Artebella On The Radio: January 28

Painter Brennen Cabrera & Spoken word/visual artist Lance Newman will be the guests on this week's show. Brennen is showing at Mellwood Art Center & Lance is part of the cast of Romeo & Juliet Louisville 2020 at Actors Theatre. Tune in to WXOX 97.1 FM, or stream on Artxfm.com Thursdays at 10:00 am to hear Keith Waits speak with artists.

Brennen Cabrera was born December 4th, 1996 in Louisville, Kentucky. He is a mixed media painter, mainly self-taught with little to no formal education or training. His work has been exhibited around the Louisville, KY area, as well as parts of California, New York, and Chicago, IL. His one-person show, “Windows”, will be at Mellwood Art & Entertainment Center’s Pigment Gallery February 5-28.

Lance Newman II, was raised in Louisville, Kentucky. He is a writer, poet, host, actor, performing, visual, and teaching artist. His experience is the culmination of a 16-year career performing around the country. As a playwright, he helped create plays such as the “Smoketown Poetry Opera,“ ”The Westend Poetry Opera” and “The Blood Always Returns.“ Under the name, SpreadLovEnterprise, he teaches his creative writing and public speaking curriculum in schools, community centers, and service-providing organizations. He co-hosts the largest and longest-running poetry slam in Louisville; created the public art “LITS Project” on 4th st; and has been featured in newspapers, commercials, and the feature film “Frathouse.” Better known as ‘Mr. SpreadLove,’ a local man of worldly talent.

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

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.

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.

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.