Artebella On The Radio: January 21

Shannon Woolley Allison & Morgan Younge come to tell us about current and upcoming programming from Looking for Lilith Theatre Company including From Bardstown to Broadway: The Road to Votes for Women A series celebrating events, stories, and voices from the women’s suffrage movement in Louisville, KY, a part of The Kentucky Suffragette Project. 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.

Shannon Wooley Allison was a founding member of LFL in 2001. Shannon performs, directs, and teaches for 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. 

Morgan Younge - actress, writer, director, costume designer, teacher, currently working with Looking for Lilith Theatre Company and a member of the Creatives of Color Collective

Looking for Lilith Theatre Company

Shannon Woolley Allison & Morgan Younge

Artebella On The Radio: January 14

Bernheim Arboretum & Research Forest Visual Arts Coordinator Jenny Zeller is our guest this week. She will give us an update on the Artist residencies and how Bernheim has adapted their programming in the time of the pandemic. Tune in to WXOX 97.1 FM, or stream on Artxfm.com Thursday at 10:00 am to hear Keith Waits talk with artists and curators.

Jenny Zeller was born and raised in Louisville, Kentucky.  Upon graduating from University of Kentucky in 1995, she moved to Key West, she has traveled far off the beaten track to places such as Haiti, Africa and Indonesia before returning home where she was named a 2014 Al Smith Fellowship Award recipient by the Kentucky Arts Council. From 2013 to 2015, Jenny held the position of Photographer, Artist in Residence at St. Francis School.  In 2017 she was awarded an Artist Professional Development Grant from the Great Meadows Foundation and a Regional Artist in Residence at Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest.

In July 2017, Jenny stepped into the role of Visual Arts Coordinator at Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest.

Artist Residencies at Bernheim

Jenny Zeller

Artebella On The Radio: January 7

Jessica Wortham is about to appear in "Erma Bombeck: At Wit’s End", which will begin streaming January 8 - 28, and "Romeo & Juliet Louisville 2020" which will arrive in February 2021, both on Actors Theatre Direct. Tune in to WXOX 97.1 FM, or stream on Artxfm.com Thursdays at 10:00 am to hear conversations with Louisville artists.

Jessica Wortham is an actor, a teacher, an audiobook narrator, a developer of new plays, and an Artist in Residence at Actors Theatre of Louisville for their Actors Theatre Direct season.

She has performed and studied internationally, traveled extensively both in the U.S. and abroad. She is about to appear in Erma Bombeck: At Wit’s End, which will stream on Actors Theatre Direct January 8 - 28, and Romeo & Juliet which will arrive in February 2021, also on Actors Theatre Direct.

Erma Bombeck: At Wit's End

Jessica Wortham

Artebella On The Radio: December 31

Alonzo Ramont returns this week with Jack Sutherlin to talk about DigitalArtsLou.com, a new online platform for Louisville artists being launched by Redline Performing Arts and which will host a reading of Jack's new musical play, "Strings" on January 3. Tune in to WXOX 97.1 FM, or stream on Artxfm.com at 10:00 am each Thursday to hear artists talk about their work with Keith Waits on LVA's Artebella On The Radio.

Alonzo Ramont is the Owner and Artistic Director of Redline Performing Arts. Alonzo's experience includes Spotlight Theatre Camp Director, Asst. Director of Early Childhood Education at the Jewish Community Center of Louisville, Artistic Director at SC Theatre and New Albany Riverstage Productions.

Jack Sutherlin is a musician, singer, songwriter, and scriptwriter currently living in NYC but originally from Sellersburg, IN. 

“Strings” will stream on DigitalArtsLou.com on January 3, 2021.

"Strings" on DigitalArtsLou.com

Alonzo Ramont & Jack Sutherlin

Artebella On The Radio: December 17

Is Jesse Alford the busiest lighting person in Louisville? Fortunately, his skills as a circus artist help him juggle a schedule this full: Lighting Designer at Big Apple Circus, Lighting Designer at Louisville Ballet and Resident Lighting Designer at Pandora Productions. He'll answer this and other questions in our interview airing this Thursday morning. Tune into WXOX 97.1 FM, or stream on Artxfm.com each Thursday at 10:00 am.

Jesse Alford is originally from Redlands, CA and earned a BA in Theatre Arts from Washington State University. His lighting work can be seen with a variety of groups in Louisville, St. Louis, Cincinnati, New York, and other places. Collaborators include The Louisville Ballet, The Louisville Orchestra, The Big Apple Circus, The Kentucky Opera, Stage One Family Theatre, Circus Flora, Pandora Productions, Acting Against Cancer, Kentucky Shakespeare, The Va Va Vixens, The Mary Shelly Electric Company, Theatre [502], The Liminal Playhouse, Circus Culture, Suspend Performing Arts, and many more.

Jesse also works as a circus coach, teaching unicycle, juggling, partner acrobatics, and much more. He is the Head Coach for My Nose Turns Red Youth Circus, and serves as the Board President of the American Youth Circus Organization and American Circus Educators.

Lighting Design / Kentucky ! Volume 1

Jesse Alford