Artists Talk with LVA: August 20, 2026

Hannah Drake came to the studio to discuss her installation, Childhood Interrupted. Tune in to Artists Talk with LVA each Thursday at 10 am on 97.1 FM or Artxfm.com.

Hannah Drake is a blogger, podcast host, activist, public speaker, poet, and author of 11 books. She serves as the co-executive director of IDEAS xLab and co-founder of the (Un)Known Project, which seeks to discover the hidden names and stories of Black people enslaved in Kentucky and beyond. She writes commentary on politics, feminism, and race, and her writing has been featured online at Cosmopolitan, The Washington Post, The Bitter Southerner, The Lily, and Harper’s Bazaar. In 2019, during Super Bowl Sunday, Hannah’s poem, "All You Had To Do Was Play The Game, Boy," which addresses the protest by Colin Kaepernick, was shared by film writer, producer, and director Ava DuVernay, and then shared by Kaepernick. The poem has been viewed more than two million times.

Her outdoor installation, Childhood Interrupted, has been presented at Riverside Farnsley Moremen Landing, Farmington, Locust Grove, and Oxmoor Farm.

Childhood Interrupted

Hannah Drake

Artists Talk with LVA: August 6, 2026

Brandon Ndife joins us in the studio this week. Ndife is a part of the Sam Gilliam Visiting Artist Program. Tune in to Artists Talk with LVA each Thursday at 10 am on 97.1 FM or Artxfm.com.

Brandon Ndife is in Louisville as part of the Speed Museum’s Sam Gilliam Visiting Artist Program, managed by curator Diallo Simon-Ponte. Ndife creates sculptures that merge domestic forms with elements of the natural world through meticulous hand-building, casting, and painting. His work considers how everyday objects index life under capitalism while imagining alternative futures in which human-made and natural worlds converge. Ndife has presented solo exhibitions at Greene Naftali, New York (2024); Matthew Brown Gallery, Los Angeles (2022); and Storm King Art Center, New Windsor (2022), and has been included in major group exhibitions such as the New Museum Triennial (2021). His work is held in the collections of the Baltimore Museum of Art, the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal, and The Studio Museum in Harlem. He lives and works in New York.

Sam Gilliam Visting Artist at The Speed

Brandon Ndife

Artists Talk with LVA: June 11, 2026

Elizabeth Foley recently wrapped up her Curate Purchase Inspire Fellowship through LVA, and she will join us this week to discuss her exhibit at St. Vincent DePaul Men’s Shelter. Tune into Artists Talk with LVA each Thursday at 10 am on 97.1 FM/Artxfm.com.

Elizabeth Foley is an artist in Louisville, Kentucky. She is a 2025 Curate Purchase Inspire Fellow with Louisville Visual Art, which has resulted in the exhibit, From Which Your Life Flows, at the St. Vincent de Paul Men’s Shelter. For over 20 years, she has exhibited work regionally; on view at 21c Museum Hotel Lexington, the collection at UK Chandler Medical Center, Macy's Department stores, and Kentucky One Healthcare Network. She is a founding member of the Bluegrass Printmakers and was Executive Director for ten years. She is a member of the Kentucky Crafted Program and is a cohort in the 2017-2018 Hadley Creatives Program.

From Which Your Life Flows exhibit

Elizabeth Foley

Artists Talk with LVA: September 25, 2025

Shauntrice Martin, Kenyatta Bosman and Ashya Watkins join us to discuss the upcoming Artists & Afros event. Tune in to WXOX 97.1 FM / Artxfm.com each Thursday at 10 am to hear Artists Talk with LVA.

Shauntrice Martin is a mother, abolitionist, curator, and artist. Her work includes Feed the West (she worked to give free healthy groceries to 50,000 families in less than 9 months) and Artists & Afros--Kentucky's only Black fine arts expo. Shauntrice is developing a Black arts district in the historic West End of Louisville, KY. Her archival work has been featured at the Speed Art Museum, Roots 101 African American Museum, the Kennedy Center, Auburn Avenue Research Library on African American Culture & History, Kentucky Center for African American Heritage, and the Carnegie Cultural Arts Center.

Kenyatta Bosman (they/them) is an artist, photographer, & model. They attended the Kentucky College of Art + Design.

Ashya Watkins is an artist, painter, & muralist, and RBT Training Specialist at LittleStar ABA Therapy. She is also the Track Coach at Francis Parker School.

2025 Artists and Afros Expo

Shauntrice Martin, Kenyatta Bosman, & Ashya Watkins

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.

2025 art[squared] Online Auction

Douglas Miller, Tomisha Lovely-Allen, & Shayne Hull