Artebella On The Radio: August 13

Playwright Larry Muhammad, founder of KY Black Repertory Theatre, actor and producer Alphaeus Green, Jr, and teacher, actor, director & activist Kristi Papailler, all of whom have worked extensively in the Louisville area.

We join the conversation as Larry Muhammad is talking about the original production of Double V, his play about Frank Stanley, Sr. the founder of The Louisville Defender.

Note: the name Kristi is trying to recall near the very end is Eugene Nesmith, former Co-Director of the African American Theatre Program at the University of Louisville.

Larry Muhammad is a playwright and former journalist working for the Courier-Journal. His plays have been produced widely including a New York production of Looking for Leroy in 2019. He is the founder of the Black Repertory Theatre.

Alphaeus Green, Jr., is an actor and producer who worked extensively in Louisville for Black Repertory Theatre, Faithworks Studios, Stage One Family Theatre, Smoked Apple Theatre, and Savage Rose Classical Theatre Company.

Kristi Papailler is an actor, director, teacher and activist who is now Assistant Professor of Theatre at California State University San Bernardino. A Louisville native, she taught at Central High School and was the co-founder of the Juneteenth Theatre Company.

Listen every Thursday at 10 am on WXOX 97.1 FM, or stream on Artxfm.com to hear LVA's Artebella On The Radio.

Artebella On The Radio: August 6

Janelle Renee Dunn, LaTasha Pace, & Alexander Griggs joined us for a highly personal conversation in relation to the Ain't I A Woman Virtual Summit taking place August 7-9. It is the creative pandemic pivot for the 3rd season of the Ain't I A Woman Playfest. Tune into WXOX 97.1 FM, or stream on Artxfm.com every Thursday at 10:00 am to hear Keith Waits talk with artists.

Janelle Renee Dunn, originally from Duncan, South Carolina, is a director, producer and teaching artist. She earned a MFA in Acting from the University of Louisville and a BA in Theatre (Directing) from Berea College. Janelle Renee is currently a Learning and Creative Engagement Associate for Actors Theatre. Janelle Renee is also the founder and producer of Ain't I a Woman Playfest, a theatre festival highlighting the work of women of color playwrights. 

LaTasha Pace is a wife and mother of two daughters (17 and 24). LaTasha received her MBA in Business Administration from Clemson University and works in contract management. In her down time she enjoys spending time with her family and friends. She is an avid reader and traveler. Being a parent and role model for her daughters is an important part of her life journey. For her, parenting is about being present, instilling values of faith, hope and resilience, all while teaching her daughters how to purposefully take up space.

Alexander Josiah Griggs is a proud transman who began transitioning in 2014. He graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Music from Simmons College of KY in 2019 and is currently pursuing a Master’s in Marriage and Family Therapy from Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary. Alexander is an advocate and activist for trans and gender variant persons. He is a writer and an artist dedicated to the advancement of his community.

FRIDAY, August 7th:
4 pm: “Twice as Hard: Raising Black Kids in a White World”
Panelist: Anitria Allen, LaTasha Pace, Ivy Sowell, Stacy Bailey-Ndiaye, Janelle Renee (host)

8 pm: "Before You Decided: A Virtual Experience" w/ Talkback with the Creative Team
Hosted by: Arlane Taylor, Co-created and co-produced by Two Hearts Media and Sujotta Pace

SATURDAY, August 8th:
1 pm: - "TRANScending the Stigma"
Panelist: Remi Dior Martin, Derek Guy, Charlotte Hayden, Alex Griggs (host)

3 pm: "Black in Color: Why it’s time we spoke about anti-Blackness in Communities of Color"
Panelist: Jenna Zhu, Cabrina Arthur, JoMaris DeJesus, Arlane Taylor (host)

8 pm: Ain’t I a Woman: A Virtual Dance Party w/ DJ Bombshell

SUNDAY, August 9th: Self-care Sunday
4 pm: "I AM Yoga Flow" with Breketa Goodwin and Exhale Yoga Studio

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.”

Tune in to WXOX 97.1 FM, or stream on Artxfm.com each Thursday at 10 am to hear Keith Waits talk with artists and arts related people on LVA’s Artebella On The Radio..

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.