LVA Interview with Commonwealth Theatre Center

Can you find Charlie Sexton and Donald Kimmel in this picture from 1977? They came in the WXOX 97.1/Artxfm.com studios with Keith Waits April 26 to talk about their history with Walden Theatre, and then later that night they were performing as a part of A Night Of Acting Up! at Commonwealth Theatre Center (Walden Theatre/Blue Apple Players).

LVA's Artebella On The Radio 4.26.18

Stone sculptor Mike McCarthy with "Cor Liberum", his large-scale commission for Norton Audobon Hospital. He was with us in the studio April 26 to talk about this large public installation, which took almost a year to complete. Tune in for LVA's Artebella On The Radio at 10am each Thursday on WXOX 97.1/Artxfm.com.

AC Hotel Installation #1

Artists Ewa Perz, Steve Heine and Kate Mattingly (L-R)

Artists Ewa Perz, Steve Heine and Kate Mattingly are getting ready to unveil their pieces at the new AC Hotel with help from LVA! 

Frayser 5x5 Mask-Making Project

Third-grade students at Frayser Elementary enjoyed a mask-making project.

Students read and discussed When Turtle Grew Feathers, a Choctaw Native American version of The Tortoise and the Hare. We then used CelluClay, a papier-mache goopy substance, to make the base of their masks.

Basing our mask characters on North American animals in the Southeast U.S., we then designed our masks on paper and wrote a short statement about why they chose that animal.

Then, to the painting and enhancement of the masks…
We used paints, yarns, cut paper, raffia and feathers to add character, interest ferociousness, silliness and accuracy to our painted mask forms.

Voila! The masks were sent home to live on the walls of the students’ homes.

Stoll Keenon Ogden Art

We had a great time making art with our friends at law firm Stoll Keenon Ogden as they look ahead to the launch of their employee-giving campaign for Fund for the Arts!

Friday Link Roundup: April 20, 2018

FRIDAY:
"Discover" photography at The Green Building
Speed Art Museum enjoys more art "After Hours"
KMAC takes a "Spin: Turning Records into Art"

SATURDAY:
The Great Escape adds art to its Record Store Day celebration

ONGOING:
PYRO Gallery loves a "Modern Muse"
Moremen Moloney welcomes Carlos Gamez de Francisco
StudioWorks by Zoom Group is "Stronger Together"
Sheherazade shows off Yoko Molotov
"Dress Up, Speak Up" at 21c
Speed Art Museum continues "Breaking the Mold"
Revelry sees "Divine Shadows"
Consider Boutique has a "Kentucky Perspective"
Hyland Glass premieres new paintings by Megan Bickel
Tim Faulkner Gallery features OSRS
Swanson Contemporary unveils David Iacovazzi-Pau's new paintings
Garner Narrative displays "Unnatural Affections"
First Light Gallery reopens
Block Party celebrates 5 years downtown with Liesl Long

LVA's Artebella On The Radio 4.19.18

LouFringe is excited to announce the dates for the 1st ever Louisville Fringe Festival. The weekend of July 13, 14, 15, and 16 will get things started, and the fun continues the weekend of July 20, 21. Confirmed venues include Kaiju, Four Pegs, and The Cure. If you wish to submit something, proposals are due by May 1st. The three organizers of the festival joined us to talk about how people can get involved.

Eli Keel is “pretty much” a Louisville native. You may have seen him around town reading poetry, short stories, dancing or acting. He’s a passionate locavore, so you may have also seen him stuffing his face at one of Louisville’s amazing restaurants. When he isn’t too busy writing short stories, he blogs at amanwalksintoablog.wordpress.com.

Nicholas Hulstine is an actor and director known for his work on Above Suspicion (2018) and My Friend Dahmer(2017). In Louisville he has worked with Theatre [502], The Bard’s Town, and The Alley Theater.

Paul Coffey is a film producer and the CEO and Founder of Jutsu Aiki Martial Arts.

Tune in to WXOX 97.1 FM /Artxfm.com each Thursday at 10am for LVA's Artebella On The Radio.

art[squared] 2018

It's a wrap! Art [squared] 2018 was a big success, thanks to the hundreds of artists who donated original pieces to support Children's Fine Art Classes; the hundreds of attendees who saw and/or bought pieces; our staff, board members and volunteers who gave their time, energy and hard work; and everyone else who contributed to this essential fundraiser. Let's do it again next April!

Rangeland Mural

"Better Starts Now" is what the students from Rangeland Elementary hear over the loudspeaker frequently - words of wisdom from their principal, Dr. Kiggins. So when it came time to brainstorm about their mural project, the 4th and 5th- grade Rangeland Lions decided to play with the words "Stars and Starts" and roared into action.

With direction from their fearless teacher, Taylor Uttley, and LVA educator Annette Cable, the students drew big lions, little lions, caring lions and brave lions lying under a blue sky-filled with stars.

Withe all the snow days, our 8-week project turned into a 12-week project, but with brushes and house paints in hand, the artists painted and helped each other finish their mural with tons of PRIDE!

LVA's Artebella On The Radio 4.12.18

Julia Davis is a painter working in the Portland neighborhood, and Douglas Miller is just finishing up his MFA at U of L, and both are featured artists at the 2018 LVA Art[squared] Benefit for Children's Art Classes. We will be talking with them this Thursday at 10am on LVA's Artebella On The Radio. Tune in to WXOX 97.1 FM / 

Douglas Miller is a professional artist whose drawings are exhibited regionally and in galleries across the United States. Additionally, Douglas does freelance illustrations as well as private and corporate commissions. His artwork is in the collection of the Evansville Museum of Arts and Science, the University of Louisville, the Speed School of Engineering, and numerous private collections. Douglas lives and works in Louisville, Kentucky.

Julie Davis got her BFA from the University of Louisville, now maintains a studio in the Portland neighborhood, and has recently been working a lot with Squallis Puppeteers. She remains dedicated to her studio practice for painting however, and was included in Not Just a Drawing: A Line with Intent in Chicago in March 2018.  Her piece for "Art [Squared]", is called, Look before you leap.

Friday Link Roundup: April 13, 2018

FRIDAY & SATURDAY:
It's the 5th annual "Art[squared]" at Louisville Visual Art!

FRIDAY:
The Jeffersonian enjoys "An Evening with the Arts"

SATURDAY:
Butchertown Social pays respect to Winona Ryder
Ultra Pop reads Steve Gatrost

SUNDAY:
PYRO Gallery loves a "Modern Muse"

CONTINUING:
Moremen Moloney welcomes Carlos Gamez de Francisco
StudioWorks by Zoom Group is "Stronger Together"
Sheherazade shows off Yoko Molotov
"Dress Up, Speak Up" at 21c
Speed Art Museum continues "Breaking the Mold"
Revelry sees "Divine Shadows"
Consider Boutique has a "Kentucky Perspective"
Hyland Glass premieres new paintings by Megan Bickel
Tim Faulkner Gallery features OSRS
Swanson Contemporary unveils David Iacovazzi-Pau's new paintings
Garner Narrative displays "Unnatural Affections"
First Light Gallery reopens
Block Party celebrates 5 years downtown with Liesl Long

Jean Smith's Last CFAC Class

These photos were taken recently in teacher Jean Smith's last CFAC class at North Oldham Middle School. It was an emotional day - some of the students were in this class for several years with a teacher who gave so much to them.

We look forward to seeing them develop into wonderful artists and thank Jean for all she's done and her years of fantastic service.

LVA's Artebella On The Radio 4.5.18

Chuck Swanson & Ewa Perz are two of the featured artists for the 2018 Art[squared] sale to benefit LVA's Children's Fine Art Classes. We talked with them on the April 5 LVA's Artebella On The Radio. Tune in each Thursday at 10am on WXOX 97.1 / 

Photo by Geoff Carr.

Chuck Swanson is an artist, primarily a painter, but he is also one of the pioneer gallerists in Louisville, having opened a gallery on Bardstown Road in 1982 and then in 1998 on East Market Street in what would eventually become the celebrated NuLu neighborhood. For the record, Swanson opened the space near Market and Clay well ahead of the rechristening of the area, so he must be counted as one of the reasons why the once-neglected and depressed environs became a hot spot for redevelopment.

Ewa Perz has paintings on display in Revelry Gallery Boutique, Tim Faulkner’s Gallery, European Splendor, Anne Tower Gallery (Lexington), Art on the Levee (Cincinnati), and Galerie Municipale (France). Her paintings have been featured in galleries in US, as well as Mexico, and France. Perz’s one-person show, Water Strokes, was at Revelry Gallery in November 2017. In May 2018, she will be the first artist to exhibit in the new AC Hotel when it opens in the NuLu neighborhood in Louisville.

Friday Link Roundup: April 6, 2018

FRIDAY:
Hyland Glass premieres new paintings by Megan Bickel
Tim Faulkner Gallery features OSRS
Art Sanctuary shares "An Ostentatious Display of Thaumaturgy"
Swanson Contemporary unveils David Iacovazzi-Pau's new paintings
Garner Narrative displays "Unnatural Affections"
First Light Gallery reopens
Block Party celebrates 5 years downtown with Liesl Long

SATURDAY:
Speed Art Museum opens "Breaking the Mold"
Revelry sees "Divine Shadows"
Consider Boutique has a "Kentucky Perspective"

TUESDAY:
Louisville Grows hosts "Woke Women"

THURSDAY:
Copper & Kings examines "French Paper"

ONGOING:
Moremen Moloney welcomes Carlos Gamez de Francisco
Michael James Moran opens at Quappi Projects
StudioWorks by Zoom Group is "Stronger Together"
Sheherazade shows off Yoko Molotov
Wendi Smith's "Ritual Collections" is at Garner Narrative
Bob Lockhart and Kayla Bischoff join forces at PYRO
"Dress Up, Speak Up" at 21C

Neighborhood House STEAM Lab Gets Powered!

When Google Fiber wanted to help the Neighborhood House create their STEAM Lab, Louisville Visual Art was invited to help local youth design and execute a mural to look over it! Today everything was completed and ready to be enjoyed, so neighbors and media members came to celebrate.

We're so thrilled with how great it all came together and say thanks to Google Fiber for their generous support, and to the Neighborhood House for being such a wonderful community center that is giving our neighbor kids so many ways to get involved, learn and have fun!

AS SEEN ON THE NEWS:
4/5/18- WAVE Online – Google Fiber opens STEAM Lab in Louisville
4/5/18- WHAS at 5:30 p.m. – Google Fiber STEAM Lab Opens
4/5/18- WHAS at 6:00 p.m. – Google Fiber Unveils New Steam Lab
4/5/18- WLKY at 6:00 p.m. – Google Fiber Hosts Coding Training
4/5/18- Louisville KY Twitter - https://twitter.com/LouisvilleUSA/status/982035662239973376
4/5/18- WAVE Twitter – https://twitter.com/wave3news/status/982113426326487042
4/6/18- WAVE Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/wave3news/posts/10156284789023686
4/6/18- WLKY at 4:30 a.m. – Google Fiber Hosts Coding Training
4/6/18- WHAS at 5:00 a.m. – Google Fiber Unveils New Steam Lab
4/6/18- WHAS Online - Google Fiber opens STEM lab in Portland
4/6/18- WLKY at 5:30 a.m. – Google Fiber Hosts Coding Training
4/6/18 – WLKY at 12:30 p.m. – Google Fiber Hosts Coding Training

How Would History Play in Your Neighborhood? Part 2

Here are more personal photos of when CFAC instructor Julia had King Elementary 4th & 5th-grade students look at Romare Bearden's collage paintings, then discussed how to make a landscape of their home.

They talked about historical figures and heroes, and what those heroes would be wearing and doing if they lived in their neighborhood. This is mainly a collage project but students were allowed to expand into other materials once they covered the whole page.

Chenoweth Water Tower: Form and Function

Students at Chenoweth Elementary used cardboard construction techniques and teamwork to create their Water Tower projects in the "Water Tower: Form and Function" project sponsored and produced by the Louisville Water Foundation, the Fund for the Arts and Louisville Visual Art.

Each session included a history and science lesson from Louisville Water, a brief architectural lesson about the Water Tower, a student collaborative water tower drawing plan, much construction and artistic expression, a field trip to the Water Works Museum and Crescent Hill Reservoir and a Family Fun Day at the Water Tower. The project has been packed full of fun, artistic and educational opportunities and local history.

LVA's Artebella On The Radio 3.29.18

Dan Cameron is a New York-based independent curator, art writer, and educator. He is known for being the founder of Prospect New Orleans, an organization he ran from 2006-2011 — a period when he was also Director of Visual Arts for New Orleans’ Contemporary Arts Center (CAC).

Cameron is currently a Critic-in-Residence at the Great Meadows Foundation in Louisville, and he came in the studio Thursday to speak about that experience.

Join us each Thursday at 10am on WXOX 97.1 FM/Artxfm.com.

Friday Link Roundup: March 3O, 2018

SATURDAY:
"Personal Is Still Political," but it's closing at the Huff Gallery

WEDNESDAY:
But "What About Communication?" at 1619 Flux

ONGOING:
Moremen Moloney welcomes Carlos Gamez de Francisco
Michael James Moran opens at Quappi Projects
StudioWorks by Zoom Group is "Stronger Together"
Revelry Boutique Gallery highlights "Kentucky Wildlands"
Sheherazade shows off Yoko Molotov
Wendi Smith's "Ritual Collections" is at Garner Narrative
Bob Lockhart and Kayla Bischoff join forces at PYRO
"Dress Up, Speak Up" at 21C

Friday Link Roundup: March 23, 2018

SATURDAY:
1619 Flux reveals that "It's Your World"

SUNDAY:
"Leading Women" talk at the Speed Art Museum
Seidenfaden's goes back to "The '90s SciFi/Horror Movies"

THURSDAY:
"Dress Up, Speak Up" at 21C

CONTINUING:
Moremen Moloney welcomes Carlos Gamez de Francisco
Michael James Moran opens at Quappi Projects
StudioWorks by Zoom Group is "Stronger Together"
Revelry Boutique Gallery highlights "Kentucky Wildlands"
Sheherazade shows off Yoko Molotov
Wendi Smith's "Ritual Collections" is at Garner Narrative
Bob Lockhart and Kayla Bischoff join forces at PYRO