Artists Talk with LVA: September 28, 2023

Marcelle Gianelloni & C.J. Pressma will be exhibiting together at Pyro Gallery as part of the 2023 Louisville Photo Biennial. We will be talking with them 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.

C..J. Pressma founded the Center for Photographic Studies – an alternative school of creative photography, in 1970. The Center provided a learning experience for those seeking to explore photography as creative expression. During its eight- year existence the center attracted students from over 35 states and foreign countries to its full-time resident program and provided part-time instruction and darkroom access for hundreds of students in the Louisville metropolitan area. In 1978 he was awarded a National Endowment Fellowship in Photography.

Pressma is also a multimedia producer and marketing communications specialist. In 1984, his seven part series Witness to the Holocaust, was released in the U.S. and Canada where it remains in distribution today. Witness to the Holocaust has received numerous national awards.

Marcelle Gianelloni went to The Chain School, attended Wheaton College, studied Spanish at the Middlebury Language School and received a Masters In Education at Lesley University. She has been the curator of Education at the Louisville Zoo since 1984.

Pressma/Gianelloni/Perspectives
September 29 through October 22, 2023 at Pyro Gallery
Opening Reception: Sunday, October 1, 2023, 1-4 pm
Artist’s Talk: Saturday, October 7, 1 pm
Gallery Hours: Friday and Saturday 12-6 pm, Sunday 1-4 pm

Artists Talk with LVA: September 20, 2023

Portland Museum opens the "Made in Portland" exhibition on September 23, which is part of the 2023 Portland Art & Heritage Fair, and 1 of the artists, Noah Howard & Shannon Delahanty, Creative Coordinator at the Museum joined us in the studio to talk about it. Tune in to WXOX 97.1 FM/Artxfm.com each Thursday at 10 am to hear Artists Talk with LVA.

Artists Talk with LVA: September 7, 2023

The 2023 Louisville Photo Biennial begins this week and Kevin Rose Schultz opens an exhibit at LVA on Sept. 8 while Carol Henry opens her show at Rhonda Goodall Gallery. Tune in to WXOX 97.1 FM/Artxfm.com on Thursdays at 10 am to hear Artists Talk with LVA.

Kentuckiana artist Kevin Rose Schultz works out of her studio, created by her husband, in Floyds Knobs, Indiana. Schultz’s love of art began early. In her formative years, she spent a lot of time with her grandmother, who was an avid quilter, seamstress, and crafter.  While in grade school, her mother was also beginning her home studies in painting and design. These early family role models made a lasting impression.

She taught visual arts for eighteen years in public high schools and was awarded the Art Educator of the Year Award from the Art Education Association of Indiana in 2014. She retired in 2019 but continues teaching her passion through the LVA Children’s Fine Art Classes and offers workshops locally.

Schultz currently enjoys working in photography and fibers with a focus on cyanotypes and eco-printing.  She has shown her work in national and international juried exhibitions and has works in public and private collections. 

Illuminating the Past opens September 8 at LVA Gallery and runs through November 3

Naturing is a solo exhibition of the photographic kind by Carol Henry that also opens September 8 at The Goodall Gallery

The photo-based artist who spent most of her career in California explores her relationship with nature as a muse, including human nature. A recent resident of the Bluegrass state, she includes several images made with local plant life and our treasured limestone-filtered water.

Artists Talk with LVA: August 31, 2023

Mural of Jon 2BUCK Brown by Often Seen Rarely Spoken

The 2Buck Invitational for Mural Artists will be on Sept. 8 & 9, so Cody Hicks, Ben McLeod, & Trey Waterberry will join us this week to discuss the annual event and Jon “2BUCK” Brown, one of the founders who passed away in 2015. Tune in to WXOX 97.1 FM/Artxfm.com each Thursday at 10 am to hear Artists Talk with LVA.

Artists Talk with LVA: August 24, 2023

LVA staff members Grant Johnson & Kristian Anderson will be in the studio this week to talk about LVA's past, present, & future. Tune in to WXOX 97.1 FM/Artxfm.com each Thursday at 10 am to hear Artists Talk with LVA.

Kristian Anderson has 18+ years’ experience in the arts and culture sector, including as Senior Policy Advisor to the Mayor of Salt Lake City. Prior to that, 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 was the founder and host of “SLC Culture” – a weekly radio show highlighting arts, culture and social issues.

For the past 3 years he was the Executive Director of LVA where he achieved fiscal stability and growth during a time when a global pandemic brought unprecedented challenges to all non-profit arts organizations. He oversaw the first phase of renovations for the LVA facility in Portland, which focused on bringing the building up to code and giving it greater accessibility, developed the Artist Resource Series providing advice and instruction for practicing adult artists, and in partnership with artist and donor Clare Hirn initiated the Curate Purchase and Inspire (CPI) program designed to foster curatorial practice and install permanent exhibits of art purchased from local artists in community non-profits. 

Grant Johnson is Strategic Communications Coordinator for LVA. He holds an MFA in Printmaking from West Virginia University, and a BA in Religion from Williams College. His work life includes 13 years’ experience teaching all studio art disciplines, art history, film, and art education at the college level. He has also worked as a freelance graphic designer, in online retail, and in a variety of sales and management positions.

A working artist, Grant’s studio practice focuses on commissioned oil portraits, but also includes sculpture, video, printmaking, and drawing.

Grant’s passions for writing and for LVA’s mission find additional purpose in his role as the organization’s in-house Grants Administrator. His lifelong commitment to promoting the value of visual art and art education has never been more at home than it is at LVA.