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.

Artists Talk with LVA: March 16, 2023

LVA Honors is March 22 and this week we talk with two of the Honorees, Doug DeWeese (Visual Art Educator) & Ceirra Evans (Emerging Artist). Tune in to WXOX 97.1 FM/Artxfm.com at 10 am each Thursday to hear Artists Talk with LVA.

Douglas DeWeese was born and raised in Louisville and has taught art in that community for Jefferson County Public Schools for nearly 27 years.  Doug earned his Bachelor’s degree in Georgia, a Master of Art in Teaching the visual arts from the University of Louisville, and is a National Board Certified teacher.

He has been a part of the visual art faculty at duPont Manual High School for 21 years where he teaches painting, drawing, and printmaking classes.  He has been vital in modernizing and continuing high standards for the visual art magnet program and school, serving on the Admissions Committee, Instructional Leadership Team, Hiring Committee, and former sponsor of the National Art Honor Society at duPont Manual High School.  

Ceirra Evans is a Louisville-based painter depicting Appalachia and the working-class southern narrative. Ceirra’s work has been reviewed by Hyperallergic, The New Yorker, and other publications. Her work is exhibited in 21c Louisville and is held in multiple private collections.

Born and raised in Eastern Kentucky, Evans’ body of work depicts scenes directly from her early life in the foothills of the Appalachian region. Her work depicts stories of generational poverty, trauma, rural queerness, and familial relationships. Ceirra’s work uses humor and illustration to sift through the discourse critiquing the region.

Artists Talk with LVA: March 9, 2023

This week we talk with Sunyang Lim in South Korea about the Korea Fiber Art Forum and Feral Fagiola about the exhibit she has curated for the 849 Gallery, Solve et Coagula, opening Friday. Tune in to WXOX 97.1 FM/Artxfm.com each Thursday at 10 am to hear Artists Talk with LVA.

Sunyang Lim is a Professor, Dongduk Women’s University, Seoul, Korea Fiber Arts, and Textile Design. She earned both a BFA and MFA from Dongduk Women’s University, Seoul, Korea, BFA, and has also studied at SUNY and in France and received her Ph.D. from Hanyang University. She is just one of the many artists participating in the Korea Fiber Form Biennial in Louisville. Her work can be seen at KMAC.

Feral Fagiola is an interdisciplinary artist exploring desire, power, and fetish in their work. Feral’s practice engages industrial materials, processes, and spaces as refractions of physical and implied structures of power on the body. Their sculptural objects, installations, and performances fantasize bodily possibilities through erotic rituals and material transformations. They are now the studio manager at Kentucky College of Art + Design (KYCAD).

Solva et Cuaglia, curated by Feral Fagiola is at KYCAD’s 849 Gallery through the end of March