Artists Talk with LVA: July 3, 2025

Artistas Cubanos Chévere opens at Louisville Visual Art on July 11th. Two of the artists, Carlos Gamez De Francisco & Julio Cesar joined us in the studio this week. Tune in to WXOX 97.1 FM/Artxfm.com each Thursday at 10 am to hear Artists Talk with LVA.

Carlos Gamez de Francisco was born in post-revolutionary Cuba in 1987, to a Cuban-Spanish mother and a Cuban-American father. He grew up in Cuba and was educated in an academic style heavily influenced by the Russian Academy. At age five, he determined, with absolute certainty, that he would be an artist. By the time he was fifteen, Gamez de Francisco was diligently painting 8 hours a day, every day. Today, he often spends 15 hours a day painting and feels “very blessed to do what I love.”His exceptional talent, hard work, and perseverance led him to earn artistic commissions and recognition.

Julio Cesar Rodríguez Aguilar was born in 1976 in Holguin, Cuba. From a very early age, he was enthusiastic about drawing. As an adolescent, he entered the Vocational School of Art Raúl Gómez Garcia, and later he entered the Professional Academy of Visual Arts in his city, graduating in the specialty of Painting, Drawing, Photography, and Artistic Weaving in 1995. Julio also went on to be a professor of the arts and involved himself in book illustration, stage and costume design, muralism, and more. 

He specifically found fascination in surrealism, which provided him with the necessary vision of what he most identified with: the mystical, the surreal, and the poetic.

Artists Talk with LVA: August 1, 2024

Susan Howe runs Mudpies Studio & Gallery and opens a solo exhibit at Revelry Boutique & Gallery on August 2. Tune in to 97.1 FM/Artxfm.com each Thursday at 10 am to hear Artists Talk with LVA.

In early 2016 Susan Howe began the portrait project, 100 Faces as an oil study. She chose local artists who were impacting the arts in Louisville as her muse. The project was meant to hone skills and grow as an artist. As the project grew, Susan began to include famous people who had impacted her life in some way through their work. Every portrait study became an intimate conversation. The result is a collection of Susan’s lifetime influences. Susan also owns and instructs at Mudpies Studio in Middletown. Her work is found in many corporate and private collections.

Susan has been showing at Revelry for many years. Through her classes, she has encouraged many of her students to become involved with Revelry, Louisville Visual Art, and other visual art organizations.

"Recollections" opens Friday, August 2 with a reception from 6-9 pm at Revelry Boutique & Gallery

Artists Talk with LVA: August 3, 2023

Thomas Wortham Rallis is a multi-media artist whose first solo exhibit, “American Made” opens at Revelry Gallery on August 4, 2023. There is a reception from 6 - 9 pm. In our conversation, we reference this piece quite a bit.

Artists Talk with LVA: June 8, 2023

On June 9th Revelry Gallery opens a new photography exhibition entitled: Light & Sound: A Local Lens on Live Music, curated by local writer-filmmaker Mark Rabinowitz and featuring his work as well as that of three other local photographers who have turned their lenses on Louisville's vibrant local music scene: Will Fenwick, Tess Fulkerson, and Rylee Gordon

Mark & one of the artists, Tess Fulkerson, joined us in the studio this week. Tune in to WXOX 97.1 FM/Artxfm.com each Thursday at 10 am to hear Artists Talk with LVA.

Mark Rabinowitz is the co-founder of seminal independent film news service indieWIRE.com and has been active in the independent film world as a journalist, producer, acquisitions executive, film festival staffer, and consultant since 1995. 

Tess Fulkerson is a 26-year-old multidisciplinary artist who is active in the Louisville, KY music and arts scene, with her main medium being photography. Her grainy, black-and-white photography style has become a staple in the local scene. She is also in a band called “qwerty” and does booking, tour managing, and music reviews for other local and non-local artists. Tess also has a computer engineering and computer science degree from the University of Louisville.

Artists Talk with LVA: February 10, 2022

Sheila Fox was our guest this week, talking about her solo show at Revelry: "A Journey of Elegance". Tune in to WXOX 97.1 FM/Artxfm.com each Thursday at 10 am to hear Keith Waits talk with artists.

Sheila Fox, also known under the name 'GodivaGoddess', is a self-taught mixed media artist based in Louisville, KY. Fox has been making art for 20 years. Her vibrant portraits of Black women take inspiration from Fox’s own lived experience as an African American woman, as she seeks to celebrate her story and the stories of generations of Black women through the joy of artistic expression.

'A Journey of Elegance' at Revelry Gallery is now open and an artists’ reception will happen on Friday, February 11th, from 6-9 pm. The show will be on display through March 6th.