Artists Talk with LVA: February 24, 2022

Andre Kimo Stone Guess is an internationally respected leader who has over 25 years of executive experience. He previously served as CEO of the August Wilson Center for African American Culture in Pittsburgh and was VP and Producer for Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York. In June 2021 he became the President & CEO of the Louisville Fund for the Arts.

Andre's consulting clients include: The Pew Charitable Trusts, William Penn Foundation, New Orleans Jazz Orchestra, The Clef Club in Philadelphia, Signature Theatre, MCC Theater, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, New York City Opera, The Esplanade in Singapore, Orchestra of St. Luke’s, the Aspen Institute, Manhattan Theater Club, Jazz at Lincoln Center, Jazz Workshop, Inc. (Estate of Charles Mingus), Pittsburgh Jazz Orchestra, Soulful Symphony, Wynton Marsalis Enterprises, Inc. and the Brooklyn Music School. Music management clients include: Christian McBride, Darin Atwater, Sean Jones, Aaron Diehl, Warren Wolf and Nicholas Payton.

Andre received a B.S. in Economics with a minor in Actuarial Mathematics from the University of Louisville. He has finished coursework and completed the comprehensive examinations for a PhD in Urban and Public Affairs with a concentration in Policy Analysis and Evaluation, also at the University of Louisville.  

Andre has served as producer for several recording projects, including one that won a Grammy.  He is also a writer and cultural critic with works published by USA Today, The Courier-Journal, The Root, The Grio and ESPN’s The Undefeated.

Artebella On The Radio: December 9

Raphaela Platow assumed her new role as the Director of The Speed Museum on August 30, of this year. Platow has served as the Alice & Harris Weston Director of the Contemporary Arts Center (CAC) in Cincinnati, Ohio since 2007.  This week she came to speak with us about it. Join us at WXOX 97.1 FM/Artxfm.com each Thursday at 10 am.

During her 14 years at the CAC, Platow increased annual attendance fourfold. This growth follows two major initiatives driven by Platow to enhance the CAC’s physical space and improve visitor experience through renovations and the implementation of free admission for all in 2016. Under her leadership, she doubled its annual operating budget through substantial increases in earned revenue and private support and made both environmental sustainability and diversity, equity, and inclusion key priorities.

Artebella On The Radio: July 30, 2020

On this week's broadcast we introduce you to LVA's new Executive Director, Kristian Anderson. Kristian comes to us from Salt Lake City, Utah where he was the Mayor’s Senior Policy Advisor for Arts and Culture.

Anderson has 15 years’ experience in the arts and culture sector, most recently as Senior Policy Advisor to the Mayor of Salt Lake City. In that role, he oversaw a variety of community, operational and political projects encompassing arts and culture as well as land use, urban design, economic development and more. Prior to his mayoral appointment, Kristian was for four years the Executive Director of the Utah Museum of Contemporary Art and Executive Director for the Association of Academic Museums and Galleries in Seattle.

He is the founder and host of “SLC Culture” – a weekly radio show highlighting arts, culture and social issues. Anderson earned his B.A. in History and Classical and Near Eastern Art and Archaeology at the University of Minnesota.  He also holds a Masters in Museum Studies from the University of Colorado and a Certificate of Academic Museum and Gallery Leadership from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. 

Anderson says, “I am exceptionally excited to be given the opportunity to lead Louisville Visual Art at this critical juncture.  Although these are uncertain times, no incoming leader could ask for a better team and engaged board, and I know that incoming board president Jake Theisen, the staff, and I will work tirelessly to bring the power of art, community, and education to every corner of Louisville.”

Tune in to WXOX 97.1 FM, or stream on Artxfm.com each Thursday at 10 am to hear Keith Waits talk with artists and arts related people on LVA’s Artebella On The Radio..