Artists Talk with LVA: March 26, 2026

Jacob, Malcolm, & Louis

KMAC Couture is on March 28th, and this week, Malcolm Fife, Louis Taylor-Barks, & Jacob Grant will join us in the studio. Tune into Artists Talk with LVA on WXOX 97.1 FM at 10 AM.

Malcolm Fife is a Kentucky resident who recently graduated (2022) with a BFA in Printmaking and Painting from Murray State University. He has shown work in Bowling Green, Lexington, Evansville, and Henderson. He is a member of ArtWorks Bowling Green, Murray Art Guild, Lexington Art League, Henderson Society of Art, and Ohio Valley Art League. He currently works at Hadley Pottery.

Louis Taylor-Banks is a retired Navy veteran who describes himself as “kind of a maker”.

Jacob Grant is Artist & Curator @revelrygallery. He earned a BA in Art History + Philosophy from the University of Louisville and is a candidate for an MA in Critical & Curatorial Studies from the Hite Institute of Art + Design at U of L.

Artists Talk with LVA: July 20, 2023

Amberly M. Simpson of AMBO Dance Theatre joins us this week to talk about two upcoming dance events involving her company. Tune in to WXOX 97.1 FM/Artxfm.com each Thursday at 10 am to hear Artists Talk with LVA.

Amberly M. Simpson is a dancer, educator, and choreographer local to Louisville, KY. She later attended Bellarmine University (2015-2017) where she received her Master of the Arts in Teaching and is now a full-time Dance teacher at Noe Middle School. Through her work as an educator, Amberly was able to present her work on empowering youth through nontraditional partnering forms at the National Dance Education Organization’s National Conference (2019).

In 2019, Amberly founded Ambo Dance Theatre, a contemporary/modern dance company. Through Ambo Dance Theatre, Amberly has presented work with Brighton Dance Festival (2019), Lighthouse Dance Festival (2019), the Kentucky Refugee Ministries (2019, 2020), the Louisville Dance Series (2019, 2020), the Louisville Arts Network (2020), the Going Dutch Festival (2020), and Princeton Research Day (2019) where her collaboration with David Vartanyan received the Impact Award. She was also honored as one of the Hadley Creatives (2019-2020, Generation III) through the Community Foundation of Louisville.