Artebella On The Radio: February 27, 2020

Ashley Cathey has curated an exhibit called Black Before I Was Born at Roots 101. She brought two of the artists, Kenyatta Bosman and Chip Kafele Calloway, and Roots 101 Founder/Director Lamont Collins also joined us to talk about the show and the newest addition to Louisville's Museum Row. Tune in to WXOX 97.1 FM, or stream on ARTXFM.com each Thursday at 10am to hear Keith Waits talk with artists on LVA's Artebella on the Radio.

Lamont Collins - Founder /CEO at Roots101: African American Museum, is a native of Louisville with extensive experience in media and promotions in television, radio, and with Philip Morris.

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.

Chip Kafele Calloway is Owner / Designer / Creator at MAD MOON VyBE Artwork and Dj/Co-host at WXOX 97.1 FM.

Kenyatta Bosman is a nonbinary visual/multimedia artist that focuses on realism and being in the moment. Currently studying at Kentucky College of Art + Design. Queer Black Experience. Their inspiration comes from black and queer cinema films.

Additionally, Britany Baker appeared to talk about the James Russell May Fundraiser Art Show at Art Sanctuary.

Artebella On The Radio: February 20, 2020

At the Arts-Louisville/Broadway World Theatre Awards on Feb. 24, tribute will be paid to the late Kathi Ellis of Looking for Lilith Theatre and Juergan Tossman of Bunbury Theatre. This week Juergan will be joined us along with Shannon Wooley Allison & Jennifer Thalman Kepler from Looking for Lilith. Tune in to WXOX 97.1 FM, or stream on Artxfm.com each Thursday at 10:00am to hear Keith Waits talk with artists.

Juergen K. Tossmann is an actor, director, and playwright and the producing artistic director of Bunbury Theatre for 30+ years. He was recruited to the position after starring in one Bunbury show and directing another. He has seen the company through a few moves, landing in the Henry Clay Building in 2008, where they now share space with two other local companies, Pandora Productions and The Liminal Playhouse. On Feb. 24 he will receive the lifetime achievement award at the Arts-Louisville/BWW Theatre Awards.

Shannon Wooley Allison was a founding member of LFL in 2001. She oversees the development of the company and the execution of our mission in creating both performances and residencies that speak to the needs of those whose voices are unheard. Shannon performs, directs, and teaches for LFL. For the last 15 years, she has free-lanced as an actor, director, and teaching artist, in addition to her work with LFL. She is proud to be a roster artist for the KY Arts Council, and a member of Alternate ROOTS, The Network of Ensemble Theatres, The Alliance for Theatre in Education, and The Theatre Alliance of Louisville.

Jennifer Thalman Kepler manages LFL’s Community Outreach department including LFL’s award winning program, CHOICES: An Interactive Play on Cyberbullying and Suicide, The Faith Stories Project, in-school drama residencies, afterschool programs and summer camps. Jennifer is also an actor, director and playwright with the company. While in NYC, Jennifer worked for five years as a freelance teaching artist, integrating drama into math and social studies curriculum, facilitating arts-based violence prevention programs and directing youth theatre.

For the 6th consecutive year, Arts-Louisville.com, a Regional Editor for Broadway World, will host an awards ceremony honoring excellence in local theatre, including live entertainment in the form of musical numbers from award recipients.

2020 Arts-Louisville.com/Broadway World Theatre Awards
February 24, 2020 - doors open at 6:00 pm
Art Sanctuary, 1433 South Shelby Street

Artebella On The Radio: February 13. 2020

Frank Goodloe III, the Artistic Director for CenterStage at JCC, was our guest on February 13.. They are finishing their season with Hair and Mamma Mia and are about to announce the 2020-21 season. We talked about all of that and the upcoming Louisville's Got Talent event. Tune in to WXOX 97.1, or stream on Artxfm.com each Thursday at 10:00am to hear Keith Waits talk with artists.

Artebella On The Radio: January 30, 2020

Mural artist Liz Richter was our guest this Thursday. Liz is being recognized as the Emerging Artist at the Louisville Visual Art Honors event on February 7. We talked about murals, art education, and other things. 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.

Liz Richter was born in Paducah, KY and raised in rural Southeast Missouri. Although primarily focused on painting and drawing, Liz also explores wearable art, printmaking and other mixed media.

In 2016, she expanded into larger public art projects, completing a 1300 sq. ft. mural in Hikes Point, Louisville. Since then, she has completed other large murals for clients such as Kroger and Google Fiber. She views large-scale works and community live-paintings as an opportunity to draw the audience into the joy of the process, and engage younger artists, to empower the next generation of creatives. She has said, "I just want to cover the whole world in so much color that you can't hear or think anything but positivity."

In 2019 she was one of the featured artists in the Imagine Mural Festival sponsored by Metro Louisville and the Fund for the Arts, and she will be recognized as the Emerging Artist at the LVA Honors luncheon on Feb 7

Louisville Visual Art Honors

Honoring Nana Lampton, Billy Hertz, Che Rhodes, & Liz Richter

February 7, 2020 - 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM
Kentucky Center for African American Heritage - 1701 W Muhammad Ali Blvd

Artebella On The Radio: January 16, 2020

Brennen Cabrera's exhibit "Colors of Humanity" opens at Tim Faulkner Gallery on January 19 and Diana Grisanti's play "Lawbreakers: A Fast & Furious History of Women's Suffrage" opens at Stage One February 1. Both came in the Artxfm studios with Keith this week. Tune in to WXOX 97.1 FM, or stream on Artxfm.com each Thursday at 10am to hear Keith Waits talk with artists.

Artist Brennan Cabrera, will have work on exhibit for this weekend ONLY. Colors of Humanity is a one-person show at Tim Faulkner Gallery. 991 Logan Street. This is a limited opportunity exhibit and will hang from January 19th through January 22nd.

As Brennen describes, his intentions as an artist are to create "Depictions of the human condition... primarily in the fields of psychological health, emotionality and sexuality. I am deeply impacted by my own experiences and my compassion, desire, need, and understanding of the lives, stories, and acts of other people."

Playwright Diana Grisanti was a Playwright in Residence at Theatre [502] in Louisville, Kentucky but she is NOW, along with her husband, Steve Moulds, C-=Artistic Director of that group. She is an Affiliated Writer at the Playwrights’ Center in Minneapolis. Her plays include The Patron Saint of Losing Sleep (Actor’s Theatre of Charlotte), River City (NNPN Rolling World Premiere), Abilene, Semantics, and Mandatory (Weber State University). She was a contributing writer on the bluegrass-inspired anthology That High Lonesome Sound (Humana Festival at Actors Theatre of Louisville) and her new play, Lawbreakers: A Fast and Furious History of Women's Suffrage opens at Stage One Family Theatre February 1 and 8 at 2:00 pm. At the KY Center – Bomhard Theatre.  For more information: Stageone.org