Artists Talk with LVA: September 17, 2026

David Helm just opened Labyrinths at the Cressman Center, and he will join us to discuss it. Tune in to Artists Talk with LVA each Thursday at 10 am on 97.1 FM or Artxfm.com.

After graduating from the University of Louisville in Fine Arts/Graphic Design and Atlanta’s Portfolio Center in Art Direction, David [Jelly] Helm began his career as an art director for The Martin Agency in Richmond before being recruited by Wieden+Kennedy in 1992. In 2006, he became the Executive Creative Director of Wieden+Kennedy Portland, which Helm considers one of his most meaningful and humbling professional moments.

In 2008, Helm founded Studio Jelly, an independent brand studio built on long-term relationships with people and organizations he cares about. Clients range from global brands to nonprofits, arts organizations, conservation groups, and purpose-driven companies. The work is characterized by its honesty, craft, and humanity, using the creative process to help organizations become deeper, clearer, more fully themselves.

Labyrinths is on view at The Cressman Center for Visual Art through October 31st, 2026

Labyrinths exhibit at Cressman Center for the Arts

David Helm

Artists Talk with LVA: June 25, 2026

It was recently announced that Lalana Fedorschak had won the 2026 Bill Fischer Award for Visual Art, and this week, they join us in the studio to discuss how it might impact their career. Tune into Artists Talk with LVA each Thursday at 10 am on 97.1 FM/Artxfm.com

Lalana Fedorschak is an artist working primarily in ceramic sculpture. Lalana is a friend of craft and a lover of objects, finding kinship with people who value physical, tactile intelligences and are committed to the analog properties of being alive.

Lalana was born and raised in Prescott, Arizona. They hold a BFA in Ceramics from Northern Arizona University and an MFA in Ceramics from Ohio University. Lalana is currently an Assistant Professor of Art at the University of Louisville and has previously held teaching positions at Vincennes University and Indiana University Southeast. Their work has been widely exhibited in museums, galleries, and artist-run spaces throughout the country.

2026 Bill Fischer Award Winner

Lalana Fedorschak

Artists Talk with LVA: May 7, 2026

With Insects We Share the Same Light, curated by Clare Hirn, opens at MaybeItsFate on May 9th. Clare discusses her curatorial debut with Margaret Carreiro, Professor of Biology Emerita, University of Louisville. Tune into Artists Talk with LVA on WXOX 97.1 FM at 10 AM.

Clare Hirn, a native of Louisville, Kentucky, received her Master’s in Painting and Drawing from the New York Academy of Art - Graduate School of Figurative Art. With an emphasis on strong foundational skills of drawing and painting, Hirn has largely worked realistically over the span of her 30+ year career. Always inspired by the natural world, with a focus on landscape and the human figure.

Margaret Carreiro is a plant and soil ecologist working primarily in urban and suburban areas. She studies the impacts of cities and towns on natural areas and is also involved in restoration ecology studies. She was an Associate Professor in the Department of Biology at UofL.

With Insects We Share the Same Light, curated by Clare Hirn, invites viewers to deepen their appreciation for insects — Earth's most diverse organisms and ecological cornerstone for over 350 million years — and to reflect on their critical role and growing vulnerability in the Anthropocene.

With Insects We Share the Same Light, curated by Clare Hirn

Clare Hirn & Margaret Carreiro

Artists Talk with LVA: February 12, 2026

Kathryn Brooks, MA candidate in Hite Art Institute's Curatorial Studies program, joined us this week on Artists Talk with LVA on WXOX 97.1 FM to discuss their thesis exhibit at 21c.

Kathryn Brooks, a student in the MA Program in Critical & Curatorial Studies at the Hite Institute of Art + Design, curated After Precarity as part of the program’s culminating MA Thesis Project, gaining hands-on experience organizing a professional exhibition at a major contemporary art venue.

After Precarity runs through June 2026  at the 21c Museum Hotel, 700 W Main Street, Louisville, Kentucky 40202 (top floors, galleries 4 & 5)

After Precarity features work that has rewritten the narrative of discardable consumer goods, finding beauty in what was disposed of. 

Louisville-based artists, including UofL Professor Mitch Eckert, Albertus Gorman, Lori Larusso, and Tom Pfannerstill, each find their muse and often their material of choice in the discarded articles of consumer goods found in trash receptacles, along riverbanks, and on roadsides.

After Precarity at 21c Museum & Hotel Louisville

Kathryn Brooks

Artists Talk with LVA: June 5, 2025

Elmer Lucille Allen and Sandra Charles join us to talk about their exhibit, “Echoes of the Ages,” which opens on June 7th at the Bourne-Schweitzer Gallery. Tune in to WXOXm 97.1 FM/Artxfm.com each Thursday at 10 am to hear Artists Talk with LVA.

Sandra Charles & Elmer Lucille Allen are here to talk about their exhibit Echoes of the Ages, which opens June 7th at Bourne-Schweitzer Gallery with a reception from 1 - 3 pm. There will also be an artist's talk on July 10th

Sandra Charles is an oil painter who believes you should never give up on your dreams.  Her work focuses on the culture, history, and social issues that affect African American women.  Sandra has painted all her life, but began her career as a batik fiber artist.  She returned to school in 2011 and obtained a Bachelor of Fine Art Degree in painting from the University of Louisville.  After graduation, she realized painting was her passion and retired to concentrate on her art. 

Elmer Lucille Allen is a ceramic and fiber artist and chemist who graduated from Nazareth College (now Spalding University) in 1953. Both her father and brother were named Elmer, and the family chose to name her Elmer Lucille. She became the first African-American chemist at Brown-Forman in 1966. After retiring, she began studying art at the University of Louisville, where she received her Master of Creative Arts degree with a focus on ceramics and fiber in 2002. Allen's textile work incorporates shibori dyeing techniques.

Echoes of the Past at Bourne-Schweitzer Gallery

Sandra Charles & Elmer Lucille Allen