Artists Talk with LVA: June 12, 2025

The 2025 art[squared] Online Auction to benefit Louisville Visual Art is ALMOST HERE! Featured artists Shayne Hull, Tomisha Lovelry-Allen, & Douglas. Miller were in the studio this week. Tune in to WXOX 97.1 FM/Artx.com each Thursday at 10 am to hear Artists Talk with LVA.

Douglas Miller is a professional artist whose drawings are exhibited regionally and in galleries across the United States. Among other awards, he has received the Al Smith Individual Artist Fellowship from the KY Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts. 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 around the world. Douglas lives and works in Louisville, Kentucky.

Tomisha Lovely-Allen is a self-taught artist from Louisville, KY.  She has been a passionate creator for as long as she can remember.  She earned a full scholarship at Northern Kentucky University and graduated with a Bachelor of Accounting and an Associate in Business Administration in 1998 and earned a Certified Public Accountant license in 2002. 

Tomisha has had the privilege of participating in art shows at the Portland Museum, Wayside Expressions Gallery, Maker’s Crucible, Kore Gallery, Roots 101 Museum (curated by Ashley Cathey), and most recently at the Arts Center of the Bluegrass. She also was chosen to illustrate a historic Kentuckian woman in the “Bluegrass Bold” children’s book project along with 35 other female artist, exhibit at the Arts Center of the Bluegrass Show  “The Art of Being Black: Conversations and Experience,” and be grant recipient to the Fund for the Arts '“Black Artist Grant”. 

Shayne Hull is a Louisville-based painter and sculptor. His work has been shown in over 155 exhibits since 1992, including 25 solo exhibitions, and can be found in the permanent collections of Brown-Forman, 21C Museum, and the Kentucky Arts Council.

Hull has a Master of Fine Arts degree from the Maryland Institute, College of Art; a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Texas A&M University; and a Master of Arts in Teaching degree from the University of Louisville.

Among many accolades, Hull was previously named one of Louisville’s Top Visual Artists by Louisville Magazine and has received multiple awards, including the prestigious Al Smith Fellowship.

The 2025 art[squared] Online Auction is June 26 at Louisville Visual Art. For tickets and more information. CLICK HERE.

Artists Talk with LVA: June 5, 2025

Elmer Lucille Allen and Sandra Charles join us to talk about their exhibit, “Echoes of the Ages,” which opens on June 7th at the Bourne-Schweitzer Gallery. Tune in to WXOXm 97.1 FM/Artxfm.com each Thursday at 10 am to hear Artists Talk with LVA.

Sandra Charles & Elmer Lucille Allen are here to talk about their exhibit Echoes of the Ages, which opens June 7th at Bourne-Schweitzer Gallery with a reception from 1 - 3 pm. There will also be an artist's talk on July 10th

Sandra Charles is an oil painter who believes you should never give up on your dreams.  Her work focuses on the culture, history, and social issues that affect African American women.  Sandra has painted all her life, but began her career as a batik fiber artist.  She returned to school in 2011 and obtained a Bachelor of Fine Art Degree in painting from the University of Louisville.  After graduation, she realized painting was her passion and retired to concentrate on her art. 

Elmer Lucille Allen is a ceramic and fiber artist and chemist who graduated from Nazareth College (now Spalding University) in 1953. Both her father and brother were named Elmer, and the family chose to name her Elmer Lucille. She became the first African-American chemist at Brown-Forman in 1966. After retiring, she began studying art at the University of Louisville, where she received her Master of Creative Arts degree with a focus on ceramics and fiber in 2002. Allen's textile work incorporates shibori dyeing techniques.

Artists Talk with LVA: May 29, 2025

Curator Anne Borders discusses Pathways to Presence, an installation she curated of permanent outdoor sculptures at the Passionist Earth and Spirit Center. Tune in to WXOX 97.1 FM/Artxfm.com each Thursday at 10 am to hear Artists Talk with LVA.

Anne Borders is a Louisville-based artist who has exhibited at LVA, KMAC, and other venues. She is a 2024 Curate Purchase Inspire Fellow with LVA, and her curatorial project, "Pathways to Presence," was unveiled last Saturday, May 24, at The Earth and Spirit Center. It features installations by Casey Dressel, Matt Weir, & Jessica Beels.

Artists Talk with LVA: May 22, 2025

Drew & Vincent

Vincent Young has curated Queer Convergence: Figurative Abstraction in Contemporary Art at Hite Institute’s Schneider Hall Galleries. he and two of the artists in the exhibit, Lalana Fedorschak & Drew Scanlon, join us to discuss it. Tune in to WXOX 97.1 FM/Artxfm.com each Thursday at 10 am to hear Artists Talk with LVA.

Vincent Young is a Louisville native who earned a BA in Art History at the University of Louisville. He is currently finishing his MA in Curatorial Studies..

Drew Scanlon earned their Bachelor of Arts in Art History and Ceramics Certificate from the University of Florida in 2020. They spent a 2020-2021 as a Post-Baccalaureate student at West Virginia University then spent two years studying at Indiana University Southeast as a Post-Baccalaureate. Currently, they are in their second year of the MFA program in Studio Art at the University of Louisville. Additionally, they are an Instructor of Record at the University of Louisville, teaching Intro to Clay.

Lalana Fedorschak is an artist exploring experiences within individual and social bodies. They hold a BFA in Ceramics from Northern Arizona University and an MFA in Ceramics from Ohio University. Lalana is currently an Assistant Professor of Art at the University of Louisville, and formerly held teaching positions at Vincennes University and Indiana University Southeast.

Artists Talk with LVA: May 15, 2025

Rebekah Calhoun, Josie Seymour, & Abi Womack are all graduating seniors at the Kentucky College of Art + Design and will join 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.

Abi Womack is an artist born in Bowling Green Kentucky. Abi has exhibited her work at Carbon Copy, Speed Mansion Solarium Gallery, 849 Studio Gallery all in Louisville, Southern Kentucky Performing Arts Center (SKyPAC) in Bowling Green.

Rebekah Calhoun is a Kentucky-born mixed media artist based in Louisville. She was a member of the Kentucky Governor's School for the Arts class of 2021. In 2022 she was a co-creator and artist in Creamy Dream at the Carbon Copy Gallery and has shown work at the Speed Mansion Solarium Gallery and 849 Gallery. 

Josie Seymour is an American artist, born in Kentucky, but from all over. Josie returned to Kentucky and started creating music videos, and taking photos for clients. While attending college she worked as a Production Assistant on a variety of films and shows. Josie was a photographer for unpublished magazine having photos published in issues such as“flare” and “New beginnings” also having photos in the book “Archive: Summer 2021”