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: 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: March 19, 2026

The 2026 LVA Honors is on March 20th, and this week, Education Honoree Ying Kit Chan will join us in the studio. Tune into Artists Talk with LVA on WXOX 97.1 FM each Thursday at 10 AM.

Ying Kit Chan has served on the University of Louisville faculty in the Hite Institute for Art + Design since 1984, dedicating over four decades to art, teaching, and service at the university and in the profession.

His research and creative practices across multiple media focus on a philosophical approach to nature, the environment, and sustainability. He has participated in over 200 solo and group exhibitions in the United States and internationally, including museums and galleries in Hong Kong, Australia, Canada, Ecuador, Colombia, Germany, Korea, Japan, England, Italy, Poland, Switzerland, Taiwan, and Portugal. Chan’s art projects have earned numerous honors, including two Kentucky Arts Council Al Smith Visual Arts Fellowships (1994, 2002), a National Endowment for the Arts/Southern Arts Federation Visual Arts Fellowship (1992), and two Great Meadows Foundation professional development travel grants.

In recognition of his teaching, Chan received the Distinguished Teaching Award from the College of Arts and Sciences (2017) and the Outstanding Faculty Mentor of Master's Students Award from the Graduate School (2024).

Chan has regularly led student trips to visit New York and Chicago. He has also taken students to study in Paris, Hong Kong, and China, and will lead a group to Japan in the summer of 2026. He also established an exchange program with the Academy of Visual Arts at Hong Kong Baptist University, enabling a dozen UofL students to study for a semester in Hong Kong. Through museum visits and travel experiences, students directly engage with diverse artistic and cultural traditions. These experiences extend classroom learning to a richer and deeper understanding of art and the world, empowering students to become global citizens.

2026 LVA Honors

Ying Kit Chan

Artists Talk with LVA: March 12, 2026

The 2026 LVA Honors is on March 20th, and two of the honorees, Robyn Gibson & Tom Pfannerstill, join us in the studio. Tune into Artists Talk with LVA on WXOX 97.1 FM at 10 AM every Thursday.

Robyn Gibson is an emerging artist, curator, and podcaster living and working in Louisville, KY. After she started boxing in 2016, Gibson began incorporating it into her art practice. Larger-than-life-sized bold, gestural charcoal figures on canvas, a lyrical writing style meant to pack a punch, and voluptuous ceramic vessels inspired by her own curves all convey the movement and force important to her work and inspired by her boxing practice. The act of taking up space and claiming ownership of it is important to her work. As a Black artist focused on self-portraiture and the exploration of her trauma, Gibson grapples with Black identity, the depiction, perception, and value of Black bodies, and what it means to be authentic. She is also the host of the podcast, WheelHouse Art’s Art by Volume, presented by the Wine Room. 

For nearly four decades as a full-time studio artist, Tom Pfannerstill has transformed overlooked everyday objects—trash, food, clothing, paintbrushes, and waste—into astonishing hyper-realistic sculptures. His work challenges viewers to reconsider consumerism and the byproducts of human consumption, often requiring a second glance to distinguish art from reality. Tom has exhibited nationally since 1990 and is the recipient of a prestigious Kentucky Arts Council fellowship. His work is held in major collections including the Flint Institute of Arts, Bellarmine University, and the Evansville Museum of Arts and Sciences. Based in Louisville, his enduring practice continues to influence generations of artists.

2026 LVA Honors

Robyn Gibson & Tom Pfannerstill

Artists Talk with LVA: March 5, 2026

The 2026 Southern Crossings Pottery Festival happens this weekend at 1020 Brewery, so potters Lindsey Oesteritter & Autumn McKay join us to discuss what to expect. Tune in to WXOX 97.1 FM / Artxfm.com each Thursday at 10 am to hear Artists Talk with LVA

Lindsay Oesterritter is currently a full-time studio potter in Manassas, Virginia. She is a co-organizer of the Southern Crossing Pottery Festival held in her hometown of Louisville, KY. Most recently, in 2021, Lindsay was awarded an Innovation Award by the Pennsylvania Guild of Craftsmen for a piece juried into the Strictly Functional Pottery National. In 2020, she published her first book, Mastering Kilns & Firing. Lindsay had the good fortune to be a resident artist at Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts in Gatlinburg and at Strathnairn Arts Association in Australia. 

Autumn McKay is a ceramic artist from Louisville, Kentucky. Since then, she has attended craft schools as a work study and artist assistant, participated in residency programs nationally and internationally, and studied as a post-bacc student at Indiana University Southeast (2021-23).

Currently, McKay is working as a long-term resident artist and teacher at Queen City Clay in Cincinnati, Ohio. 

The 2026 Southern Crossings Pottery Festival

Ten20 Brewery, 1020 E Washington Street, Louisville, Kentucky

First Pick Friday, March 6, 2026 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Doors open to the public from 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Saturday, March 7, 2026 @ 11:00 am – 5:00 pm

The 2026 Southern Crossings Pottery Festival

Lindsey Oesteritter & Autumn McKay