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: November 19

Master Muralist Charlie Nunn is in Louisville conducting a workshop for Black Mural Artists through LVA and we recorded an interview with him for this Thursday's show. 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.

Charlie Nunn is a Louisville native now living in New York City where he works for Colossal Media. With Darius Dennis and Jared Diaz he is currently involved with creating the “I Am” series of large scale murals in Chicago and Louisville with a 3rd in the series now due to happen in Rochester, NY. The Louisville mural, “I Am Singing” is on The Nia Center at 2900 West Broadway.

“I Am Singing” is on The Nia Center in Louisville.

Artebella On The Radio: June 4, 2020

Ashley Cathey, Jaylin Stewart, & Chip Kafale Calloway are 3 of the 7 artists who will be featured in LVA's art[squared] online fundraiser on June 25, and they also happen to be Black artists who have something to say in this moment. Listen to them on this extended edition of LVA's Artebella On The Radio. The interview runs for about 1 hour and 16 minutes. Tune in each Thursday) at 10:00 am on WXOX 97.1 FM, or stream on ARTXFM.com.

Ashley Cathey is a Louisville native whose paintings have brought her to prominence in a fairly short time after moving back to Louisville from Chicago. When she returned, she quickly found her footing and exhibited work in a group show at the Louisville Community Center, one of the Metro Parks community centers overseen by Portia White. From there, Cathey caught the attention of ArtsReach’s Julia Youngblood, who commissioned Cathey to create a series of portraits, which ArtsReach used for posters for their annual Keepers of the Dream celebration at the Kentucky Center for the Arts.

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. Since the stay-at-home quarantine, she has kept busy executing chalk sidewalk murals in tribute to health care workers.

Chip Kafele Calloway is Owner / Designer / Creator at MAD MOON VyBE Artwork and Dj/Co-host at WXOX 97.1 FM.