Artists Talk with LVA: February 19, 2026

Matt, Tim, & Dawn

The 2026 Art in City Hall exhibit is now open, and this week our guests are 3 of the artists: Dawn Della Bella, Matthew Hagan, & Tim O' Connell. Tune in to WXOX 97.1 FM / Artxfm.com each Thursday at 10 am to hear Artists Talk with LVA.

Dawn Della Bella was raised in San Diego, California, but she and her family moved to Louisville in 1994. She and her husband both worked for the Archdiocese of Louisville for over 25 years and retired together in 2022.  Now, I spend all of my free time painting. 

Tim O’ Connell took a 20-year sabbatical from art in the 90s to coach volleyball. First at Male High School, then at DuPont Manual. Art filled the void after he retired. Since then, he has been selected to display at the Kentucky Bourbon Festivals, and, more recently in the Galt House East.

Matthew Hagan is an accountant by trade and also a landscape and wildlife photographer. He lives in Louisville, KY, with his wife and two daughters. He and his family love the great outdoors and can often be found hiking, kayaking, and traveling. Matthew is also an avid fisherman, and when not working or with his family, can usually be found wading in a stream or on a river.

The 2026 Art in City Hall exhibit runs through January 2027 at Metro Louisville’s City Hall. This year’s exhibition also includes work from Sheila Fox and Isabella Corine.

Artists Talk with LVA: April 10, 2025

Morgan McGill & Haylie Fitzgibbon are featured in the 2025 Art in City Hall exhibition and will join us in the studio this week. Tune into WXOX 97.1 FM/Artxfm.com each Thursday at 10 am to hear Artists Talk with LVA.

Morgan McGill is a Louisville-based artist and designer who blends collage, printmaking, and painting to explore themes of empowerment and community. In both her studio work and public art, her work focuses on storytelling, particularly highlighting the ways women support and uplift one another. 

A graduate of the Hite Art Institute at the University of Louisville, McGill has studied and exhibited internationally. She was commissioned to honor Muhammad Ali with a mural for the 2021 Imagine Mural Festival and contributed to the We Don’t Wither exhibition at the Muhammad Ali Center in 2023. Her recent work with Bloomberg Philanthropies helped combat urban heat and improve pedestrian safety in Louisville’s Parkland neighborhood. She has been awarded multiple grants through the Great Meadows Foundation and the Kentucky Foundation for Women, using her art to document and share the stories of women throughout Kentucky.

Haylie Fitzgibbon is a printmaker and mixed media artist born and raised in Louisville, currently pursuing a BFA at the Hite Art Institute at the University of Louisville. Her work showcases themes of childhood nostalgia, love, and the blend of chaos and beauty of nature.

Both artists are featured in the 2025 Art in City Hall exhibit that runs through the remainder of the year.

Artists Talk with LVA: March 30, 2023

Charles Ellis is a painter who has work now on exhibit at City Hall and this week he joins us in the WXOX studio. Tune in to WXOX 97.1 FM/Artxfm.com each Thursday at 10 am to hear Artists talk with LVA.

Charles Ellis was born in Lexington Kentucky now living in Old Louisville. He is an abstract colorist who works mainly in oil.

Painting oil on canvas, large abstracts with landscape imagery and portraits. Ellis also has worked on a series of prints of digitally manipulated photos that convey an image of perfect order through an abstract collection of squares of pure colors.

His work has been in many exhibitions, shows, and galleries yearly since 2000 in Kentucky, England, California, and Miami Florida.