Curator Ada Asenjo brings artists Ingrid Hernandez and Daniel Lopez to discuss the Aflora Arts Festival taking place this weekend. Tune in to Artists Talk with LVA each Thursday at 10 am on 97.1 FM or Artxfm.com.

Ada Asenjo was born in the Dominican Republic. She is a self-taught artist and is always in learning mode. In 2022, she was among the first to receive the Curate Inspire Purchase Fellowship from Louisville Visual Art and, in collaboration with La Casita Center, curated a permanent exhibit: Somos de Aquí y AFLORAMOS! (We are here and we FLOURISH!). Works from that exhibit were on display at the Speed Museum for Hispanic Heritage Month in 2023. She has now organized the Aflora Arts Festival, which will take place this Sunday, October 18th, from 12-8:30 pm.

Ingrid Hernandez is from Puerto Rico and studied at the Rhode Island School of Design. She now lives and works in Louisville, Kentucky.

Daniel Lopez is a self-taught painter based in Lexington, Kentucky.

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Artists Talk With LVA: October 20, 2022

Guest User · October 20, 2022

Shauntrice Martin & Ada Asenjo are part of the first Curate Purchase Inspire cohort with LVA and they talk about their projects as they reach their conclusion. Tune in to WXOX 97.1 FM/Artxfm.com Thursday at 10 am to hear all about it.

Shauntrice Martin is a mother, abolitionist, and artist. She was born and raised in Louisville, KY and currently serves as a lobbyist. Her artwork has reflected a tumultuous yet triumphant trajectory. The use of acrylics, textile, sculpture, and photography blend in her pieces to create sometimes haunting images of the lives Black and Indigenous people could have lived if white supremacy never existed. She created Chahta Noir as a resource & outlet for artists to develop, network, and BE.

Shauntrice is the inaugural Speed Art Museum Artist-In-Residence. Her photo journey is available via SPEEDxWEST. Shauntrice's museum solo exhibition "Something in the Water" opened at the Speed Art Museum in December 2021.

Her exhibit, Sweet Fire, is being installed at Play Cousins Collective and will officially open to the public in December 2022.

Ada Asenjo was born in the Dominican Republic where flowers bloom all throughout the year. Pressing flowers is something she has enjoyed doing most of her life! Pressed foliage has been used to elaborately embellish gifts and items for ages. Each petal and leaf is intricate beyond comparison, yet they are often overlooked. By juxtaposing different elements, their exquisite details become apparent.

Our existence is transient, and everything hinges on what or who came before. Nothing happens in isolation. I feel I must convey this hopeful message of the flowers: Today we live in Joy and Love.

Her exhibit ,Somo De Aqui y Afloramos, opens November 5 at La Casita Center

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