Friday Link Roundup: October 19, 2018

TONIGHT:

Tiffany Calvert: Semper Augustus opens at Moreman Gallery.

Elsa Hansen Oldham "Muses" opens at KMAC.

Deep in Vogue: Louisville’s Treasured Cinema is a series at Speed Cinema celebrating the heyday of the Vogue Theater, for 20 years the city’s premiere art house cinema. Tonight they are screening The Rocky Horror Picture Show with audience participation led by members of Acting Against Cancer.

WEEKEND:

IU Southeast just opened a Faculty Exhibition at The Ogle Center.

Its the last weekend for Maura O'Rourke "everyone should have a place in the choir" at garner narrative.

ONGOING:

Monster Mash - A Graveyard Smash by Harrison Fogle is at Revelry Boutique & Gallery.
This and That, It’s All Abstract: new work by Karen Terhune is at Kore Gallery in the Mellwood Art Center.
Susan Toliver: Menagerie opens at Craft{s} Mercantile and Gallery
When Elements Collide, new work from Casey McKinney, opens in The Pigment Gallery at Mellwood Arts & Entertainment Center.
Aleksandra Stone has a new solo exhibit, Fruits of Labor, at garner narrative.
Pyro Gallery, #MeToo "From Silent to Resilient" Paintings by Debra Lott - guests, Meg White, Sculpture and Rachel Gibbs, Painting.
Jibade-Khalil Huffman Poems For Every Occasion is currently on exhibit at KMAC. 
               

Friday Link Roundup: October 12, 2018

Painting by Susan Tolliver

TONIGHT:

Susan Toliver: Menagerie opens at Craft{s} Mercantile and Gallery.

When Elements Collide, new work from Casey McKinney, opens in The Pigment Gallery at Mellwood Arts & Entertainment Center.

20 years after Matthew Shepherd’s death, Commonwealth Theatre Center opens a new production of The Laramie Project.

Deep in Vogue: Louisville’s Treasured Cinema is a series at Speed Cinema celebrating the heyday of the Vogue Theater for 20 years the city’s premiere art house cinema. Tonight they are screening Harold and Maude and King of Hearts.

SATURDAY:

Monster Mash - A Graveyard Smash by Harrison Fogle opens at Revelry Boutique & Gallery.

This and That, It’s All Abstract: new work by Karen Terhune opens at Kore Gallery in the Mellwood Art Center.

Louisville Artists: Carry On, an exhibit curated by John Begley, is on view at Louisville Visual Art from 12-4pm,

ONGOING:

Aleksandra Stone has a new solo exhibit, Fruits of Labor, at garner narrative.
Pyro Gallery, #MeToo "From Silent to Resilient" Paintings by Debra Lott - guests, Meg White, Sculpture and Rachel Gibbs, Painting.
Frac/tured An abstract introspection by Meredith Harber is at McGrath Art Gallery, Bellarmine University.
Jibade-Khalil Huffman Poems For Every Occasion is currently on exhibit at KMAC. 
Watching the Sky, Waiting for Signs: New Work by Emily Church is at Galerie Hertz.                .

LVA's Artebella On The Radio 10.11.18

What a time we had! Louisville Ballet director Robert Curran, choreographer/dancer Brandon Ragland, and artist Vinhay Keo came in to discuss the Mozart Divertimento collaboration premiering this weekend. All have been my guests before, but never all at once! Tune in to WXOX 97.1 FM/Artxfm.com at 10am each Thursday to hear artists talk about their work on LVA's Artebella On The Radio.

Trained at The Australian Ballet School and having enjoyed a thrilling and fulfilling career with The Australian Ballet as a Principal Artist, Robert Curran is now the Artistic Director of Louisville Ballet. Education and experience continually expanded his ability to move his own body on stage and through this, move an audience through a wide range of emotions. Beyond his dancing career he strives to continue to move people towards a satisfying encounter with dance. Robert is motivated by the form that a dancer gains from training in the traditions of classical ballet, where respect and discipline can facilitate breathtaking strength and freedom. He is also inspired by the innovation that forms the function of any artist, that being to bravely and boldly express oneself through art for the greater good of a community.

Born and raise in Birmingham, Alabama, Brandon Ragland received his early training from Jacqueline Crenshaw Lockhart and continued his dance training at the Alabama School of Fine Arts. In 2007, he graduated from Butler University with a B.S. in Dance-Arts Administration. Since joining the Louisville Ballet in 2010, he has had the opportunity to perform leading roles in a wide range of classical and neoclassical works choreographed by Andre Prokovsky, Val Caniparoli, Serge Lifar, Roger Van Fleteren, Christopher Bruce, Twyla Tharp and George Balanchine. Other works include Bruce Simpson’s Swan Lake, La Slyphide, Ma Cong’s Tethered Pulse, and works by Adam Hougland, Lucas Jervies, and Alun Jones.  As an aspiring choreographer, he has created works for Louisville Ballet, Louisville Ballet Youth Ensemble, Alabama Ballet, Alabama Ballet School, AROVA Contemporary Ballet, Ballet Arkansas, Next Generation Ballet, J. Lockhart Performing Arts Institute, and Sedona Chamber Ballet.

Vinhay Keo is originally from Cambodia, where he spent the first 10 years of his childhood. He earned his BFA from the Kentucky College of Art + Design at Spalding University and I now a graduate student at CalArts. He received the Ellen Battell Stoeckel Fellowship to study at Yale Norfolk Summer School of Art, a Great Meadows Foundation recipient, participated in workshops such as Anderson Ranch Art Center and Anne West’s writing reflection. His work has been exhibited throughout galleries in Louisville, Kentucky with a recent solo exhibition at Moremen Moloney Contemporary Gallery. 

That exhibit, Confront was one of the more important exhibits of 2017, a commentary that spoke to the chaos in American society, the worth and importance of the immigrant in that chaos, and the very core value of diversity that lies at the heart of the United States of America.

Oct. 12-13, 2018 - The Brown Theatre - louisvilleballet.org
Divertimento No. 15 Choreography by George Balanchine
World Premiere Work Choreography by Robert Curran
Scenic and Lighting Design by Vinhay Keo
World Premiere Work Choreography by Brandon Ragland

LVA's Artebella On The Radio 10.4.18

Casey McKinney joined us October 4 on LVA's Artebella On The Radio to discuss his current exhibit, When Elements Collide, at Mellwood Art Center’s Pigment Gallery. Casey is also a sculptor and muralist and you will see examples of both at Mellwood. Tune in to WXOX 97.1 FM/Artxfm.com at 10am each Thursday to listen to artists talk about their work.

Because the host forgot to start the archive recording, the recording picks up about 20 minutes into the hours. Sorry Casey.

Friday Link Roundup: October 5, 2018

“Smile, Baby Doll” by Aleksandra Stone

TONIGHT:

Aleksandra Stone opens a new solo exhibit, Fruits of Labor, at garner narrative.

When Elements Collide, new work from Casey McKinney, opens in The Pigment Gallery at Mellwood Arts & Entertainment Center.

Art Sanctuary presents The Ear Sees, The Eye Hears: Visual art and music by musicians and visual artists.

Speed Cinema begins showings of Dennis Hopper’s The Last Movie.

SATURDAY:

Revelry Boutique & gallery hosts Beer & Bonsai.

THIS WEEK:

Tuesday night the Jack O’ Lantern Spectacular opens at Iroquois Park.

ONGOING:

Louisville Artists: Carry On, an exhibit curated by John Begley, is on view at Louisville Visual Art.
Revelry Boutique Gallery is showing new work by Kathleen Lolley.
Pyro Gallery, #MeToo "From Silent to Resilient" Paintings by Debra Lott - guests, Meg White, Sculpture and Rachel Gibbs, Painting.
Shared Vision-Gayle Cerlan and Jacque Parsley at Craft(s) Gallery & Mercantile
Frac/tured An abstract introspection by Meredith Harber is at McGrath Art Gallery, Bellarmine University.
Jibade-Khalil Huffman Poems For Every Occasion is currently on exhibit at KMAC. 
Watching the Sky, Waiting for Signs: New Work by Emily Church is at Galerie Hertz.                .

LVA's Artebella On The Radio 9.27.18

Sabra Crockett spent the hour with us talking about the new exhibit at Art Sanctuary, The Ears See and The Eyes Hear, local music, and the intersection of art and well-being. Tune in Thursday at 10am to WXOX 97.1 FM/Artxfm.com for LVA's Artebella On the Radio with Keith Waits.

Friday Link Roundup: September 28, 2018

TONIGHT:

The Speed Cinema opens Heather Lenz’ film about Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama, Kusama:Infinity tonight, and it is only here for one weekend.

SATURDAY:

The 2018 Portland Art & Heritage Fair includes a Juried Exhibit from LVA inside the Marine Hospital.

And while you are in Portland, Louisville Artists: Carry On will be on view at LVA 12-4pm.

Jeffersonville launches a new Arts & Cultural District (NoCo) with live music, games, food and LOTS of family fun! 

ONGOING:

Louisville Artists: Carry On, an exhibit curated by John Begley, is on view at Louisville Visual Art.
Functional Design 2018 is at garner narrative.
Revelry Boutique Gallery is showing new work by Kathleen Lolley.
Pyro Gallery, #MeToo "From Silent to Resilient" Paintings by Debra Lott - guests, Meg White, Sculpture and Rachel Gibbs, Painting.
Shared Vision-Gayle Cerlan and Jacque Parsley at Craft(s) Gallery & Mercantile
Frac/tured An abstract introspection by Meredith Harber is at McGrath Art Gallery, Bellarmine University.
Jibade-Khalil Huffman Poems For Every Occasion is currently on exhibit at KMAC. 
Watching the Sky, Waiting for Signs: New Work by Emily Church is at Galerie Hertz.                .

Friday Link Roundup: September 21, 2018

TONIGHT:

Kentucky Center for African American Heritage is hosting a reception and gallery talk for James Pate’s KKK Series: Kin Killing Kin.

Functional Design 2018 Opening Reception at garner narrative.

The Speed Cinema opens Love, Gilda tonight, but Friday is Sold Out. It runs through October 5.

The Bard’s Town Theatre opens the annual Ten-Tucky Festival of Ten Minute Plays.

SUNDAY:

Louisville Artists: Carry On, an exhibit curated by John Begley, opens at Louisville Visual Art with an Artist’s reception.

ONGOING:

Revelry Boutique Gallery is showing new work by Kathleen Lolley.
Pyro Gallery, #MeToo "From Silent to Resilient" Paintings by Debra Lott - guests, Meg White, Sculpture and Rachel Gibbs, Painting.
Shared Vision-Gayle Cerlan and Jacque Parsley at Craft(s) Gallery & Mercantile
Frac/tured An abstract introspection by Meredith Harber is at McGrath Art Gallery, Bellarmine University.
Jibade-Khalil Huffman Poems For Every Occasion is currently on exhibit at KMAC. 
Watching the Sky, Waiting for Signs: New Work by Emily Church is at Galerie Hertz.                .

LVA's Artebella On The Radio 9.20.18

Jan McNary Louden, Tamara Dearing will be appearing in & Rachel Vidal is directing, "A Feminine Ending" from Theatre [502] beginning Sept. 28, and this week they are coming in to the WXOX studio to talk about it. Tune in Thursday at 10am to WXOX 97.1 FM/Artxfm.com for LVA's Artebella On The Radio.

Jan Louden - Is a Community Outreach Health Specialist at Lou Metro Dept. of Community Services & Revitilization. She made her professional theatrical debut last spring in How Water Behaves for Theatre [502].

Tamara Dearing - Is a Licensed Massage Therapist at VitalBody Therapeutic Massage. She has acted with Louisville Repertory Theatre, StageOne, Pandora Productions & Theatre [502] and is a singer.

Rachel Vidal – Is a Social Worker with a degree in theatre from Connecticut College. She has worked with Savage Rose Classical Theatre Company, for whom she directed Medea, & Theatre [502].

Theatre [502] presents A Feminine Ending by Sarah Treem, and directed by Rachel Vidal September 28 through October 14 at the Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts. 

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LVA's Artebella On The Radio 9.13.18

Barbara Hanger & Wayne Ferguson are but 2 of the 30 or so artists featured in Louisville Artists:Carry On, an exhibit opening September 23 at LVA. John Begley curated the show, and all three were our guests on LVA's Artebella On The Radio this week to talk about making a life in the arts in Louisville. Tune in each Thursday at 10am on WXOX 97.1 FM/Artxfm.com.

John Begley is currently a Freelance art worker (artist, curator, art services provider). Previously he was Gallery Director and Assistant Professor of Art (Emeritus), Critical and Curatorial Studies graduate program coordinator at the Allen R. Hite Art Institute, University of Louisville, Director, Louisville Visual Art Association 1983 – 2001, Director, New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art, (founding director) Historic New Harmony Inc., New Harmony, IN 47631, 1975-1983

Barbara Hanger has worked in printmaking, paper making and book arts. She joined the faculty of the Department of Fine Arts at the University of Louisville in 1982 after completing her MFA degree at Ohio University. Hanger’s work has been exhibited in numerous invitational and traveling exhibitions locally, regionally and internationally including Mainz, Germany and Cortona, Italy. Barbara Hanger has received competitive grants from the Kentucky Foundation for Women, the Kentucky Arts Council, and the Ohio Arts Council.

Wayne Ferguson has been creating unique works in clay for over 30 years. A Kentucky native, Wayne is mostly self-taught in clay. While he has attended workshops throughout the region he works mainly as a studio potter creating one-of-a-kind works. Wayne has been a roster artist with the Kentucky Arts Council for over 20 years, and he has taught at numerous public schools throughout Kentucky. Wayne was awarded the Rude Osolnik Award by the Kentucky Craft Marketing Program in 2006 and has been awarded the Early Times Scholarship as well. His work is published in Ceramics Monthly Magazine as well as other magazines and books.

Friday Link Roundup: September 14, 2018

TONIGHT:

The Good Soldier Švejk, Parts I-III (Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka I.-III.) is screening at The Speed Cinema Sunday as a part of The Puppet Master: The Animated Films of Jiří Trnka.

TOMORROW:

Opening Reception for Provocative Perspectives: A Visual Conversation at 1619 Flux.

THIS WEEK:

Art and Exclusion, an Artist Talk with Anthony Schrag is at 21c this Thursday.

ONGOING:

Revelry Boutique Gallery is showing new work by Kathleen Lolley.
Pyro Gallery, #MeToo "From Silent to Resilient" Paintings by Debra Lott - guests, Meg White, Sculpture and Rachel Gibbs, Painting.
Shared Vision-Gayle Cerlan and Jacque Parsley at Craft(s) Gallery & Mercantile
Frac/tured An abstract introspection by Meredith Harber is at McGrath Art Gallery, Bellarmine University.
Jibade-Khalil Huffman Poems For Every Occasion is currently on exhibit at KMAC. 
Watching the Sky, Waiting for Signs: New Work by Emily Church is at Galerie Hertz.                .


 

Friday Link Roundup: September 7, 2018

TONIGHT:

Gallery Hop Tonight!

Revelry Boutique Gallery opens Strange Magic, new work by Kathleen Lolley. 7-10pm.

Meena Khalili: TYPO / TOPO will be on view at Sheherazade tonight from 6-9pm

Stop by Art Sanctuary for the opening reception of Moments of Clarity: works of Britany Baker and Frankie Steele. 6pm-9pm.

Opening Reception, Pyro Gallery, 6-9pm - #MeToo "From Silent to Resilient" Paintings by Debra Lott - guests, Meg White, Sculpture and Rachel Gibbs, Painting.

Shared Vision-Gayle Cerlan and Jacque Parsley, Reception, 6-9pm, Craft(s) Gallery & Mercantile

Frac/tured An abstract introspection by Meredith Harber, Reception tonight, 5-7pm
McGrath Art Gallery, Bellarmine University.

INGMAR BERGMAN’S CINEMA IN THE 1950S AND 1960S: A CENTENNIAL RETROSPECTIVE opens tonight at The Speed Cinema.

 ONGOING:

Swanson Contemporary is showing Benjamin Cook: History Abridged.
Tim Faulkner Gallery is exhibiting Opus No. 5. at their new location on Logan Street. 
Jibade-Khalil Huffman Poems For Every Occasion is currently on exhibit at KMAC. 
Watching the Sky, Waiting for Signs: New Work by Emily Church is at Galerie Hertz.                .
Carnagie Center for Art & History has a new exhibit: Spawning Grounds.
Larry Beisler is exhibiting at garner narrative.
 

LVA's Artebella On The Radio 9.6.18

Lauren McCombs & Jack Wallen are starring in Cabaret for Pandora Productions. They joined us to perform live in the studio Thursday along with Music Director Alex Roby and Pandora Artistic Producing Director Michael Drury. Tune in to LVA's Artebella On The Radio at 10am on WXOX 97.1 FM/Artxfm.com.

Lauren McCombs works as an Graphic Designer for a national restaurant chain. She studied theatre at Eastern Kentucky University, she has worked many times with CenterStage at JCC, Acting Against Cancer, and Pandora Productions, where she is now playing Sally Bowles in Cabaret.

 Jack Wallen (pictured above) is a free-lance writer at TechRepublic and writes for The Linux Foundation, and is playing the Emcee in Cabaret.

 Alex Roby is a Data Quality & Metadata Analyst at Invesco. He has recently been on stage in Hairspray at CenterStage and is currently the Music Director of Cabaret.

Michael Drury Studied Speech/Theatre at Morehead State University and is now the Producing Artistic Director of Pandora Productions, where he has directed numerous productions, and he has acted in recent years for Theatre [502] and The Liminal Playhouse.

Friday Link Roundup: August 31, 2018

On the Seventh Day (En el Séptimo Día)

TONIGHT:

On the Seventh Day (En el Séptimo Día) opens tonight at The Speed Cinema.

Worldfest begins today on the Belvedere at 11:00am.

 Over 30 talented artists will have art on display tonight at the GRIDLOCK Art Show! 

The 2018 Dam Good Improv Festival is a 3-day event at The Bard's Town.

The Liminal Playhouse opens Jim Grimsley's  Mr. Universe this weekend.

 ONGOING:

Swanson Contemporary is showing Benjamin Cook: History Abridged.
Tim Faulkner Gallery is exhibiting Opus No. 5. at their new location on Logan Street. 
Jibade-Khalil Huffman Poems For Every Occasion is currently on exhibit at KMAC. 
Watching the Sky, Waiting for Signs: New Work by Emily Church is at Galerie Hertz.                .
Carnagie Center for Art & History has a new exhibit: Spawning Grounds.
Reborn by Rebecca Rose is showing at First Light Gallery.
Larry Beisler is exhibiting at garner narrative.
Pyro Gallery is featuring John McCarthy's Nature in Play and Susan Moffett: A Retrospective.
 

LVA's Artebella On The Radio 8.30.18

On the August 30 LVA's Artebella On The Radio we spoke with three women artists who are opening exhibits on September First Friday: Jacque Parsley, Gayle Cerlan, & Meredith Harber. Tune in each Thursday at 10am to WXOX 97.1 FM/Artxfm.com to hear Keith Waits talk to local artists.

Frac/tured An abstract introspection by Meredith Harber  
September 4-29, Reception September 7, 5-7pm
McGrath Art Gallery, Bellarmine University, Wyatt Center for the Arts, Norris Place

Frac/tured serves as an abstract expression of the seemingly disjointed sense of self, both individually and as a gathered community. Through fine lines, gestural marks, and bold colors, Meredith Harber creates a chaotic moment on the canvas that intends to capture the viewer and challenges them to make sense of what is before them. While each piece may serve as a playful distraction from one’s surroundings, it is the artist’s intent that one put each thematic motif into context as it relates to them personally and how it ties into the modern world.

Shared Vision-Gayle Cerlan and Jacque Parsley
September 7-30, Reception September 7, 6-9pm
Craft(s) Gallery & Mercantile, 572 South 4th Street, Louisville

Gayle Cerlan has been an active member of the Kentucky arts community through her involvement as the creator and director of the Cityworks exhibition (1997-1998), and as curator of the DinnerWorks exhibition (1994-1997). She has served on the boards of Louisville Visual Art and the Kentucky Museum of Art & Craft and has been an Adjunct Professor of Ceramics at Indiana University Southeast, Bellarmine College, and the University of Louisville. She founded Cerlan Gallery in Lexington, Kentucky (1997-2007) and established a fine arts school for all ages, ArtStudio (1997-2014). Cerlan has exhibited her ceramic art nationally and internationally and has won many awards and grants. Her work can be found in numerous public collections.

Jacque Parsley Using the flotsam and jetsam of everyday life, including a myriad of found objects, artifacts, ephemera, and vintage printed matter, I present an iconography that creates a dialogue between the permanent and the transient.

As Kurt Schwitters said, “The waste of the world becomes my art”.

As a child I embroidered, wove potholders, collected charms and played with paperdolls.  The influence of the fond memories have been integrated into my art by means of collage, assemblage and embellishment. Each work reflects a partly told tale, a moment in time that gives a nostalgic visual narrative of memories that have been recycled, and a past that has been reinterpreted.

LVA's Artebella On The Radio 8.23.18

Angela Williams & Michael Roberts are in The Liminal Playhouse's upcoming production of Jim Grimsley's Mr. Universe, and Richard McGrew is one of the producers and co-founder with Tony Prince of The Liminal Playhouse. They talked about it with us on the August 23 LVA's Artebella On The Radio. Join us each Thursday at 10am on WXOX 97.1 FM/Artxfm.com to hear artists talk about their work.

Angela Williams, graduate of Louisville Male HS, has worked with Smoked Apple Theatre, Theatre [502], and has appeared in the recent film Convenience and the upcoming Black Mamba.

Michael Roberts, Louisville native and a graduate St X and Xavier University. He has worked for Finnigan Productions, Louisville Repertory Company, Savage Rose Classical Theatre Company, and the Liminal Playhouse in their first production, Christmas on Mars.

Richard McGrew, Producing Director for The Liminal Playhouse, Sound Design, Musician, Composer, he studied at Yale, the University of Louisville, and Brescia University.

Due to a technical malfunction, the archive file only contains the first 20 minute segment of this interview.

Friday Link Roundup: August 24, 2018

"Golden Platform" by Benjamin Cook, 2018

TONIGHT:

Tonight from 6-8pm, Swanson Contemporary is hosting an artist's reception for Benjamin Cook: History Abridged.

50th Anniversary 4K Restoration of the animated classic, Yellow Submarine, opens tonight at The Speed Cinema. 

Another installment of Character Assassination arrives with 4 performances of The Roast of Mister Rogers at The Bard's Town.

ONGOING:

The Louisville Funk Fest hits Waterfront Park Saturday at 5:00pm
WFPK Waterfront Wednesday August 29th with Wild Child (9 p.m.), The Suffers (7:30 p.m.), & Katie Toupin (6 p.m.).
Tim Faulkner Gallery is exhibiting Opus No. 5. at their new location on Logan Street. 
Jibade-Khalil Huffman Poems For Every Occasion is currently on exhibit at KMAC. 
Watching the Sky, Waiting for Signs: New Work by Emily Church is at Galerie Hertz.                .
Carnagie Center for Art & History has a new exhibit: Spawning Grounds.
Reborn by Rebecca Rose is showing at First Light Gallery.
Larry Beisler is exhibiting at garner narrative.
Pyro Gallery is featuring John McCarthy's Nature in Play and Susan Moffett: A Retrospective.
Douglas Miller and Karen Weeks are exhibiting together at Lenihan Sotheby through the summer.

Friday Link Roundup: August 17, 2018

TONIGHT:

Tim Faulkner Gallery opens in their new location with Opus No. 5.

Lorna Tucker's documentary about Vivienne Westwood, Westwood: Punk, icon, Activist, opens tonight at The Speed Cinema. 

Jibade-Khalil Huffman Poems For Every Occasion begins Saturday at KMAC. 

Comedian Ranaan Herschberg returns to Louisville Sunday for one show at The Bard's Town.

ONGOING:

Untethered: Images by Jennifer Martin & Britany Baker continues at Surface Noise.
Watching the Sky, Waiting for Signs: New Work by Emily Church is at Galerie Hertz.                .
Carnagie Center for Art & History has a new exhibit: Spawning Grounds.
Reborn by Rebecca Rose is showing at First Light Gallery.
Larry Beisler is exhibiting at garner narrative.
Pyro Gallery is featuring John McCarthy's Nature in Play and Susan Moffett: A Retrospective.
Douglas Miller and Karen Weeks are exhibiting together at Lenihan Sotheby through the summer.
 

LVA's Artebella On The Radio 8.17.18

Noted playwright Idris Goodwin is beginning his first season as Artistic Director of StageOne Family Theatre, and he was our guest on August 16. We also hosted Travis Reckner & Matty Sciannameo of the Louisville Jack O Lantern Spectacular. Join us each Thursday at 10am on WXOX 97.1 FM/Artxfm.com.

Idris Goodwin is an award-winning playwright, director, orator and educator. He is the Producing Artistic Director of Stage One Family Theater in Louisville, KY for which he penned the widely produced And In This Corner: Cassius Clay. Other widely produced plays include: How We Got On, This Is Modern Art co-written with Kevin Coval, Bars and Measures, The Raid, and Hype Man: a break beat play. The Way The Mountain Moved, commissioned as part of Oregon Shakespeare’s American Revolutions series. He has work produced by or developed with Actor’s Theater of Louisville, Steppenwolf Theater, The Kennedy Center, The Denver Center for The Performing Arts, Cleveland Playhouse, Seattle Children’s Theater, Nashville Children’s Theater, Boulder Ensemble Theater, TheaterWorks, Berkeley Rep's Ground Floor Program, La Jolla Playhouse, The Eugene O’Neill Center, The Lark Playwriting Center and New Harmony Project. He’s received support from the NEA, The Ford, Mellon and Edgerton Foundation, and is the recipient of InterAct Theater’s 20/20 Prize and The Playwrights’ Center’s McKnight Fellowship.                                                 

Travis Reckner and Matty Sciannameo

Jack O’ Lantern Spectacular - October 9-November 4, 2018
Iroquois Amphitheater  1080 Amphitheatre Road

Travis & Matty are looking to recruit more Louisville artists to work on this project. With over 5,000 professionally carved jack-o-lanterns including well over 100 masterpieces lighting nearly a one-third-mile trail. Grouped in themed scenes and set to music, this year’s show, “A Night at the Library”, is a celebration of the Smithsonian’s 50th anniversary with vignettes highlighting imagery from literature, pop culture, history, arts and cinema. Proceeds from the event benefit the Louisville Parks Foundation. Gates open at 6 p.m. Trail opens at dusk (near 7:30 p.m.). Concessions available.

We were playing Aretha Franklin in the first place, but were saddened to receive the news while listening to the first of her songs that she had passed away earlier that morning. We played three of her songs on this broadcast.

Friday Link Roundup: August 10, 2018

Untethered: Images by Jennifer Martin & Britany Baker opens tonight at Surface Noise.

Lauren Greenfield's documentary Generation Wealth opens tonight at Speed Cinema.  

The opening reception for Watching the Sky, Waiting for Signs: New Work by Emily Church is at Galerie Hertz Sunday.                

ONGOING:

Andrew Preston is doing a Free Brush Demo at Preston Art Center Saturday at 1:00pm.
Carnagie Center for Art & History has a new exhibit: Spawning Grounds.
Reborn by Rebecca Rose is showing at First Light Gallery.
Larry Beisler is exhibiting at garner narrative.
Shayne Hull: Politicians and Flesh, is on exhibit at Swanson Contemporary.
Pyro Gallery is featuring John McCarthy's Nature in Play and Susan Moffett: A Retrospective.
Douglas Miller and Karen Weeks are exhibiting together at Lenihan Sotheby through the summer.
And you can view Douglas's MFA exhibit at Cressman Center for one more week.
U of L's Photographic Archives is open for Louisville Underground Music.