Desmone Stepp is an artist and the Outreach Coordinator for Louisville Visual Art. She joins us to talk about her work and the new initiatives she is developing at LVA. Tune in to WXOX 97.1 FM/Artxfm.com each Thursday at 10 am to hear artists talk about their work.
Desmone Stepp is the new Outreach Coordinator for Louisville Visual Arts. She is a recent graduate from the University of Louisville, earning her Bachelor's Degree in Art with a minor in Psychology. Her artwork consists of oil paintings and charcoal drawings that express the beauty of Black women and Mother Nature. Desmone has a background in bringing stress resilience and coping skills to her community in the form of mindfulness and meditation, working 2-years as a Health Advocate Leader for UofL’s Health Promotion Department. In this space, she learned to use art as a means for creating loving and rejuvenating atmospheres for others, as well as herself. As a Health Advocate Leader, Desmone also worked in outreach, organizing and facilitating workshops that connected the campus community. She has also worked as an artist and volunteer with the Healing Walls Project, an organization of BIPOC artists who travel across the United States promoting healing and justice, for those who have been marginalized and oppressed, through the use of public art.
The University of Louisville Theatre department has opened a production of William Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night at The Playhouse and runs through November 21 It is directed by Jennifer Pennington and engages with ideas about gender fluidity and non-binary identity in creative ways that follow Shakespeare’s text. Three of the cast members talked with us about their experience with the production.
Allie Firell is a playwright, actor, journalist, who has worked with or written about a good majority of arts groups and artists in the Louisville area. They are a candidate for an MFA from the University of Louisville Theatre Dept.
Sarah Chen Elston is an actor, director, and educator from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She holds a BA in Theatre from both Point Park University and Guilford College.. Currently a candidate for an MFA from the University of Louisville Theatre Dept.
Jahii Bogard is an actorfrom Atlanta, Georgia. He studied theatre at Greensboro College and is currently a candidate for an MFA from the University of Louisville Theatre Dept.
On Saturday, November 13, theatre companies across the globe will come together by producing their own local production of Music Theatre International’s All Together Now!: A Global Event Celebrating Local Theatre
Nine Louisville theater companies - Centerstage, The Chicken Coop Theatre Company, Company Outcast, Drag Daddy Productions, The Gilbert and Sullivan Society of Louisville, Faith Works Studios, Minds Eye Theatre Company, Redline Performing Arts, and Time Slip Theatre - have brought together talents from all across the Kentuckiana area, working in harmony to bring this unique opportunity to the stage, at the historic Woman's Club of Louisville, 1320 South 4th Street, 7 pm November 13, 2021.
Tune in to WXOX 97.1 FM/Artxfm.com Thursdays at 10 am to hear Keith Waits talk with artists.
Sabra Crockett's exhibit, "The Education of Desire" opens this week at Kore Gallery and she invited Edwin Ramirez to join her. Hear them tell all about it this week. Tune in to WXOX 97.1 FM/Artxfm.com Thursday at 10 am.
Born a Yankee, and wandering through the South, Sabra Crockett finally found her home in Louisville, Kentucky with all the beautiful songbirds surrounding her, and the most spectacular variety of trees she could possibly hope for.
Crockett has exhibited extensively in Kentucky, and in NYC, North Carolina, California, and De Harmonie, Leeuwarden in the Netherlands.
Edwin Ramirez is a Chicano multimedia Artist, DJ, hairdresser, campaign organizer, and professional dog trainer. My skills are quite varied but my career focus is to assist progressive candidates to win seats in public office.
Their exhibit, The Education of Desire, opens November 3 at Kore Gallery, with an opening reception on November 6 from 6-9 pm. Runs through November 28.
Edward “Nardie” White devoted his life to leading the African-American drum corps he co-founded with his wife, Zambia Nkrumah in Louisville, Kentucky three decades ago. Together they inspired youth from their West Louisville neighborhood to thrive by connecting them with the art and cultural traditions of their African ancestors. After leaving this legacy to his successor, Mr. White decided to pursue his lifelong passion for photography.
Mr. White’s first public photography exhibition, Edward “Ed” White - The Historian took place at the Kentucky College of Art + Design. He currently is a part of Through Their Eyes: Future, Present, Past: An LVA Exhibit for Louisville’s Metro Hall October 8 – November 23, 2021
