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Artists Talk with LVA: October 19, 2023

Rebecca Norton is doing a lot of things: curator for The Common Gallery & co-founder of MaybeItsFate, a member-owned social club and art gallery in Louisville just to name two. She talked about some of these with us this week. Tune in to WXOX 97.1 FM/Artxfm.com each Thursday to hear Artists Talk with LVA.

Norton is an artist, curator, and educator. She received her BFA from the University of Louisville in 2004 and her MFA from the Art Center College of Design in 2010. Norton's work is included in permanent collections at 21C Hotel Louisville, the Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft, and the Kentucky Museum at Western Kentucky University. She is the recipient of awards and grants from the Puffin Foundation, 2011, See.me 2013 Painting Category Winner, 2014, M.A. Hadley Fellowship, 2016, the Kentucky Foundation for Women Artist Enrichment Grant, 2019, and the Great Meadows Artist Professional Development Grant, 2019 & 2020. Norton has been a contributing writer for Arts in Bushwick and Abstract Critical. Her lectures and writings have been published on MOCA tv, the Brooklyn Rail, Duke University Scalar publications, and Blacksun Lit. She currently works as an independent curator for The Common Gallery in Louisville Rebecca is co-founder of MaybeItsFate, a member-owned social club and art gallery in Louisville. She lives and works in Kentucky.

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Artists Talk with LVA: December 22, 2022

Imuzi Ryzoncity Thompson and Autumn McKay Lindsey talk about their exhibits at 1512 Creative Compound's The Common Gallery. Tune in to WXOX 97.1 FM/Artxfm.com each Thursday at 10 am to hear Artists Talk with LVA.

Imuzi Ryzoncity Thompson is a self-taught artist who was born in Manchester, Jamaica but is now based in Louisville KY. His exhibit, Birth Of An American Beast, is now on view at The Common Gallery at the 1512 Creative Compound.

Autumn McKay Lindsey is a ceramic artist whose newest exhibit, Return to the Beaten Path,is now on view at The Common Gallery at the 1512 Creative Compound.