Artists Talk with LVA: May 28, 2026

The 2026 art[squared] Online Auction Party happens on June 11th, and featured artists Douglas Miller, Uhma Janus, and Drew Scanlon will be in the studio this week. Tune into Artists Talk with LVA each Thursday at 10 am on 97.1 FM/Artxfm.com.

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.  He is currently an Assistant Professor of Art at Bellarmine University.

uhma janus is a native of León, Guanajuato, México. Her work deals with the representation of the essence of reality by visualizing its elements as independent and in the dynamic interstitial space that is enlivened through their connection. Such representations are imbued with her interests in the fundamental, in the dynamism of complex systems, and in the disciplines of Geometry, Physics, and Microbiology.

uhma resides in Louisville, Kentucky. She can be found in her studio, writing at a coffee shop, exploring the urban air of Louisville during her walks, in mechanical, dance-like trances when rhythmic music compels her, and, overall, just being human.

Drew Scanlon attended the University of Florida, earned their Bachelor of Arts in Art History & Ceramics Certificate in 2020. After graduating, they spent a 2020-2021 as a Post-Baccalaureate student at West Virginia University. They then spent two years studying at Indiana University Southeast as a Post-Baccalaureate. They worked as the ceramic studio assistant at both IUS and UofL.

Drew just completed the MFA program in Studio Art at the University of Louisville. Additionally, they are an Instructor of Record at the University of Louisville, with experience teaching both Foundation 3D design and Intro to Clay.

2026 art[squared] Online Auction & Party

Douglas Miller, Uhma Janus, and Drew Scanlon

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

Artists Talk with LVA: April 23, 2026

Hannah DeWitt discusses her recently completed CPI Fellowship and the resulting exhibit, Art for Arthur Street. Tune into Artists Talk with LVA on WXOX 97.1 FM at 10 AM.

Hannah DeWitt holds an MFA from the Hite Institute of Art and Design at the University of Louisville and a BFA from Spalding University. She is a multimedia artist with an emphasis on conceptual performative works, both live and digital. Her works are often participatory, deeply personal, and at times, ethically fraught as she fumbles in the dark in search of someone, anyone to witness. Blurring the line between public and private space, her work balances on the edge of radical vulnerability and exhibitionism.

Hannah is also a Curate Purchase Inspire Fellow with Louisville Visual Art, and on April 12, she unveiled the resulting exhibit, Art for Arthur Street.

Art for Arthur Street, a CPI Fellowship

Hannah DeWitt

Artists Talk with LVA: February 5, 2026

This week's guest, Aurora Noctua, recently exhibited at Grady Goods + Artpunk Gallery. Tune in to WXOX 97.1 FM / Artxfm.com each Thursday at 10 am to hear Artists Talk with LVA.

Aurora Noctua is a Kentucky native and local Louisville artist, writer, and designer. Her favorite medium is traditional pen and ink, coupled with mixed media techniques. Her hobbies are martial arts, video games, biking, hiking, writing, playing violin, and running the occasional Dungeons and Dragons campaign

"Ad Astra Per Aspera" Aurora Noctua's First Solo Show was at Grady Goods + Artpunk Gallery through Jan 31, 2026.

Ad Astra Per Aspera at Grady Goods

Aurora Noctua

Artists Talk with LVA: January 29, 2026

Thaniel Lee joins us to discuss his first curatorial effort, Market Boom: Emerging Artists from Louisville’s East Market District 2000–2008, the day before it opens at WheelHouse Art. Tune in to WXOX 97.1 FM / Artxfm.com each Thursday at 10 am to hear Artists Talk with LVA.

Thaniel Ion Lee's work explores both the body and the mind. His work attempts to make the viewer look beyond the everyday by juxtaposing unrelated symbols and words to force the viewer to connect concepts that are normally separated in the viewer's mind.

Lee's work has been exhibited at the Speed Art Museum, the Kentucky Museum of Art + Craft, and was represented at Swanson Contemporary in Louisville, KY from 2005 to 2019. His work can be found in the collections of the KMAC Museum, 21c Museum Hotels, the University of Louisville, as well as in private collections across Kentucky, California, and New York, among others.

Market Boom: Emerging artists from Louisville's East Market District 2000-2008 at WheelHouse Art, Curated by Thaniel Ion Lee

January 30 - March 14, 2026. Opening reception Friday, January 30, 2026, 6:00 - 8:00 pm.

"Market Boom: Emerging artists from Louisville's East Market District 2000-2008" at WheelHouse Art

Thaniel ion Lee