Artists Talk with LVA: April 2, 2026

Elle Hendrickson’s "They seemed neither, and yet both," is on exhibit at The Quonset Hut, and this week they join us in the studio. Tune into Artists Talk with LVA on WXOX 97.1 FM at 10 AM each Thursday.

Elle Hendrickson is an interdisciplinary artist, painter, curator, documentary filmmaker, and freelance producer based between Casey County and Louisville, KY. Their work explores the edge of performance and visual art and has worked on collaborative projects internationally with the Open Program of the Work Center of Jerzy Grotowski (Italy/Turkey/Lebanon/USA); Hyunji Park (Korea/Finland); Gianluigi Biagini (Finland/Italy); Pietro Varrasso (Belgium); ‍

Aside from their artistic pursuits, Hendrickson is committed to education. They have served as Drawing and Painting faculty at the Kentucky Governor's School for the Arts since 2022 and have co-facilitated intensive summer workshops in collaboration with Projet Daena and the Royal Conservatory of Liege in Belgium since 2019. In the academic year of 2022-2023, they served as the Art & Design Artist-in-Residence at Campbellsville University.

Leslie Millar is a Louisville native who has resided in Cherokee Triangle for over twenty-five years. Millar taught Freshman Composition and English Literature at the University of Louisville from 1989 to 1991 and from 2009 to 2017. Leslie and her husband James own and operate the Quonset Hut, a fine art press, gallery, and event space.

Millar has acted as a board member/trustee for numerous community organizations including: the ACLU of Kentucky, Cherokee Triangle Association, Highland Presbyterian Weekday School, Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft (KMAC), Masterson Equestrian Trust, and Sarabande Books. Millar is a founding board member of Squallis Puppeteers and ARTxFM WXOX 97.1 FM. Millar chaired the Annual Fund Campaign at Louisville Collegiate School and the Capital Campaign at KMAC.

Elle Hendrickson - “They seemed neither, and yet both”, at Quonset Hut Press

Show Closing with Music by Charles Rivera, Sunday, April 12th, 6:00–8:00 pm

"They seemed neither, and yet both" at Quonset Hut Press

Elle Hendrickson & Leslie Millar

Artists Talk with LVA: March 26, 2026

Jacob, Malcolm, & Louis

KMAC Couture is on March 28th, and this week, Malcolm Fife, Louis Taylor-Barks, & Jacob Grant will join us in the studio. Tune into Artists Talk with LVA on WXOX 97.1 FM at 10 AM.

Malcolm Fife is a Kentucky resident who recently graduated (2022) with a BFA in Printmaking and Painting from Murray State University. He has shown work in Bowling Green, Lexington, Evansville, and Henderson. He is a member of ArtWorks Bowling Green, Murray Art Guild, Lexington Art League, Henderson Society of Art, and Ohio Valley Art League. He currently works at Hadley Pottery.

Louis Taylor-Banks is a retired Navy veteran who describes himself as “kind of a maker”.

Jacob Grant is Artist & Curator @revelrygallery. He earned a BA in Art History + Philosophy from the University of Louisville and is a candidate for an MA in Critical & Curatorial Studies from the Hite Institute of Art + Design at U of L.

2026 KMAC Couture

Malcolm Fife, Louis Taylor-Barks, & Jacob Grant

Artists Talk with LVA: March 19, 2026

The 2026 LVA Honors is on March 20th, and this week, Education Honoree Ying Kit Chan will join us in the studio. Tune into Artists Talk with LVA on WXOX 97.1 FM each Thursday at 10 AM.

Ying Kit Chan has served on the University of Louisville faculty in the Hite Institute for Art + Design since 1984, dedicating over four decades to art, teaching, and service at the university and in the profession.

His research and creative practices across multiple media focus on a philosophical approach to nature, the environment, and sustainability. He has participated in over 200 solo and group exhibitions in the United States and internationally, including museums and galleries in Hong Kong, Australia, Canada, Ecuador, Colombia, Germany, Korea, Japan, England, Italy, Poland, Switzerland, Taiwan, and Portugal. Chan’s art projects have earned numerous honors, including two Kentucky Arts Council Al Smith Visual Arts Fellowships (1994, 2002), a National Endowment for the Arts/Southern Arts Federation Visual Arts Fellowship (1992), and two Great Meadows Foundation professional development travel grants.

In recognition of his teaching, Chan received the Distinguished Teaching Award from the College of Arts and Sciences (2017) and the Outstanding Faculty Mentor of Master's Students Award from the Graduate School (2024).

Chan has regularly led student trips to visit New York and Chicago. He has also taken students to study in Paris, Hong Kong, and China, and will lead a group to Japan in the summer of 2026. He also established an exchange program with the Academy of Visual Arts at Hong Kong Baptist University, enabling a dozen UofL students to study for a semester in Hong Kong. Through museum visits and travel experiences, students directly engage with diverse artistic and cultural traditions. These experiences extend classroom learning to a richer and deeper understanding of art and the world, empowering students to become global citizens.

2026 LVA Honors

Ying Kit Chan

Artists Talk with LVA: March 12, 2026

The 2026 LVA Honors is on March 20th, and two of the honorees, Robyn Gibson & Tom Pfannerstill, join us in the studio. Tune into Artists Talk with LVA on WXOX 97.1 FM at 10 AM every Thursday.

Robyn Gibson is an emerging artist, curator, and podcaster living and working in Louisville, KY. After she started boxing in 2016, Gibson began incorporating it into her art practice. Larger-than-life-sized bold, gestural charcoal figures on canvas, a lyrical writing style meant to pack a punch, and voluptuous ceramic vessels inspired by her own curves all convey the movement and force important to her work and inspired by her boxing practice. The act of taking up space and claiming ownership of it is important to her work. As a Black artist focused on self-portraiture and the exploration of her trauma, Gibson grapples with Black identity, the depiction, perception, and value of Black bodies, and what it means to be authentic. She is also the host of the podcast, WheelHouse Art’s Art by Volume, presented by the Wine Room. 

For nearly four decades as a full-time studio artist, Tom Pfannerstill has transformed overlooked everyday objects—trash, food, clothing, paintbrushes, and waste—into astonishing hyper-realistic sculptures. His work challenges viewers to reconsider consumerism and the byproducts of human consumption, often requiring a second glance to distinguish art from reality. Tom has exhibited nationally since 1990 and is the recipient of a prestigious Kentucky Arts Council fellowship. His work is held in major collections including the Flint Institute of Arts, Bellarmine University, and the Evansville Museum of Arts and Sciences. Based in Louisville, his enduring practice continues to influence generations of artists.

2026 LVA Honors

Robyn Gibson & Tom Pfannerstill

Artists Talk with LVA: March 5, 2026

The 2026 Southern Crossings Pottery Festival happens this weekend at 1020 Brewery, so potters Lindsey Oesteritter & Autumn McKay join us to discuss what to expect. Tune in to WXOX 97.1 FM / Artxfm.com each Thursday at 10 am to hear Artists Talk with LVA

Lindsay Oesterritter is currently a full-time studio potter in Manassas, Virginia. She is a co-organizer of the Southern Crossing Pottery Festival held in her hometown of Louisville, KY. Most recently, in 2021, Lindsay was awarded an Innovation Award by the Pennsylvania Guild of Craftsmen for a piece juried into the Strictly Functional Pottery National. In 2020, she published her first book, Mastering Kilns & Firing. Lindsay had the good fortune to be a resident artist at Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts in Gatlinburg and at Strathnairn Arts Association in Australia. 

Autumn McKay is a ceramic artist from Louisville, Kentucky. Since then, she has attended craft schools as a work study and artist assistant, participated in residency programs nationally and internationally, and studied as a post-bacc student at Indiana University Southeast (2021-23).

Currently, McKay is working as a long-term resident artist and teacher at Queen City Clay in Cincinnati, Ohio. 

The 2026 Southern Crossings Pottery Festival

Ten20 Brewery, 1020 E Washington Street, Louisville, Kentucky

First Pick Friday, March 6, 2026 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Doors open to the public from 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Saturday, March 7, 2026 @ 11:00 am – 5:00 pm

The 2026 Southern Crossings Pottery Festival

Lindsey Oesteritter & Autumn McKay