art projects, completing a 1300 sq. ft. mural in Hikes Point, Louisville. Since then, she has completed other large murals for clients such as Kroger and Google Fiber. She views large-scale works and community live-paintings as an opportunity to draw the audience into the joy of the process, and engage younger artists, to empower the next generation of creatives. She has said, "I just want to cover the whole world in so much color that you can't hear or think anything but positivity."
In 2019 she was one of the featured artists in the Imagine Mural Festival sponsored by Metro Louisville and the Fund for the Arts, and she will be recognized as the Emerging Artist at the LVA Honors luncheon on Feb 7
Louisville Visual Art Honors
Honoring Nana Lampton, Billy Hertz, Che Rhodes, & Liz Richter
February 7, 2020 - 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM
Kentucky Center for African American Heritage - 1701 W Muhammad Ali Blvd
