Artists Talk with LVA: May 25, 2023

Carrie Johns & Anil Vinayakan are both participating in this Saturday's LVA Paint Out at The Louisville Nature Center. We will talk about that and other places their work can be seen. Tune in to WXOX 97.1 FM/Artxfm.com each Thursday at 10 am to hear Artists Talk with LVA.

Carrie Johns is a native of Georgetown Indiana who studied Fine Arts at Indiana University Southeast and Art History at the University of Louisville. On Facebook, she is Carrie Johns Art and you can see her work at Carriejohnsart.com. She recently completed an epic mural for the New Albany Opera House.

Anil Vinayakan studied at Christ College, Kerala, and is an M.D. in Louisville. He is a painter and photographer who has an upcoming exhibit Horses and Places, at Kore Gallery June 1 - 30 with an opening reception on June 3.

On May 27, come watch artists paint at The Louisville Nature Center and Joe Creason Park. Paintings will be for sale after judging at 3:00 pm. Look for us at the tennis courts parking lot.

Artists Talk With LVA: September 1, 2022

Jaylin Stewart just completed a large mural at California Community Center as part of being the first artist in the Artist Catalyst program with LVA & Mural Arts Philadelphia. She will be talking about the project with Desmone Stepp from LVA. Tune in to WXOX 97.1 FM/Artxfm.com Thursday at 10 am to hear Artists Talk with LVA.

Jaylin Stewart is an artist from West Louisville who has dedicated her talents to victims of violence & the community by creating therapeutic artwork. Although primarily a painter, her three-dimensional installation, God Rest America, was at Scheherezade Gallery in 2019. In 2021 she received the Emerging Artist Award at the 2021 LVA Honors and in 2022 she was the first person in the Artist’s Catalyst program with Mural Arts Philadelphia and Louisville Visual Art resulting in the “This Is Home” a new mural at the California Community Center which was dedicated on August 27.

Desmone Stepp is the Outreach Coordinator for Louisville Visual Arts. She is a recent graduate from the University of Louisville, earning her Bachelor's Degree in Art with a minor in Psychology. As a Health Advocate Leader, Desmone also worked in outreach, organizing and facilitating workshops that connected the campus community. She has also worked as an artist and volunteer with the Healing Walls Project, an organization of BIPOC artists who travel across the United States promoting healing and justice, for those who have been marginalized and oppressed, through the use of public art.

Artebella On The Radio: March 4

Despite all of the challenges, 2020 was a year of accomplishment for Jaylin Stewart and she will be recognized as Emerging Artist at the 2021 LVA Honors on March 11. This week she tells all about it. Tune in to WXOX 97.1 FM, or stream on Artxfm.com Thursday at 10:00 am to hear more about it.

Jaylin Stewart is an artist from West Louisville who has dedicated her talents to victims of violence & the community by creating therapeutic artwork. Through her non-profit company, Adah School of Art she provides visual art instruction to children. Although primarily a painter, her three-dimensional installation, God Rest America, was at Scheherezade Gallery in 2019. As the COVID pandemic overtook us last spring, she kept busy executing chalk sidewalk murals in tribute to health care workers, her portrait of Breonna Taylor gained national recognition, and more recently she has been actively creating new murals like the one at 1600 West Broadway. On March 11 she will receive the Emerging Artist Award at the 2021 LVA Honors, which this year will be a virtual event and fundraiser for Louisville Visual Art. 

Artebella On The Radio: January 30, 2020

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