Shae Goodlett, Teri Dryden, & John Brooks are 3 of the Featured Artists for the June 25 Art[squared] Online Auction Fundraiser and they will be joining us this Thursday morning for LVA's Artebella On The Radio. Tune in to WXOX 97.1 FM, or stream on Artxfm.com every Thursday to hear Keith Waits talk with artists.
Why you want to be there…The art[squared] Auction will be open to the public. Some of the most sought-after artists in Louisville have work available at art[squared]! In addition, there will be 6 featured artists this year who have each created a triptych (3 canvases) for the event! Featured Artists include: Teri Dryden, Ashley Cathey, Lori Larusso, Jaylin Stewart, Chip Calloway and Shae Goodlet.
Imagine the powerful sight of 100+ works of art displayed in support of scholarships for 1000+ young artists! Proceeds benefit all of LVA’s vital programming: from Children's Fine Art Classes and Open Doors outreach for at-risk youth; to the Mural Art Program and year-round exhibitions at Metro Hall & AC Hotel.
Teri Dryden’s piece in art[squared]
Shae Goodlett’s piece in art[squared]
Shae Goodlett is an artist and illustrator and graduate of Bellarmine University. He just completed the MFA program at the University of Louisville’s Hite Institute for Art.
Teri Dryden is a member of the Collage Artists of America, National Collage Society, and Women Painters West. Her work is included in many private and public collections and has been exhibited in numerous solo, group and juried exhibitions across the country.
Visual artist and poet John Brooks explores themes of identity, memory, death, place, and the transformative power and emotional resonance of particular experiences and what Max Beckmann described as “the deepest feeling about the mystery of being. He manages Quappi Projects in Louisville.
Lori Larusso is the recipient of the 2020 Bill Fischer Award for Visual Artists, and she will be our guest this week on LVA's Artebella On The Radio. Tune in to WXOX 97.1 FM, or stream on Artxfm.com each Thursday at 10 am to hear Keith Waits talk with artists.
Larusso earned an MFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) and a BFA from the University of Cincinnati’s College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning (DAAP). She has consistently exhibited work in solo and group exhibitions, both nationally and internationally, and has been awarded, numerous residency fellowships. She is a recipient of the Kentucky Arts Council’s Al Smith Fellowship, the Great Meadows Foundation Professional Development Grant, as well as numerous grants from the Kentucky Foundation for Women. Lori is the 2019 Kentucky South Arts Fellow and received the 2020 Fischer Prize for Visual Artists. She currently lives and works in Louisville, Kentucky, USA, and her work is represented by Skidmore Contemporary in Santa Monica, California, and Mulberry & Lime in Lexington, Kentucky.
Ashley Cathey, Jaylin Stewart, & Chip Kafale Calloway are 3 of the 7 artists who will be featured in LVA's art[squared] online fundraiser on June 25, and they also happen to be Black artists who have something to say in this moment. Listen to them on this extended edition of LVA's Artebella On The Radio. The interview runs for about 1 hour and 16 minutes. Tune in each Thursday) at 10:00 am on WXOX 97.1 FM, or stream on ARTXFM.com.
Ashley Cathey is a Louisville native whose paintings have brought her to prominence in a fairly short time after moving back to Louisville from Chicago. When she returned, she quickly found her footing and exhibited work in a group show at the Louisville Community Center, one of the Metro Parks community centers overseen by Portia White. From there, Cathey caught the attention of ArtsReach’s Julia Youngblood, who commissioned Cathey to create a series of portraits, which ArtsReach used for posters for their annual Keepers of the Dream celebration at the Kentucky Center for the Arts.
Jaylin Stewart is an artist from West Louisville who has dedicated her talents to victims of violence & the community by creating therapeutic artwork. Through her non-profit company, Adah School of Art she provides visual art instruction to children. Although primarily a painter, her three-dimensional installation, God Rest America, was at Scheherezade Gallery in 2019. Since the stay-at-home quarantine, she has kept busy executing chalk sidewalk murals in tribute to health care workers.
Tiffany Ackerman Westmoreland talks about the resurgence of her stained-glass practice during self-isolation and how long it will take Flame Run, where she is the Gallery Director, to fire up their furnace again on this week's Artebella On The Radio. Tune in to WXOX 97.1 FM, or stream on Artxfm.com each Thursday at 10am to hear Keith Waits talk with artists.
On her Instagram page: tart_ackerart, Westmoreland describes herself as:
Western Middle School Art Teacher Amanda Thompson talks about the challenges of visual art NTI, and artist/curator Ashley Cathey tells about the 3-D virtual reality version of her "Black Before I Was Born" exhibit that she is building. Tune in each Thursday to WXOX 97.1 FM, or stream on Artxfm.com to hear Keith Waits talk with artists and teachers!
Amanda Thompson has a background in fine art, community outreach, and education. She currently holds a BFA in Mixed Media from the University of Kentucky and an MAT in art education and MS in human development from the University of Louisville. She is in her ninth year of teaching Art at Western Middle School for the Arts and Children’s Fine Art Classes with LVA . She has shown artwork, participated in art exhibits and programs throughout the US, Ireland, Italy, and China.
Ashley Cathey is a painter whose creative journey began with performing arts before she was eventually encouraged to develop her visual art talents, which, up until then had been purely for her own personal edification, by exhibiting in Chicago before returning to her native Louisville. She came to prominence when ArtsReach commissioned Cathey to create a series of portraits for their annual Keepers of the Dream celebration at the Kentucky Center for the Arts. In 2016 her work was featured on the cover of LEO Weekly as part of an extensive story on artists of color in Louisville. She recently curated the exhibit, Black Before I Was Born, still up at Roots 101.
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