Artists Talk with LVA: December 5, 2024

John & Peter outside the WXOX Studios.

Lida Gordon: Process and Materials runs December 6 through February 25, 2025 at the Cressman Center for Visual Arts. There will be an opening reception Friday, December 6 from 5 - 7 pm.

Peter Bodnar III is an artist living in Louisville and Vinalhaven, Maine. He was an Assistant Professor at the Louisville School of Art from 1976 to 1983 and has taught at the University of Louisville. He was also a Visiting Lecturer in Drawing and Painting at Spalding University. 

John Begley is a Printmaker, Installation, and Video Artist. From 1975 to 2014 he was a Curator and Gallery Director, including 19 years as Executive Director of LVA and several years with the UofL’s Hite Art Institute.

Lida Gordon's drawings and installations deal with archetypical female imagery in a contemporary context. She won many fellowships and awards including the Al Smith Fellowship: Kentucky Arts Council- National Endowment for the Arts in 1993, the Southern Arts Federation - National Endowment for the Arts in 1992, the Kentucky Arts Council Professional Assistance Award Fellowship in 1992, and the Kentucky Foundation for Women Visual Arts Grant in 1988. She was an Assistant Professor at the Louisville School of Art and founded the Fiber Art department at the University of Louisville’s Hite Institute for Art + Design.

Artists Talk with LVA: October 31, 2024

Teresa Koester will open 'Gaia's Sentinels" at the LVA Gallery on November 8. Tune in to WXOX 97.1 FM/Artxfm.com each Thursday at 10 am to hear Artists Talk with LVA.

Teresa Koester is a mother,  teaching artist, poet, light kindler, gardener, nature lover and skipper of ghost ships.

She has taught art for all age levels but specializes in adolescent and adult learning. She taught at Louisville Collegiate School, Bellarmine University, at the University of Kentucky. She is a mindfulness meditation practitioner trained in mindfulness education by Mindful Schools and has developed her own curriculum in art practice meditation. The prestigious Scholastic Art & Writing Awards commended Teresa as a National Medalist Educator for four consecutive years 2016-2019 based on the work of her students. 

“Curiosity fuels my practice, and a sacred respect for the earth fills my wellspring.”

“Gaia’s Sentinels”, an exhibit by Teresa Koester will open at The LVA Gallery on November 8 with a reception from 6-8 pm.

Artists Talk with LVA: February 22, 2024

Donna R. Charging, Suyun Son, & Chloe Cheng are all MFA candidates at the University of Louisville's Hite Institute and they joined us in the WXOX studio this week. Tune into Artists Talk with LVA every Thursday at 10 am on 97.1 WXOX-FM or stream on Artxfm.com

Donna, Suyun, & Chloe all have a thesis exhibition scheduled at the MFA building in the Portland neighborhood.

Donna’s exhibit, That Limbless Sign, is now open and closes on February 23.

Suyun Son’s exhibit, Authentic Fake, runs from March 5 through April 1, with a reception on Friday, March 8 from 5-7 pm.

Chloe Cheng’s exhibit, Alabaster Glory, runs from April 12 through May 12 with a reception on Friday, April 12 from 6-8 pm.

Artists Talk with LVA: September 28, 2023

Marcelle Gianelloni & C.J. Pressma will be exhibiting together at Pyro Gallery as part of the 2023 Louisville Photo Biennial. We will be talking with them in the studio this week. Tune in to WXOX 97.1 FM/Artxfm.com each Thursday at 10 am to hear Artists Talk with LVA.

C..J. Pressma founded the Center for Photographic Studies – an alternative school of creative photography, in 1970. The Center provided a learning experience for those seeking to explore photography as creative expression. During its eight- year existence the center attracted students from over 35 states and foreign countries to its full-time resident program and provided part-time instruction and darkroom access for hundreds of students in the Louisville metropolitan area. In 1978 he was awarded a National Endowment Fellowship in Photography.

Pressma is also a multimedia producer and marketing communications specialist. In 1984, his seven part series Witness to the Holocaust, was released in the U.S. and Canada where it remains in distribution today. Witness to the Holocaust has received numerous national awards.

Marcelle Gianelloni went to The Chain School, attended Wheaton College, studied Spanish at the Middlebury Language School and received a Masters In Education at Lesley University. She has been the curator of Education at the Louisville Zoo since 1984.

Pressma/Gianelloni/Perspectives
September 29 through October 22, 2023 at Pyro Gallery
Opening Reception: Sunday, October 1, 2023, 1-4 pm
Artist’s Talk: Saturday, October 7, 1 pm
Gallery Hours: Friday and Saturday 12-6 pm, Sunday 1-4 pm

Artists Talk with LVA: June 8, 2023

On June 9th Revelry Gallery opens a new photography exhibition entitled: Light & Sound: A Local Lens on Live Music, curated by local writer-filmmaker Mark Rabinowitz and featuring his work as well as that of three other local photographers who have turned their lenses on Louisville's vibrant local music scene: Will Fenwick, Tess Fulkerson, and Rylee Gordon

Mark & one of the artists, Tess Fulkerson, joined us in the studio this week. Tune in to WXOX 97.1 FM/Artxfm.com each Thursday at 10 am to hear Artists Talk with LVA.

Mark Rabinowitz is the co-founder of seminal independent film news service indieWIRE.com and has been active in the independent film world as a journalist, producer, acquisitions executive, film festival staffer, and consultant since 1995. 

Tess Fulkerson is a 26-year-old multidisciplinary artist who is active in the Louisville, KY music and arts scene, with her main medium being photography. Her grainy, black-and-white photography style has become a staple in the local scene. She is also in a band called “qwerty” and does booking, tour managing, and music reviews for other local and non-local artists. Tess also has a computer engineering and computer science degree from the University of Louisville.