Shaii Morton and Alex Serpentini at a Future Is Now meeting.
On this week's PUBLIC we talked with artist and independent researcher Alex Serpentini. We discussed her work as a mentor in the The Future Is Now program through LVA— a program that pairs young artists with an adult artist mentor. PUBLIC airs each Thursday 10-11am on 97.1 WXOX-FM in Louisville or stream at Artxfm.com.
Gaela Erwin, "Self Portrait with my Mother"
Gaela Erwin was our first guest on PUBLIC this week. She discussed her 2 new exhibits opening at Hite Institute’s Cressman Center and The Speed Museum. Following her was be Keith Stone, who has a show at garner narrative right now. PUBLIC airs Thursdays, 10am-11am, on 97.1 WXOX-FM, or stream it on Artxfm.com.
“Mustard Fields” by Lynn Dunbar. We talked with Lynn about her work as a landscape and plein air painter, and her current exhibit at Kentucky Fine Art Gallery.
"Good Morning", by Noah Hewett-Ball, is part of the new LVA exhibit at Metro Hall, and Noah joined us in the Artxfm studio to talk about his work on PUBLIC. Noah is also a member of the band CABIN, and we played several songs from their most recent release, It Is What It Looks Like.
Cook Studio & Gallery located at 1832 Frankfort Avenue announced their grand opening ceremony and ribbon cutting to be held on Friday, June 24th from 6:00-9:00 p.m. to coincide with Frankfort Avenue’s FAT Friday Trolley Hop. Owners Andy and Kelly Cook have been working together on art, music, and literature since they met in 2010. They joined us in the WXOX-FM 97.1 studio on PUBLIC. to talk about their latest adventure!
Rebecca Norton (center with award) is the recipient of the 2016 Hadley Prize and was our guest in the studio today on PUBLIC. Anne McKune (2nd from right) from the Community Foundation of Louisville also joined us. You can tune in each Thursday from 10-11am WXOX-FM 97.1 in Louisville or stream on artxfm.com.
Dorothy Hawkins’ “Rainbow Horsey” from the current exhibition at StudioWorks, “Party Animals”. Heather Drury joined us this week to talk about that show and the Spring Zing event at Zoom Group. We also spent some time remembering Muhammad Ali. PUBLIC airs Thursdays at 10am on 97.1 WXOX-LP or stream it on Artxfm.co
Phillip High (left) and Keith Kleespies (right)
Bette Levy was up first to talk about her retrospective at The Patio Gallery, followed by violinist Jane Halliday, who will be playing during the opening for Philip High & Keith Kleespies’ exhibit at Lettersong Gallery during The Butchertown Art Fair.
Ehren Reed, LVA’s Outreach Coordinator, came to talk about the wonderful work she is doing in the community. You won’t want to miss our conversation about OPEN DOORS projects!
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Tamra Cusick and Jaclynn Hamilton were our guests this week. They are part of the “Touched by Fire” exhibit at Kaviar Forge & Gallery.
Camala Walling, Ken Schuck, and their Kentucky College of Art + Design at Spalding University Adjunct Professor Julie Leidner discuss their work appearing in the 2016 BFA Thesis exhibit. Tune in to PUBLIC on 97.1 WXOX-LP/Artxfm.com 10:00 am each Thursday to hear PUBLIC live on air!
Painter Charlotte Ann Pollock was our guest on the Derby week edition of PUBLIC. She has just returned from residency at Azule-A Place for the Arts & Community-Hot Springs, NC.
This week we feature an interview with Walden Theatre/ YPAS Senior Emma Pfitzer Price and Associate Artistic Director Julane Havens about the Walden audition program that helped Emma get accepted at Juilliard for the fall. PUBLIC airs each Thursday at 10:00am on WXOX-LP 97.1/Artxfm.com.
Listen in as C.J. Pressma talks about his new exhibit, Truth and Beauty, at PYRO Gallery April 7-May 21, and his past experiences with the Center for Photographic Studies, a school he ran in Louisville from 1970-78.
Craig Kaviar, a renowned sculptor and blacksmith, is an advocate of Louisville arts and an avid believer in the importance of celebrating local arts and crafts. Kaviar Forge & Gallery announced the reopening of Kaviar Gallery after moving to their previous location adjacent to Kaviar Forge. Regular gallery hours are Thursday & Friday 12-6PM and Saturday 12-4PM.
Peter Morrin from Hite Institute at the University of Louisville also came by to tell us about the Film and Filmmakers symposium being held by U of L and the Speed Museum on April 1. Listen in!
Miranda Lash leading a tour in the new Speed Museum. Photo by Tim Hailey.
Miranda Lash is the new curator of contemporary art at the Speed Art Museum. She joined us to talk about the newly reopened museum and its greatly expanded contemporary galleries. Lash was previously the curator of modern and contemporary art at the New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA).
McKenna Graham talks about her exhibit DoppelDoppel, a multi-media, interactive art exhibition on view at Thinkbox Contemporary in Louisville from March 3rd through April 1st.
Graham is a visual artist and curator who researches the human experience and the manner in which we consider identity. She has exhibited her work throughout Kentucky and curated many exhibitions such as Return to Main Street: Leo Zimmerman Retrospective at the Cressman Center, Civil War Songbooks at the University of Louisville, and many community exhibitions through her Wall Together program, which she co-founded at the Speed Art Museum. Mckenna recently received a Kentucky Arts Council Grant, which she used to bring art to areas of Kentucky’s Appalachia. Mckenna has studied abroad in Galway, Ireland and holds a B.A. in Studio Arts from Bellarmine University, and a M.A. in Fine Art Critical and Curatorial Studies from the University of Louisville. She currently lives and works in Louisville, KY.
Appalachian Spring- Aaron Copland
Our guest today was the new Executive Director of Louisville Visual Art, Lindy Casebier. We spoke with him about LVA's past, present, & future, and about the funding challenges facing arts organizations in the current polarized political climate. At Lindy's request, we played portions of Aaron Copland's "Appalachian Spring".
Stephen Irwin, Dirty Fingernails
This week on PUBLIC, Chris Radtke spoke with us about the late Stephen Irwin and the exhibit of his work, this, this is for you— on display at Zephyr Gallery through March 19, 2016.
John Nicholas Hutchings
John Nicholas Hutchings is an Assistant Professor of Visual Arts at Mount St. Mary’s University. He has shown at such Galleries as Hoffman La Chance and the Mildred Lane Kemper Museum in St. Louis; Brookhaven College, Xue Gallery, Biblical Arts Museum and 500x Gallery in Dallas; Swanson Contemporary in Louisville, the Williams Gallery at Mount St. Mary’s University, Delaplaine Arts Center and the Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation Arts Center At Montgomery College in Tacoma Park/Silver Spring.
He talked to us about his new exhibit, The Weight of the Mark, at the 849 Gallery at Kentucky College of Art & Design through February 26, 2016.
