Artebella On The Radio: July 30, 2020

On this week's broadcast we introduce you to LVA's new Executive Director, Kristian Anderson. Kristian comes to us from Salt Lake City, Utah where he was the Mayor’s Senior Policy Advisor for Arts and Culture.

Anderson has 15 years’ experience in the arts and culture sector, most recently as Senior Policy Advisor to the Mayor of Salt Lake City. In that role, he oversaw a variety of community, operational and political projects encompassing arts and culture as well as land use, urban design, economic development and more. Prior to his mayoral appointment, Kristian was for four years the Executive Director of the Utah Museum of Contemporary Art and Executive Director for the Association of Academic Museums and Galleries in Seattle.

He is the founder and host of “SLC Culture” – a weekly radio show highlighting arts, culture and social issues. Anderson earned his B.A. in History and Classical and Near Eastern Art and Archaeology at the University of Minnesota.  He also holds a Masters in Museum Studies from the University of Colorado and a Certificate of Academic Museum and Gallery Leadership from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. 

Anderson says, “I am exceptionally excited to be given the opportunity to lead Louisville Visual Art at this critical juncture.  Although these are uncertain times, no incoming leader could ask for a better team and engaged board, and I know that incoming board president Jake Theisen, the staff, and I will work tirelessly to bring the power of art, community, and education to every corner of Louisville.”

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Artebella On The Radio: July 23, 2020

This image is from a rehearsal for Gray Shaw's "A Fall Planting", one of 8 plays having their premiere reading in the Derby City Playwrights New Play Festival, available online July 25 & 26. Gray, Brian Walker, David Clark, Matthew Jablow, Sean Fannin, Clare Hagan, Vidalia Unwin, & Lex Mitchell also joined us in a conversation about their plays and the DCP story. Tune in to WXO 97.1 FM, or stream on Artxfm.com this Thursday at 10 am to listen in on LVA's Artebella on the Radio!

Derby City Playwrights is a collective of Louisville writers dedicated to the development of locally grown plays. Creating new and insightful work from within our community, Derby City Playwrights will build a home for new play development and production in Louisville.

Artebella On The Radio: July 16, 2020

Performing artists are unable to take the stage, but John Austin Clark seems to be keeping very busy. He joins us to talk about Bourbon Baroque's NEA grant, the 2020 recipient of the Nicolas Fortin scholarship, and they plan to collaborate with Kentucky Opera, when COVID allows. Tune in to WXOX 97.1 FM, or stream on Artxfm.com each Thursday at 10 am to hear Keith Waits talk top artists on LVA's Artebella On the Radio.

Louisville native John Austin Clark co-founded Bourbon Baroque with the late violinist Nicolas Fortin. Mr. Clark operates a private piano studio, is an active accompanist and vocal coach, directs musical theatre and opera, and performs regularly with various ensembles and equity theatre houses such as Actors Theatre of Louisville and Gulfshore Playhouse in Naples, Florida.

He is the recipient of the 2017 Young Alumni Achievement Award from his alma mater Louisville Collegiate School in Louisville, Kentucky and a recipient of a Kentucky Governor's School for the Arts Toyota Alumni Grant that he used to apprentice with harpsichord builder Yves Beaupré of Montréal, QC in August 2017. He performs on a variety of keyboard instruments and owns a 2017 Beaupré Italian harpsichord. He can be heard on the Naxos/Centaur label.

Artebella On The Radio: July 9, 2020

Rudolfo Salgado, jr. & Susanna Crum of Calliope Arts talk with us this week about a project called C19: Art Works for Kentucky. Tune in to WXOX 97.1 FM, or stream on Artxfm.com each Thursday to hear Keith Waits speak with artists on LVA's Artebella On The Radio

Artebella On The Radio: July 2, 2020

William Mack III & Louis Robert Thompson came to talk The Griot Project and Black theatre in Louisville this week. Tune in to WXOX 97.1 FM. or stream on Artxfm.com each Thursday at 10:00 am to hear Keith Waits talk with artists on LVA's Artebella On The Radio.

William Nack III is a theatre educator and director and the co-founder of The Griot Project. he is also Church Planter/Pastor at Grace Community Covenant Church.

Louis Robert Thompson was born in Louisville, Kentucky, USA. He is an actor, singer, and dancer best known for his role as the Veterinarian in Sundance Film Festival breakout The Art of Self Defense. He is also a fixture in the Louisville theater community starring in roles such as Coach in Ghost, John Henry in American Tales, and Xerxes in Esther The Musical.