Artists Talk with LVA: September 3, 2026

The Ohio Valley Biennial opens at LVA on September 12th, and juror Dr. fari nzinga joins us this week to discuss it. Tune in to Artists Talk with LVA each Thursday at 10 am on 97.1 FM or Artxfm.com.

As an independent curator and interdisciplinary scholar, fari nzinga approaches exhibition-making and knowledge production collaboratively. Throughout her career, be it in Havana, New Orleans, Kalamazoo, or Louisville, she has built community with artists and culture-bearers, students and educators, to document and popularize stories of creative excellence, historic achievement, and resistance to oppression. 

The largest full-scale park renovation in Olmsted Parks Conservancy's history now has its leader. fari nzinga, PhD, joined the organization in 2026 as Project Ambassador, Olmsted West, tasked with bringing the Chickasaw Park Restoration Project to life through the neighborhood voices that know it best.

2026 Ohio River Biennial Juried Exhibition

Dr. fari nzinga

Artists Talk with LVA: September 26, 2024

Esther Callahan has juried the 2024 Ohio Valley Biennial for Louisville Visual Art (LVA) and talks about the exhibit with us this week. Tune in to WXOX 97.1 FM/Artxfm.com each Thursday at 10 am to hear Artists Talk with LVA.

An independent curator, arts consultant, social and creative entrepreneur, Esther Callahan also organizes and manages various art projects around the Twin Cities. Over the past 20+ years, she has created and co-created various platforms for cultural production and dialogue rooted in interrogating the impact of racial and gender equity, and our future histories. Most recently, through her "Periphery of Power" exhibition in late 2023 at Gamut Gallery in Minneapolis, MN. She has held positions as Co-Director of the Emerging Curators Institute that builds the individual practices of emerging curators, Artistic Director of Arts and Rec US, Great Meadows Foundation Critic in Residence in 2021, and former Curatorial Fellow at the Minneapolis Institute of Art. From the beginning of her career, she has believed in working hand-in-hand with artists to facilitate their evolution, and in turn the advancement of their careers, growing together and finding common lines of investigation, reflected in a strong focus to create a space that builds dialogue among different communities. She believes in the power of art and in living a life that makes an impact.

The 2024 Ohio Valley Biennial is on view through October 24 at the LVA Gallery.

2024 Ohio Valley Biennial

Esther Callahan