Artists Talk with LVA: August 13, 2026

Emily Cooper discusses her film, Willie and His Pigs, which will screen at LVA on August 16th. Tune in to Artists Talk with LVA each Thursday at 10 am on 97.1 FM or Artxfm.com.

Emily Cooper is a producer and director shaped by the South — cicada summers, tornado sirens, a knack for talking to absolutely anyone, and one childhood year lived entirely in red cowgirl boots. An Emmy-nominated filmmaker, her projects have premiered at the Venice, Tribeca, and Red Sea International Film Festivals, and screened at the Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival, Sidewalk Film Festival, and Flyover Film Festival.

Most recently, she produced the upcoming feature Ruby Road, starring Frances Fisher, Will Patton, and Lauren Holly, and was an associate producer on the music documentary Louder Than Guns, featuring Old Crow Medicine Show, which had a limited theatrical release and is currently streaming on PBS through Reel South. SXSW. She is currently in post-production on a feature she produced starring Oscar- and Grammy-nominated actors, and in pre-production on a feature adaptation of an acclaimed novel.

Willie and His Pigs film

Emily Cooper

Artists Talk with LVA: May 7, 2026

With Insects We Share the Same Light, curated by Clare Hirn, opens at MaybeItsFate on May 9th. Clare discusses her curatorial debut with Margaret Carreiro, Professor of Biology Emerita, University of Louisville. Tune into Artists Talk with LVA on WXOX 97.1 FM at 10 AM.

Clare Hirn, a native of Louisville, Kentucky, received her Master’s in Painting and Drawing from the New York Academy of Art - Graduate School of Figurative Art. With an emphasis on strong foundational skills of drawing and painting, Hirn has largely worked realistically over the span of her 30+ year career. Always inspired by the natural world, with a focus on landscape and the human figure.

Margaret Carreiro is a plant and soil ecologist working primarily in urban and suburban areas. She studies the impacts of cities and towns on natural areas and is also involved in restoration ecology studies. She was an Associate Professor in the Department of Biology at UofL.

With Insects We Share the Same Light, curated by Clare Hirn, invites viewers to deepen their appreciation for insects — Earth's most diverse organisms and ecological cornerstone for over 350 million years — and to reflect on their critical role and growing vulnerability in the Anthropocene.

With Insects We Share the Same Light, curated by Clare Hirn

Clare Hirn & Margaret Carreiro