Artists Talk with LVA: October 02, 2025

Norma Drish joined us to discuss the Woven Narratives Exhibition that she curated for The Little Loomhouse. There will be a closing reception: Saturday, Oct 11, 2-4 pm. Tune in to WXOX 97.1 FM / Artxfm.com each Thursday at 10 am to hear Artists Talk with LVA.

Norma Drish is a self-taught artist from the U.S. Virgin Islands whose work explores everyday life, culture, and nature through portraits, watercolor, fiber arts, and mixed media. She is also a teaching artist, sharing weaving, felting, and other art forms with children and adults in schools, libraries, and community spaces. Recently, she became Operations Manager at The Little Loomhouse, where she has curated Woven Narratives, an exhibition now on view in the Lou Tate Gallery through October 11.

Woven Narratives explores weaving as both craft and a powerful symbol of identity, memory, and connection. Exhibiting Artists include: Victoria Christensen, Ella Clemons, Wendy Dunleavy, Suzanne Edds, Jordan Lienhoop, Irene Mudd, Berkley Saltsman, Amy Sloboda, and Angelica Smith from Kentucky; Annalee Hanson from Mississippi, Pamela Palma from North Carolina, Sam Seurynck Griffith from Detroit, MI, and Paul Wilson from Salt Lake City, UT.

Artists Talk with LVA: March 9, 2023

This week we talk with Sunyang Lim in South Korea about the Korea Fiber Art Forum and Feral Fagiola about the exhibit she has curated for the 849 Gallery, Solve et Coagula, opening Friday. Tune in to WXOX 97.1 FM/Artxfm.com each Thursday at 10 am to hear Artists Talk with LVA.

Sunyang Lim is a Professor, Dongduk Women’s University, Seoul, Korea Fiber Arts, and Textile Design. She earned both a BFA and MFA from Dongduk Women’s University, Seoul, Korea, BFA, and has also studied at SUNY and in France and received her Ph.D. from Hanyang University. She is just one of the many artists participating in the Korea Fiber Form Biennial in Louisville. Her work can be seen at KMAC.

Feral Fagiola is an interdisciplinary artist exploring desire, power, and fetish in their work. Feral’s practice engages industrial materials, processes, and spaces as refractions of physical and implied structures of power on the body. Their sculptural objects, installations, and performances fantasize bodily possibilities through erotic rituals and material transformations. They are now the studio manager at Kentucky College of Art + Design (KYCAD).

Solva et Cuaglia, curated by Feral Fagiola is at KYCAD’s 849 Gallery through the end of March