Artebella On The Radio: September 9

The Louisville Photo Biennial is back and this week we have separate interviews with keynote speaker Keith Carter and Biennial founder Paul Paletti. Tune in to WXOX 97.1 FM, or stream on Artxfm.com Thursdays at 10 am to hear Keith Waits speak with artists.

Keith Carter is an internationally respected author, educator, and workshop leader. He has published 13 books of his expressive images. In addition, two documentary films have been released: Keith Carter: The Artist Series, Ted Forbes, and A Certain Alchemy, Anthropy Arts. A fifty-year retrospective book was released fall of 2019 from University of Texas Press. Carter has been described as a "Poet of the Ordinary" by the Los Angeles Times (1994) and received the Texas Medal of Arts in 2009. Mr. Carter’s work is included in numerous private and public collections including the Art Institute of Chicago, the National Portrait Gallery, the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the J. Paul Getty Museum, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, the George Eastman House, and the Wittliff Collections at Texas State University.

The 2021 Louisville Photo Biennial takes place from September 9, through November 14, 2021, at locations all throughout Louisville Metro, Southern Indiana, and Central Kentucky.

Paul Paletti is a lawyer and collector of photography who now heads the Louisville Photo Biennial. He attended Middlebury College for 3 years before transferring to the University of New Mexico where he studied with Beaumont Newhall, Van Deren Coke, and Ray Metzker and received a BFA in photography. Paletti earned a MA in photography at Central Washington University in 1975 and his JD at the University of Louisville in 1987. He has been a partner in the law firm of Sturm, Paletti, and Wilson since 1994.

Artebella On The Radio: September 2

Wendi Smith, Elegy, runs from Friday, Sept. 3 through. Sunday, Oct. 10 at garner narrative contemporary fine art and she talks with us about it this week. Tune in to WXOX 97.1 FM, or stream on Artxfm.com Thursdays at 10 am.

Smith has been a practicing artist for over 40 years, an art educator, and a gallery manager. Her work is an intersection of ritual, ritual objects, and the Natural world. She adapts reliquaries, totems, and prayer sticks to reflect the sacred quality of Nature.

There will be no reception for Elegy but the artists will be present from 5-6 pm Friday, September 10, Friday, September 24, and Friday, October 8.

Artebella On The Radio: August 26

Susan Harrison is an artist & educator and is exhibiting at Pyro in September and she will be talking about it with us this Thursday morning. Tune in to WXOX 97.1 FM, or stream on Artxfm.com each Thursday at 10 am.

From September 3 through 26, 2021, Pyro Gallery will present Staying Cozy During Covid: Comfort Designs by Suzy Harrison, featuring the member artist's textile installation derived from her sketchbook India ink designs created in 2020 and 2021. Presented in the form of digitized patterns output into woven blankets, the textiles address what it means to seek comfort during the isolation of the Covid-19 pandemic timeframe.

Harrison's installation runs September 3-26, with a First Friday Reception on September 3 from 6-9 pm and a Sunday Reception on September 5 from 1-4 pm. The show closes with an artist talk at 2 pm on September 26.  

She ia a resident and educator at Brick Street Studios, along with artists Katherine McCadden and Shamia Gaither. Its next public exhibition, entitled "Transitions"  will take place at the end of August. The opening reception is Friday, August 27th from 5 to 9 pm.

Artebella On The Radio: August 19

Geoff Crowe is a painter of what might be described as abstract expression. He works in a variety of mediums including, acrylic, watercolor, dip ink pens, charcoal, and sometimes a mix of these. 

“I began my formal training as a visual artist in Puerto Rico. My first exhibition, En Accion (2004), featured a series of paintings capturing the movement and enthusiasm of children playing soccer. The Latin influence of my early training continues in the often dramatic use of color and light.

My exploration into how to express my art began with impression-like paintings. Most recently I have begun exploring abstract expressionism.  Over the years my subjects have included figures, ballet dancers, horses, pets and other animals, cityscapes, and children’s book illustrations.

I have had the luck of painting and sculpting while living in multiple countries. I grew up in California and have lived in Indiana, Puerto Rico, Ireland, and most recently Louisville, Kentucky”.

Crowe’s new exhibit "STONE & CANVAS--In Abstract" is at Kore Gallery. The reception for this exhibit, which also features the work of sculptor Mike McCarthy will be August 21, 6-9 PM

Artebella On The Radio: August 12

Painter Julio Cesar is our guest this week, talking about his new exhibit now on view at Revelry Gallery. Tune in to WXOX 97.1 each Thursday at 10 am to hear Keith Waits talk with artists on LVA's Artebella on the Radio.

Julio Cesar Rodríguez Aguilar was born in 1976 in Holguin, Cuba. Enthusiastic about drawing from a very early age,  he studied at the Vocational School of Art Raúl Gómez Garcia, and the Professional Academy of Visual Arts in Holguin, graduating in the specialty of Painting, Drawing, Photography and Artistic Weaving in 1995. Julio also became a professor of the arts and has experience in book illustration, stage and costume design, muralism, and more. 

His new solo show, Perpetual Contours, opens at Revelry Gallery on August 6 with a reception that evening 6-9 pm.