Artspeak Radio: Recent Episodes
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This podcast tracks the audio archives of Artspeak Radio, a program about the thriving visual arts and literary community in the Kansas City area. Hosts Maria Vasquez Boyd and Blair Schulman interview local artists, writers, and performers and let you know what’s going on with an arts events calendar.
Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes designer/artist/gallery owner Leslie Beck, artist Sue Moreno, and Phil Kinen theater producer/playwright/director/educator. LESLIE BECK, designer/owner/artists Blue Sky Art + Home: A Creative Sanctuary Blossoms in […] The post Artspeak Radio with Leslie Beck, Phil Kinen, and Sue Moreno appeared first on KKFI.
Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, June 4, 2025, 9am -10am CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes GK Callahan, Izzy Vivas, and Sean […] The post Artspeak Radio with Izzy Vivas, Sean Whalen, and GK Callahan appeared first on KKFI.
Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, May 28, 2025, 9am -10am CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes Fashion Tech KC Founder Laura Treas, […] The post Artspeak Radio with Laura Treas, Kēvin Callahan, & Dr. Curtis V. Smith appeared first on KKFI.
Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, May 21, 2025, 9am -10am CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes Hugo Ximello-Salido, Jordan Graves curator of […] The post Artspeak Radio + Hugo Ximello-Salido, Sofia Bilbao, National Toy & Miniature Museum and stArt The Conversation Art Exhibition appeared first on KKFI.
Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, 9am -10am CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd talks with Thayer Bray, actor/filmmaker Tosin Morohunfola, Unicorn Theatre artistic […] The post Artspeak Radio with Alexej Savreux, Unicorn Theatre, and Thayer Bray appeared first on KKFI.
Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, May 7, 2025, 9am -10am CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes Consuelo Cruz Vice President Marketing & […] The post Artspeak Radio with Consuelo Cruz, Wayne Courtois, and Jennifer Blount appeared first on KKFI.
Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, April 30, 2025, 9am -10am CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes ArtsKC Dana Knapp and musician/activist Enrique […] The post Artspeak Radio with Dana Knapp and Enrique Chi appeared first on KKFI.
Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, April 23, 2025, 9am -10am CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes artist/gallery owner Hugo Ximello-Salido, Nic Douglas, […] The post Artspeak Radio with Hugo Ximello-Salido, Jake Goldman, & Shari Hartbauer appeared first on KKFI.
Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, April 16, 2025, 9am -10am CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes Poetic Realms from the Kansas City […] The post Artspeak Radio with Poetic Realms with Kevin Demery appeared first on KKFI.
Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, April 9, 2025, 9am -10am CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd author Tamara Dean, Artist Thrive and Mid […] The post Artspeak appeared first on KKFI.
Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, April 2, 2025, 9am -10am CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd talks with author Marshall Garvey, artist/curator Tj […] The post Artspeak Radio + Garvey, Guadarrama, & Bunker Center for the Arts appeared first on KKFI.
Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, March 26, 2025, 9am -10am CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes curator Kevin Moore, author Christine Cronin, […] The post Artspeak Radio with Kemper Museum of Art, Christine Cronin and Debbie Barrett-Jones appeared first on KKFI.
Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, March 19, 2025, 9am -10am CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes Elizabeth Yntema President/founder of Dance Data […] The post Artspeak Radio with Dance Data Project, Hard Edge, & Florescence appeared first on KKFI.
Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, March 12, 2025, 9am -10am CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes local author Scarlett d. Jones, Julie […] The post Artspeak Radio with Julie Hume, Davoya Marshall, and Scarlett d. Jones appeared first on KKFI.
Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, March 5, 2025, 9am -10am CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes artist/writer/activist Nettie Zan, artists Chloe Eddins […] The post Artspeak Radio + Chloe Eddins, Myla McCune, Mattie Rhodes, & Nettie Zan appeared first on KKFI.
Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, February 26, 2025, 9am -10am CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes Izzy Vivas Art Director Zhou B […] The post Artspeak Radio with Zhou B Art Center & Kansas City Artist Coalition appeared first on KKFI.
Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, 9am -10am CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd talks with Lane Czaplinski Interim Director Charlotte Street, Angie Jennings […]
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Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, February 5, 2025, 9am -10am CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes Director/Whim Productions Diana Watts, film maker […]
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Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, January 29, 2025, 9am -10am CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes Poppy DiCandeloro, Elise Gagliardi, and Silvia […]
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Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, January 22, 2025, 9am – 10am CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Musician/producer/KKFI DJ Barry Lee talks with artist Anthony Oropeza today […] The post Artspeak Radio with Barry Lee and Anthony Oropeza appeared first on KKFI.
Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, November 13, 2024, 9am -10am CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd talks with Robb Gann, Stacey Busch, Edwing […]
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Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, November 6, 2024, 9am -10am CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd talks with David Tomas Martinez, Poppy Di […]
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Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, October 30, 2024, 9am -10am CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes Edgar Galicia, Jenny Mendez, and Sarah […]
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Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, October 23, 2024, 9am -10am CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes artist/filmmaker Hugo Ximello-Salido, Digital Dreams creator/founder […]
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Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, October 9, 2024, 9am -10am CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes writer/music journalist Alexi Savreux and Miller […]
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Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, October 2, 9am -10am CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes author Dr. Sieglinde Othmer and artists Laura […]
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Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, September 25, 2024, 9am -10am CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes Crystal Hernandez, Vincent Medlin, and Carol […]
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Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, September 18, 2024, 9am -10am CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes guest co-host Christopher Leitch and artist […]
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Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, September 11, 2024, 9am -10am CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd talks with Artistic Director Unicorn Theater Ernie […]
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Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, September 4, 2024, 9am -10am CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes Beth Noser, Addison Parrish, and Cory […]
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Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, August 28, 2024, 9am -10am CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes artists Matt Dehaemers, Isaac Tapia, and […]
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Artspeak Radio, August 21, 2024, 9am -10am CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes writer/art historian Elisabeth Kirsch and artist/activist Christopher […]
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Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, August 14, 2024, 9am -10am CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes designer/artist Sean Ramirez and InterUrban Arthouse […]
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Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, August 7, 2024, 9am -10am CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes artist, writer, and podcaster, Jenny Hahn. […]
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Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, July 31, 2024, 9am -10am CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes artists Ruben Castillo, Andrea Cira, and […]
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Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, July 24, 2024, 9am -10am CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes guests, Enrique Javier Chi with Making […]
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ARTSPEAK RADIO is entering its’ 12th year-if you tune in weekly, download podcasts, listen online, if you learn about new and exciting opportunities happening in the creative community, enjoy listening […]
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Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, July 10, 2024, 9am -10am CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd talks with artist Fernando Achucarro, Missouri Miss […]
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Bill Clause discusses the history and impact of the cultural organization initially known as The Foolkiller, etc., and about a Foolkiller Folk Singalong scheduled for July 20, 1:30 PM, as […]
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Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, 9am -10am CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes artist James Ramirez and Tj Templeton artist/Gallery Director for […]
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Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, June 26, 2024, 9am -10am CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Guest Producer/host John Todd welcomes artist/author Stephen T. Johnson and Travis […]
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Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, June 19, 2024, 9am -10am CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes art experts Elisabeth Kirsch and Christopher […]
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Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, June 5, 2024, 9am -10am CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes artists Hugo Ximello-Salido, Rodolfo Marrón III, […]
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Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, May 29, 2024, 9am -10am CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes artists Carlo Ortiz, Kiki Serna, and […]
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Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, May 22, 2024, 9am -10am CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes artists Vania Soto, José Faus, and […]
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Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, May 15, 2024, 9am -10am CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd, writer/curator/art historian Elisabeth Kirsch, writer/artist/curator Christopher Leitch […]
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Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, May 8, 9am -10am CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes trumpeter/producer Alber (Alberto Racanati) Chris Dalquist, Erin […]
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Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, May 1, 2024, 9am -10am CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes artists Israel Garcia, Emily Alvarez, and […]
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Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, 9am -10am CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes filmmaker/artist/gallery owner Hugo Ximello- Salido and artist/author Jenny Hahn. […]
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Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, 9am -10am CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes art experts Elisabeth Kirsch and Christopher Leitch. ELISABETH KIRSCH […]
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Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, April 10, 2024, 9am -10am CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes artist/curator Cesar Lopez, Samantha Haan curator, […]
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Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, 9am -10am CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes poets/artists Mary Silwance, John Sandbach, Andrew MCIlvaine, and Kevin […]
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Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, January 17, 2024, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes artists Teresa Dirks, Sue Moreno, […]
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Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, 9am -10am CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes art experts Elisabeth Kirsch and Christopher Leitch. ELISABETH KIRSCH […]
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Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, 9am -10am CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes Caranne Camaren with Vulpes Bastille and musician Julia Othmer […]
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Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, March 6, 2024, 9am -10am CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes one of the original co-host of […]
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Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, February 28, 2024, 9am – 10am CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes artist/activist/educator Sue Moreno and artist/curator/Director […]
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Wednesday, February 21, 2024, 9am – 10am CST, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Host/producer Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes monthly contributor/artist Christopher Leitch and photographer/historian, Bruce Mathews. Bruce Mathews is a professional […]
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Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, 9am – 10am CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes artists Kiki Serna and Cesar Lopez. F A […]
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Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, 9am – 10am CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes writer Michelle Campbell, Mary McCrawley with Laser Lew […]
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Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, January 17, 2024, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes artists Teresa Dirks, Sue Moreno, […]
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Artspeak Radio, January 10, 2024, Wednesday, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes filmmaker Stephen Wallace Pruitt and […]
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Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes writer/collector/artist Elisabeth Kirsch and nationally/international artist, Christopher Leitch. Thank you to 2023 guests who appeared on Artspeak Radio, we value your time, talent, commitment, and […]
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Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes artist Paulina Otero and art dealer Doug Drake. […]
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Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes filmmaker Jon Brick, artists Kim Lindaberry and Faviola […]
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Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes Kansas City Art Institute students; Chaneryna Thach, Catherine […]
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Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, November 29, 2023, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes artist Joseph Broghammer and Cerbera […]
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Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes artists Jane Booth, Annie Herrero, and Artists Adrian […]
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Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, November 15, 2023, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd talks with artists Isaac Tapia & […]
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Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes artists Teresa Dirks, Sue Moreno, and Laura Nugent. […]
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Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, November 1. 2023, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes Cynthia Levin and Sidonie Garrett […]
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Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, October 25, 2023, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes interdisciplinary artist Kim Lindaberry and […]
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Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, October 18, 2023, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org A great big THANK YOU to all who contributed to […]
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Fall Fund drive is underway! October 6th-15th
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Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes Dr. Stephanie Knapp Fox; Sanders Sosland Senior Curator, […]
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Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes Mitch Weber & Michelle Matlock with the KC […]
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Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes artist Wolfe Brack, writers Mary Silwance & Polly […]
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Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes writer/art historian/curator, photographer May Pang and artist/activist Christopher Leitch. MAY PANG, JOHN LENNON’S LOVER DURING HIS “LOST WEEKEND” ERA TO SHOWCASE HER CANDID PHOTOS OF […]
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Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd talks with Consuelo Cruz, Kansas City Hospice & PeaceWorks. […]
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Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes Diego Chi with Making Movies, pianist Po Sim […]
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Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes artists Shelly Pinto and Katrina Revenaugh. SHELLY PINTO […]
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Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd talks with artist Sarah Zapata, author/poet Andrew Michael Johnson, […]
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Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes the return of art historian/writer/curator Elizabeth Kirsch and artist/activist Christopher Leitch. ELIZABETH KIRSCH is an art historian, curator, and writer who has curated over 100 […]
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Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes author/artist John Sandbach, writer Dawn Downey, and director […]
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Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes Plug Gallery, Tyler Kimball, and Midwest Feminist Art […]
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Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes Artful Poetry contest winners Emily Wilder, Abigail DuMont, […]
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Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, July 19, 2023, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes writer/producer Marísa Grady, comedian/poet Abby […]
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Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, July 12, 2023, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes guest producers/co-hosts Captain Osvaldo Navarro […]
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Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes artists Linda Jurkiewicz & Kitty Barrett-Kraai, Phil Dunn, […]
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Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes Sarah VanLanduyt & Allison Bowman with the Arts […]
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Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, June 21, 2023, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes writer George Wallace, instrumentalists CR […]
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Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org ARTSPEAK RADIO is entering its’ 11year-if you tune in weekly, download podcasts, listen […]
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Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes Mary McCawley, artist GK Callahan, educator/pianist Dr. Po […]
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Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes writers Catherine Browder, Joel Barrett, artists Robin VanHoozer […]
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Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd talks with writer Olivia Hill, artist Thomas Sciacca, Phyllis […]
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Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes artist/writer Jackie Denning, editors Marianne Kunkel and John […]
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Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd talks with artists Paul Eade, Celina Curry, Brandon Schnur, […]
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Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes artists Cydney Ross, Alix Daniel, Miller Bogart and […]
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David Arnold, Kat Day, Waco Porter, Greg Sinack join Maria in studio to talk immerging artists, the importance of poetry!
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Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd concludes National Poetry Month with members of Jump Start […]
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Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd celebrates National Poetry Month 2023 with poets/activists Miguel Morales, […]
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Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd celebrates National Poetry Month 2023 with poets/writers Mary Silwance, […]
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Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, April 5, 2023, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes poets for National Poetry Month […]
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Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, March 29, 2023, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes artist/designer Bense Garza, artist/gallery director […]
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Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, March 22, 2023, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes artists Anthony (AO) Oropeza, Davin […]
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Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes Captain Osvaldo Navarro Community Liason with Kansas City, […]
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Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes painter Jane Booth and artist/professor Dr. Adrienne Hoard. […]
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Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, March 1, 2023, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes Damron Armstrong founder of The […]
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Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, February 22, 2023, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes writer/life & business coach, Jessica […]
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Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, February 15, 2023, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org ARTSPEAK RADIO is entering its’ 11th year!! If you tune […]
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Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, February 8, 2023, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes poet/community activist, producer TL Williams, […]
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Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, February 1, 2023, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes Brandon Schnur, Arts and Programming […]
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Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, January 25, 2023, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes Dave Dalton with Hammerspace Community […]
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Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, January 18, 2023, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd talks with Juan Perez, Alexej Savreux, […]
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Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, January 11, 2023, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes Darin & Shannon White, Nettie […]
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Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, January 4, 2023, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1 KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes Rosario Hayner Fletcher, Candace Holmes, […]
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Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, December 28, 2022, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd talks with Ty & Joel Melgren […]
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Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, December 21 2022, noon – 1pmCST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes Luck 20 band and musician/activist Shawn […]
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Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, December 14, 2022, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes Sherry Leedy artist/Director of Sherry […]
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Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, December 7, 2022, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes writer/author Rhonda Rein, artist/musician Allan […]
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Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, November 30, 2022, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd talks with ArtsKC President/CEO Dana Knapp, Marketing/Communications Manager Sarah Brewer, Miel Castagna-Herrera, and Kansas City Art Institute students. KCAI End of Semester Exhibition and Sale 5 – 8 p.m. on Friday, […]
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Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, November 23, 2022, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes painter Jennifer Bricker-PUgh, writer/filmmaker Marísa Grady, artist Mauricio Zuniga, and singer/songwriter Theo Cry. JENNIFER BRICKER-PUGHis an Abstract Expressionist painter known for her vibrant and ethereal work. With the use of […]
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Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, November 16, 2022, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes artist/educator Vania Soto, Belger Arts, and artist Michael Schliefke. VANIA SOTO Kansas City Artist/Muralist/Art Instructor was born in Juarez, Mexico and began selling paintings at age 13. Vania describes her […]
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Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, November 9, 2022, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes writers Kēvin Callahan, Catherine Anderson, and Marie Bennerot McInerney. KĒVIN CALLAHAN- A Sheltering Place is a memoir by Kēvin Callahan, award-winning painter, designer, photographer, and poet, in tribute to his […]
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Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, November 2, 2022, noon – 1pm, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd takes a break and spins music plus we’ll talk with special friends, my sisters Toni Rouen and Terri Steenson! We’ll spend the hour with music by Al Green, George Strait, Laura Nyro, […]
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ARTSPEAK RADIO is in its’ 10th year on air, if you tune in weekly, download podcasts, listen online, if you learn about new and exciting opportunities happening in the creative community, enjoy listening to one of the many guests featured weekly on ARTSPEAK RADIO then call 888-931-0901 to pledge your support. Online pledges are simple, […]
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Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, October 19, 2022, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1FM KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org ARTSPEAK RADIO is in its’ 10th year on air, if you tune in weekly, download podcasts, listen online, if you learn about new and exciting opportunities happening in the creative community, enjoy listening to one […]
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Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, October 12, 2022, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes designer/artist Ezra October, Haunter Darren owner of the Darkwood House Gallery, Carlos Champon founder of Fountain City Comedy Festival. EZRA OCTOBER ETHETTON -I am a tailor and fantastical costume designer, mixing […]
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Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, October 5, 2022, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes art Edgar Galicia Executive Director of the Central Avenue Betterment Association, art collector John Hoffman, Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Learning and Engagement Kreshaun McKinney and Anne Gatsche. EDGAR GALICIA […]
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Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, September 21, 2022, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd celebrates the 10th anniversary of Artspeak […]
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Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, September 21, 2022, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd celebrates the 10th anniversary of Artspeak […]
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Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, September 14, 2022, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd celebrates the 10th anniversary of Artspeak […]
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Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, September 7, 2022, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd celebrates the 10th anniversary of Artspeak […]
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Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, August 31, 2022, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes Gayle Hill, artist Gerry Trilling, and artist Jolynn Reigeluth. GAYLE HILL, Robert’s Song Mental Illness in Prose & Poetry- The poems Robert wrote and illustrated present to the reader raw, […]
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Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, August 24, 2022, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes poet/writer Paul Corman-Roberts. On the second half of the program, Nico Gray producer/host of Radio Nicopisa, KKFI’s newest program takes over the airwaves. PAUL CORMAN-ROBERTS most recent collection of poems […]
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Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, August 17, 2022, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes Sofia Catalina Paredes Maury Executive Director and Curator of La Ruta Maya Foundation, Megan Benitz Albrecht-Kemper Exhibition Manager, artist Deanna Dikeman, Third Friday Art Walk in KCK LaCherish Thompson, and […]
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Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, August 10, 2022, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes writer/entrepreneur Terance Williams, poets Tyrone Gethers Jr., and M’Vyonne Payne. TERANCE WILLIAMS- PoetsEdu Scholarship available for students studying within the arts, humanities, language & communications pathway, studying english, mass communication […]
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Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, August 3, 2022, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes writer Cathy Maxwell, Emily Becker Mid-Continent Public Library Community Relations Specialist, artist Pepe Mar, Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art Erin Dziedzic, Director of Curatorial Affairs, and Kreshaun McKinney, Director of […]
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Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, July 27, 2022, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1FM KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes Ollie Hall and Abby Bland to the show. OLLIE HALL, Ollie Hall joins us to talk about his 2-CD album release, SONGS OF THE PLANETS a collection of digital recordings […]
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Director Nicholas Collett joins Hogge in studio as well as Musical Director Sam Wright.
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Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, July 20, 2022, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes designer/artist/shop owner Ezra October and gallery owner Haunter Darren, Darkwood House Gallery, EZRA OCTOBER ETHETTON -I am a tailor and fantastical costume designer, mixing my love for historical clothing and […]
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Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, July 13, 2022, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1FM KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes Mary Silwance, Jose Faus, and Nik Douglas reading their musical collaborations. MARY SILWANCE is an Egyptian immigrant living in Kansas City. She mothers three daughters who daily inspire her to […]
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Artspeak Radio, July 6, 2022, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1FM KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes photographer Jim Barcus, Bruce Young, & Christian Stanley. JIM BARCUS – I grew up on the hard streets of Des Moines, Iowa before dropping out of beauty school. Nothing could be further […]
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Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, June 29, 2022, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1FM KKF Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes Nico Gray and Audrey Crabtree Executive Director with KC Fringe Festival, Marissa Starke and DuRon Netsell and artist/musician Anson the Ornery. NICO GRAY & AUDREY CRABTREE, Executive Director- The 18th […]
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Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, June 22, 2022, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes Thad McCullough West iNd Connection Vice-President/Co-Executive Director, musician Joey Marlow and Benita Webber with Birthday Connections. BENITA WEBBER, Birthday Connections – Why are birthdays important? Research shows a child […]
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First Guest: Vi Tran of Nation Asian American Professionals of Greater Kansas City talks “I Am” Exhibit going on from May to September at Arts KC. For more info: https://kc.naaap.org/cpages/home Second Guest: Aaron French (author) talks books, exploring the world and making an impact.
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Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, June 8, 2022, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1FM KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org ARTSPEAK RADIO is in its’ 10th year on air, if you tune in weekly, download podcasts, listen online, if you learn about new and exciting opportunities happening in the creative community, enjoy listening to one […]
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Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, June 1, 2022, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1FM KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes artist/educator Brandon Schnur Englewood Arts, writer JoAnneh Nagler, artist Linda Jurkiewicz, and filmmaker Cyan Meeks. BRANDON SCHNUR, Englewood Arts – Summer Arts Camp is Back! It’s time to start planning […]
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Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, May 25, 2022, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1FM KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes singer/songwriter/playwright Vi Tran, artist/filmmaker Hugo Ximello-Salido and writer AT French join us live in the studio. VI TRAN- I Am…” Asian American Visual & Performing Arts Residency Premieres at First Friday in […]
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Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, May 18, 2022, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes Mikhal Shapiro Folk Alliance, artists Penny Thieme and Maria Velasco. MIKAL SHAPIRO, The Kansas City Folk Festival is an all-day city festival that celebrates the music and arts of our […]
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Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, May 11, 2022, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes Emma Medlin 21 Museum Hotel, Marissa Starke Kansas City Artists Coalition, and T.L. Sanders, Kansas City Voices. EMMA MEDLIN, 21 Museum Hotel – Labor & Materials Exhibition Opening Contemporary art […]
Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, May 4, 2022, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1FM KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes artist/educator Angelica Sandoval, artists Marn Jensen and Andy Newcom with Art of the Wish currently at the Leedy Volkous Gallery. ANGELICA SANDOVAL, I would like to invite you all to […]
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Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, April 27, 2022, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd celebrates National Poetry Month with poets Mary Silwanc and Josē Faus. In the second half of the program we welcome DJ/musician/producer/host of Under The Radar, John Todd Thomas. National Poetry Month […]
Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, April 20, 2022, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1FM KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes Jill Carlson with Albrecht-Kemper Museum, artist Andrew Ordonez, and filmmaker Jon Brick. JILL CARLSON, Marketing/Communications Manager Albrecht-Kemper Museum The Albrecht-Kemper Museum of welcomes three new exhibitions this spring. Works will […]
Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, April 13, 2022, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www. kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes poets for National Poetry Month; poet/writer/community acitivist Miguel M. Morales and Director Poetic Underground KC, Abby Bland. National Poetry Month www.poets.org Launched by the Academy of American Poets in […]
Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, April 6, 2022, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes poets for National Poetry Month, Kēvin Callahan, Mary Silwance, Dr. Marcia L. Hurlow, Jason Ryberg, Jenny Molberg, Cassandra Rodenbaugh, Summer Payton, and Havilah Barnett. National Poetry Month www.poets.org Launched by […]
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Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, March 30, 2022, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd talks with ArtsKC, MOCSA – Metropolitan Organization to Counter Sexual Assault, and artist Brittany Noriega. DANA KNAPP, President & CEO -Dana leads the ArtsKC team with expertise in support of local […]
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Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, March 23, 2022, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd talks with gallery director/curator Habitat Contemporary Robb Gann and artists Jill Downen, Char Schwall, and Fred Trease. ROBB GANN-As owner and Director of Habitat Contemporary I work with many talented artists. […]
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Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, March 16, 2022, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes artist/muralist/educator Vania Soto, and artist/gallery director Phyllis Hernandez. VANIA SOTO –Kansas City Local artist Vania Soto was born in Juarez, Mexico and began selling paintings at age 13. Inspired by […]
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Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, March 9, 2022, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1FM KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes guest co-host Flare Tha Rebel for a special show today, Curated Vibes. Curated Vibes Overview Each episode we focus on a musical theme and break down and listen to songs […]
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Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, March 2, 2022, 90.1FM KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd talks with artist Harold Smith, playwright Khalif Gillett and musicians Mikal Shapiro and Julie Bennett-Hume. HAROLD SMITH is a Kansas City born and based visual artist whose internationally exhibited and collected work includes painting, collage, […]
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Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, February 23, 2022, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd talks with Executive Director, Kansas City FilmFest International Veronica Elliott Loncar, and Cultural Arts Director Mattie Rhodes Center Jenny Mendez. VERONICA ELLIOTT LONCAR, Executive Director, The Kansas City FilmFest International (KCFFI) […]
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Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, February 16, 2022, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1 fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org ARTSPEAK RADIO is in its’ 10th year on air, if you tune in weekly, download podcasts, listen online, if you learn about new and exciting opportunities happening in the creative community, enjoy listening to […]
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Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, February 9, 2022, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1 fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org ARTSPEAK RADIO is in its’ 10th year on air, if you tune in weekly, download podcasts, listen online, if you learn about new and exciting opportunities happening in the creative community, enjoy listening to […]
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Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, February 2, 2022, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd talks with Charlie Gascich Executive Director Whatsoever Community Center and artist/Operations Manager InterUrban ArtHouse Wolfe Brack. CHARLIE GASCICH, Executive Director- “Whatsoever Community Center supports the growth and development of families, by […]
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Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, January 26, 2022, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes GK and Kevin Callahan and artist Travis Pratt. TRAVIS PRATT – Artist/stand up comedian talks about upcoming work at The Smalter Gallery and New York City. The Smalter Gallery is […]
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Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, January 19, 2022, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd serves up a special program of poetry and music. #artspeakradio #kkficommunityradio
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Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, January 12, 2022, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd talks with Eric Dodson, gallery owner Kiosk Gallery and artist/writer Brandon Calloway Darkmoon Comics Founder. ERIC DODSON, Kiosk Gallery is an artist-run exhibition space. Our mission is to provide a platform for […]
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Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, January 5, 2022, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Artspeak Radio welcomes artist Natalie Frank via phone and Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art Exhibition Curator Erin Dziedzic. NATALIE FRANK, Artist- Spanning a decade of Brooklyn, New York-based artist Natalie Frank’s (Austin, Texas, born 1980) […]
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Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, December 29, 2021, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd presents, 2021 THE ________YEAR EVER. We asked 4 creative individuals to contribute original work & share it with us on air today. Based on your point of view, beliefs, experiences, what […]
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Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, December 22, 2021, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd talks with Sue Moreno with Arts Tech, John Fierro CEO Mattie Rhodes Center, and Charlotte Street Foundation. SUE MORENO-ArtsTech is a public/private collaborative venture that offers young people and the community an […]
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Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, December 15, 2021, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes Immigratjion attorney Suzanne Gladney, gallery owner/curator Robb Gann with artists Aleksandra Walaszek, and Samuel Stevens. SUSANNE GLADNEY, Suzanne is an Immigration Attorney. She founded MFAF in 1984. She retired from […]
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Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, December 8, 2021, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd talks with Shawn Stewart and Dylan Pyles on the show today. SHAWN M. STEWART has already written and recorded his next full length album titled POP, in the spring of 2021 […]
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Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, December 1, 2021, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes Jim Grant, Jim Wilson, Jonah Criswell, Sophie Francour, and Katherine Bello. KATHERINE BELLOW-As a painter, the artist approaches every blank canvas with no preconceived ideas. It’s that invitation to the […]
Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, November 24, 2021, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes writer/poet Jemshad Khan, artist/writer Chico Sierra, and Linny Carrier with Zach Beall with HJ’s Youth and Community Center. LINNY CARRIER, HJ’s Gallery Curator-Long-time Brookside and Waldo residents remember the South […]
Artspeak Radio, Wedneseday, November 17, 2021, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes Teresa Cosgrove Englewood Arts Operations Manager, artist Elise Gagliardi, and artist/writer Hasna Sal. TERESA COSGROVE, Englewood Arts Operations- Bay Area artists Tom Franco and Alan Chin, alongside six guest artists will […]
Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, November 10, 2021, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd talks with Flare Tha Rebel, David Tonga with Leah and Katalina, and Kelsey Aicher. Flare Tha Rebel (JEFF SHAFER) & BOB PULLIAM share tracks from their EP, THE REVOLUTION WILL NOT […]
Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, November 3, 2021, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live www.kkfi.org. Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes Dr. Sarah Harmon President of Harmony Around the World, artist Susan Ferguson, and Edgar Galicia Executive Director Central Avenue Betterment Association. DR. SARAH HARMON, President of Harmony Around the World, Harmony […]
Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, October 27, 2021, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd talks with Sarah Hyde Schmiedeler Francis Family Foundation Educator, Family Programs and Event Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Tyler Kimball head of Belger Arts’ department and Katie Hogan Belger Crane Yard Gallery […]
Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, October 20, 2021, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes artist/activist/filmmaker Hugo Ximello Salido and artist/curator Kiki Serna. HUGO XIMELLO-SALIDO is a self-taught, Mexican-American artist whose work explores cultural identity, personal identity, communication, connection, and more. Born and raised in […]
Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, October 13, 2021, noon – 1pm CST, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org KKFI Pledge Drive and Artspeak Radio welcomes artist/writer/performer Rick Stasi, Bruce Young co-owner Aztec Theater, and Marissa Starke Executive Director Kansas City Artists Coalition. ARTSPEAK RADIO is in its’ 9th year on air, if you tune in weekly, download podcasts, listen […]
Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, October 6, 2021, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio, www.kkfi.org Artpseak Radio welcomes President and CEO of ArtsKC Dana Knapp, Executive Director of Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art Sean O’Harrow, and Arts Garden founder, Margarita Friedman. ArtsKC-Jackson County, in collaboration with ArtsKC, is embarking on […]
Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, September 29, 2021, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes John Ferry, Dean Kube, David Terrill, André Melchor, and Dr. John C. Carmichael. Ambiguous is a group painting exhibition curated by local painter John Ferry featuring area artists Colete Martin, David […]
Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, September 22, 2021, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes Fortes Lopez and Beth Byrd-Lonski on today’s program. FORTES LOPEZ is a Filipino-American writer born from immigrant parents. As a child growing up in the Philippines, he heard of the […]
Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, September 15, 2021, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes poet Shawn Pavey and Missouri Poet Laureate Maryfrances Wagner. SHAWN PAVEY is the author of Talking to Shadows (Main Street Rag Press, 2008), Nobody Steals the Towels From a Motel […]
Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, September 8, 2021, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes Michael Schonhoff Director KCAI Gallery for Contemporary Practice, Wolf Brack Operations Manager and Curator for the InterUrban ArtHouse, and Cerbera Gallery Director Philip Ehrich with artists Logan Crompton, Kevin Hopkins, […]
Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, September 1, 2021, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd talks with artist Katrina Revenaugh and musician/KKFI Development Director Bill Sundahl. KATRINA REVENAUGH-I grew up in the Midwest. Most of my childhood was spent in the suburbs of Chicago until my […]
Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, August 25, 2021, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes writer Brandon Graham, artist/curator Teresa Dirks, poet/film producer Poet TL Sanders, and Kansas Poet Laureate Huascar Medina. BRANDON GRAHAM studied visual and written narrative at Columbia College, Chicago at the […]
Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, August 18, 2021, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes winners of the Artful Poetry Contest Kaufman Performing Arts and Studio Inc Executive Director Courtney Wasson and artist Kevin Townsend. Inspired by World Poetry Day on March 21, the Kauffman […]
Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, August 11. 2021, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes Englewood Arts Director Michael Baxley, Englewood Arts Communications Coordinator, Teresa Cosgrove, Jackie Loya-Torres Community Development Director/Assistant Vice President with Commerce Bank KC, & Olivia Shelton with Steinmetz Neon. MICHAEL BAXLEY & […]
Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, August 4, 2021, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes artists John Ferry, Colete Martin, David Terrill, Dean Kube, Kyle Selley, and Parade of Hearts. JOHN FERRY- Ambiguous is a group painting exhibition curated by local painter John Ferry featuring […]
Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, July 28, 2021, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes Alexej Savreux and Patricia Williams. ALEXEI SAVREUX lives and works in Kansas City, Missouri) is an artist, comedian, poet, and critic, holds a BA in Communications from Ottawa University, cum […]
Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, July 21, 2021, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes Cheryl Kimmi Fringe Festival, Philip ‘Blue Owl Hooser’ playwrite/actor, and Nick “Church” Barrett. PHILIP ‘Blue Owl’ Hooser-KC MOlière: 400 in 2022 presents an original play by Philip ‘Blue Owl’ Hooser. […]
Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, July 14, 2021, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes artists Joe Bussell, Fred Trease and artist/Gallery Director Bunker Center for the Arts, TJ Templeton. Tj TEMPLETON-The Bunker Center for The Arts; We are an artist-run enterprise consisting of several […]
Wednesday, July 7, 2021, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi .org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes author/artist Danna York and Charlotte Street Foundation Executive/Artistic Director Amy Kligman. AMY KLIGMAN has been the Executive Artistic Director at Charlotte Street Foundation since 2015. Kligman’s career and experience as an […]
ARTSPEAK RADIO, Wednesday, June 30, 2021, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Communtiy Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes Paul Gutiérrez Director of Visitor Experience & Public Programming Kansas City Museum, writer/poet Boyd Bauman, and Chaplain Jose Martinez . PAUL GUTIÉRREZ- Director of Visitor Experience & Public Programming The Kansas […]
Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, June 23, 2021, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes artist/designer Clarissa Knighten, author/artist Kim Newton and Margarita Friedman to the program. Testimony: African American Artists Collective, Nelson Atkins Museum now through October 5, 2021. Expressed through a range of […]
Wednesday, June 16, 12noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd asks for your support during the 2021 Pledge Drive by calling 888-931-0901 or pledge online www.kkfi.org KKFI Kansas City Community Radio is volunteer operated and is the voice of the community that brings you new […]
Wednesday, June 9, 12noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd asks for your support during the 2021 Pledge Drive by calling 888-931-0901 or pledge online www.kkfi.org KKFI Kansas City Community Radio is volunteer operated and is the voice of the community that brings you new […]
Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, June 2, 2021, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org. Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes Consuelo Cruz Marketing & Community Engagement Manager Belger Arts, multidisciplinary artist Jonathan Christensen Caballero and sculptor Byron Constance. CONSUELO CRUZ is the Marketing & Community Engagement Manager for Belger Cartage […]
Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, May 26, 2021, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes poet/writer Annette Billings. ANNETTE HOPE BILLINGS is an African-American Kansas poet, playwright, actress and nurse, who now offers by sharing her poetry and prose. She has written two collections of […]
ArtspeakRadio, Wednesday, May 19, 2021, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes Robert Gann, Nehemiah Cisneros, and James Bryant to the program. ROBERT GANN, Director, Habitat Contemporary Gallery-Habitat Contemporary is a commercial art gallery with the objective of exhibiting new talent/artwork every six […]
ArtspeakRadio, Wednesday, May 12, 2021, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1FM KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd talks with multi-discipline artist Hugo Ximello-Salido and Yetunde Felix-Ukwu, Artistic Associate KCRep. HUGO XIMELLO-SALIIDO is a self-taught, Mexican-American artist whose work explores cultural identity, personal identity, communication, connection, and more. Born and […]
ArtspeakRadio, Wednesday May 5, 2021, noon – 1pm CST, www.kkfi.org streaming live audio. Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes Consuelo Cruz, Christel Highland, and Clint Metcalf to the program. CONSUELO CRUZ is the Marketing and Community Engagement Manager for Belger Cartage Service, Inc. and Belger Arts. She has over fifteen years of experience forming and cultivating […]
ArtspeakRadio, Wednesday April 28, 2021, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd celebrates April as National Poetry Month with a stanza of poets. Featured poets include; José Faus, Waco Porter, Erin Adair Hodges, Octavio Quintanilla, Annette Billings, Andrew McIlvaine, Miguel Morales, Sarah Chavez, Perry […]
ArtspeakRadio, Wednesday, April 21, 2021, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd celebrates April as National Poetry Month with a stanza of poets. Featured poets include; José Faus, Waco Porter, Erin Adair Hodges, Octavio Quintanilla, Annette Billings, Andrew McIlvaine, Miguel Morales, Sarah Chavez, Perry Shephard, and Maryfrances Wagner. […]
Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, April 14, 2021, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd celebrates April as National Poetry Month with a stanza of poets. Featured poets include; José Faus, Waco Porter, Erin Adair Hodges, Octavio Quintanilla, Annette Billings, Andrew McIlvaine, Miguel Morales, Sarah Chavez, Perry Shephard, and Maryfrances […]
ARTSPEAK RADIO, Wednesday, April 7, 2021, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd celebrates April as National Poetry Month with a stanza of poets. Featured poets include; José Faus, Waco Porter, Erin Adair Hodges, Octavio Quintanilla, Andrew McIlvaine, Miguel Morales, Sarah Chavez, Perry Shephard, and MaryFrances Wagner. National […]
ARTSPEAK RADIO, Wednesday, March 31, 2021, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd talks with Christine Boutrous Grants & Awards Programs Manager Charlotte Street Foundation, Kershaun McKinney Manager, Audience Engagement Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Steven Curtis UrbanWorks LLC, and Perry Shephard author and poet. CHRISTINE BOUTROUS Grants & Awards Programs Manager […]
ARTSPEAK RADIO, Wednesday, March 24, 2021, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes Paul J. Schofer President/CEO Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts and curator/organizer/educator Emma Nuzzo. PAUL J SCHOFER, President/CEO Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts You may be a poet and […]
ARTSPEAK RADIO, Wednesday, March 17, 2021, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd talks with Bobbi Jo Reed, Brent Jones, and Donna Jones about their powerful documentary, Bobbi Jo: Under the Influence. In the second half of the hour, Justin Ikerionwo, Alt-Cap Business Development […]
ARTSPEAK RADIO, Wednesday, March 10, 2021, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd talks with Union Station President and CEO, George Guastello and Kristen Devlin Johnson County Developmental Supports Emerging Artists Program Specialist. GEORGE GUASTELLO, President/CEO Union Station – Architectural Masterpiece. Living History. A […]
ARTSPEAK RADIO, Wednesday, March 3, 2021, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes artist/singer/performer/designer Bruce Burstert, Clarissa Knighton jewelry designer. BRUCE BURSTERT was born in Marceline, Missouri. He is known in Kansas City through his 20 year operation of Smith and Burstert Antiques […]
ARTSPEAK RADIO, Wednesday, February 24, 2021, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes Sarah Van LanDuyt Executive Director The Arts Council of Johnson County, performer/writer/comedian Susanna Lee, and Angi Cain Hedjuk Chief Executor Officer and Wolfe Brack Operations Manager with InterUrban ArtHouse. SARAH […]
Sarah VanLanduyt of The Arts Council of Johnson County joins Maria on the show, tune in! Wolf Brock joins in later in the show.
ARTSPEAK RADIO, Wednesday, February 17, 2021, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City community Radio, streaming live www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes Bess Wallerstein with Kelly Main, and Danny Powell. ARTSPEAK RADIO is entering its’ 9th year-if you tune in weekly, download posdcasts, listen online, if you learn about new and exciting opportunities […]
ARTSPEAK RADIO, Wednesday, February 10, 12noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes author/photographer Regina Daniel and gallery owner/Director Sherry Leedy. REGINA DANIEL specialized in urban exploration photography. She is also the owner and operator of Red Vixen’s Photograpy. Covering much of the Kansas City […]
ARTSPEAK RADIO, Wednesday, February 10, 12noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes author/photographer Regina Daniel and gallery owner/Director Sherry Leedy. REGINA DANIEL specialized in urban exploration photography. She is also the owner and operator of Red Vixen’s Photograpy. Covering much of the Kansas City […]
ARTSPEAK RADIO, Wednesday, February 10, 12noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes author/photographer Regina Daniel and gallery owner/Director Sherry Leedy. REGINA DANIEL specialized in urban exploration photography. She is also the owner and operator of Red Vixen’s Photograpy. Covering much of the Kansas City […]
ARTSPEAK RADIO, Wednesday January 27, 2021, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio streaming live www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes Christine Boutros; Grants and Awards Programs Manager for Charlotte Street Foundation, Kimi Kitada the Jedel Familly Foundation Curatorial Fellow at Charlotte Street Foundation. Joining us in the second half of the […]
ARTSPEAK RADIO, Wednesday January 20. 2021, 12noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes Annie Sánchez CEO Chief Goal Strategiest Mariposa Strategies, Robert Gann, Habitat Contemporary Gallery Owner, and artist/Kansas City Art Institute educator Andrew McIlvane. ANNIE SÁNCHEZ, Mariposa Strategies CEO, Chief Goal Strategist […]
ARTSPEAK RADIO, Wednesday, January 13, 2021, 12-noon- 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas CityCommunity Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.orgProducer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes Englewood Art Director Michael Baxley and TheVolland Store Proprietor Patty Reece. MICHAEL BAXLEY-Englewood Arts is a new and innovative organization focused on creating adiverse and sustainable community in harmony with the arts. Our […]
Wednesday, December 30, 2020, 12noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd presents the 2nd part of the year end special, 2020 THE _______YEAR EVER. 2020 THE ______ YEAR EVER To say the least, the year 2020 has become infamous for a plethora of reasons. Based on your point […]
ARTSPEAK RADIO, Wednesday, December 23 and December 30, 12noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd presents a 2- part year end special; 2020 THE ______ YEAR EVER. 2020 THE ______ YEAR EVER To say the least, the year 2020 has become infamous for a […]
Iran expert Trita Parsi discusses relations between Iran, Israel and the United States and examines the significance of last week’s assassination of Iran’s top nuclear scientist, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh. Barbara Slavin, director of the Future of Iran Initiative at the Atlantic Council, assesses the effect of the assassination on the 2015 Iran nuclear deal and the impact […]
ARTSPEAK RADIO, Wednesday, December 16, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes artist/author Stephen T. Johnson and artist/writer Jackie Denning. STEPHEN T. JOHNSON- Stephen T. Johnson’s visually arresting and conceptually rich body of work forges connections between words, objects and ideas. His art […]
ARTSPEAK RADIO, Wednesday December 9, 12noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes Connie Swartz founder Celebrate Fatigues, artist/educator Jason Pollen, and Christine Boutrous Charlotte Street Foundation Grants and Awards Program Manager. CONNIE SWARTZ, Founder Celebrate Fatigues; Our Mission is to honor the service […]
ARTSPEAK RADiO, Wednesday, December 2, 2020, 12noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live www.kkfi.org Producer/host of KKFI ‘s Under The Radar, John Thompson Todd (John Todd – The Radio God) takes over ARTSPEAK RADIO with guests that include Bruce Young Co-owner Aztec Theater in Shawnee,KS, singer/songwriter Jake Wells, and Katie […]
ARTSPEAK RADIO, Wednesday, November 25, 2020, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live www.kkfi.org ARTSPEAK RADIO presents a rebroadcast of El Amor que Mueve el Sol y las Demás Estrellas – The Love That Moves The Sun and Other Stars – a radio play in Spanish based on the lives […]
ARTSPEAK RADIO Wednesday, November 11, 2020, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd and Guest Co-Host Eboni Fondren present, All Things Molly!! – an audio love letter to Molly Hammer. This special program highlights Kansas City’s magnificent songstress, Molly Hammer, who has been performing in […]
Wednesday, November 4, 2020, 12noon- 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes, author/artist Jim Ramirez, poet/writer A. Summer Javadi, Shannon Thompson, Story Center Manager, author/radio host Dr. Gene Chavez. DR. GENE CHAVEZ-Nuestra Herencia host/producer and book author, Mexican American Baseball in Kansas City, Dr Gene Chavez interviews […]
Wednesday, October 28, 2020, 12noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live www.kkfi.org Producer-host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes Kim Cotton-Martin Artistic Director KC Rep, Yetunde Felix-Ukwu Artistic Associate KC Reperotry, and Becky Ray author of Kansas City Hauntings History and Mystery of the Paris of the Plains. KIM COTTON-MARTIN, Artistic Director […]
Wednesday, October 21, 2020, 12noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd enters the 2nd week of the 2020 Fall Pledge Drive by asking for your support for the station at 888-931-0901 or pledge online www.kkfi.org Maria welcomes Marissa Starke Executive Director Kansas City Artists Coalition […]
Wednesday, October 14, 2020, 12noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd with special guest Under The Radar’s producer/host John Todd- The Radio God joins Maria for the KKFI Fall Drive. Special guest include Jose Martinez and Du Ron Nutsell. ARTSPEAK RADIO is entering its’ 8th […]
Wednesday, October 7, 2020- ARTSPEAK RADIO noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd airs recorded poetry by Gabriela Lemmons, Gloria Martinez-Adams, Gustavo Ayaber, and José Faus, appearing on the second half of the program, Mason Andrew Kilpatrick Marketing and Communications Manager with the Charlotte Street […]
Wednesday, September 30, 2020, ARTSPEAK RADIO 12noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd presents Estoy Aqui – I am Here with contributors Waco Porter and Shawn Neurstadt. Estoy Aqui – I am Here This pandemic has changed us. Uncertainty exists. We asked writers, poets, […]
Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes film maker/producer, Megan Ponder and performer artist Kater Tot. Megan Ponder (PRODUCER)is a producer of the award-winning documentary The Story of Plastic. She is Co-Director of Peak Plastic Foundation, and her work is focused on plastic pollution including regulatory policy, plastics production, and global recycling systems. She has consulted for […]
Wednesday, September 16, 2020, 12noon – 1pm CSt, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd talks with writers Pat Lawson, Patricia Cleary Miller, and Managing Editor BkMk Press Ben Furness. PAT LAWSON is a retired community college English instructor. Her fiction and poetry have been published in many […]
Wed. Sept. 9, 2020, 12noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes poet/writer/educator TL Sanders and artist/writer/performer Rick Stassi join us for today’s special program, Estoy Aqui – I am Here. Estoy Aqui – I am here This pandemic has changed us. Uncertainty exists. We asked writers, […]
Wednesday, September 2, 2020, 12noon – 1pm, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes Katie Kline Director Greater Kansas City Writing Project, educator/artist Michael Toombs, Crissy Dastrup KCMO 4th District Legislative Aide, Shannon Thompson Story Center Program Manager. #artpseakradio #kkficommunityradio
Wednesday, August 26, 2020, 12noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes writer/poet Annette Billings, artist/educator Vania Soto, and educator/poet Janie Harris. ANNETTE BILLINGS is an African-American Kansas poet, playwright, actress and nurse, who now offers by sharing her poetry and prose. She has […]
Wednesday, August 12, 2020, 12noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd presents a special program with guests Gunard Polite, Annette Billings, Philip Blue Owl Hooser, and Mark Manning. Estoy Aqui – I am Here This pandemic has changed us. Uncertainty exists. We asked writers, poets, […]
Wednesday August 5, 2020, 12noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd talks with artist/educator Lita Sandoval and writer/educator Lucero Denisse Valderama. LITA SANDOVAL I am an adornment artist with an eye for beauty and style inspired by my New Mexico heritage, music, vintage fashion, and […]
Wednesday, July 29, 2020; 12noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd talks with Cerbera Gallery owner Philipp Eirich, artists Susan Kiefer and Stephanie Lanter, also Katie Mabry van Dieren owner of the Strawberry Swing KC. SUSAN KIEFER-Making things makes me happy—from paper dolls and dolls […]
Wednesday, July 22, 2020, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes musician/host-producer/writer Barry Lee. BARRY LEE, Musician/DJ/host/producer/writer-I started with KKFI in April of the station’s first year of broadcasting! I am the host of “Signal to Noise,” a free-form radio show that accepts and […]
Wednesday, July 15, 2020, 12noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd talks with CEO/founder Latino Arts Foundation Deanna Munoz, poet/activist Terry Sanders, and Fringe Festival Executive Director Cheryl Kimmi. DEANNA MUNOZ, CEO/President/Founder of Latino Arts Foundation has supported the arts all her life, herself […]
Wednesday, July 8, 2020, 12noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd chats with Toy/Miniature Curator of Collections Amy McKune, President/Co-found No Divide KC Stacy Busch, and Kansas Poet Laureate Huascar Medina. AMY McKUNE Curator of Collections, Toy and Miniature Museum- Bridging the Gender Divide: Toys […]
Wednesday, June 24, 2020, 12noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd and John Todd KKFI DJ/producer/host of Under the Radar fill the hour with music and conversation. John Todd (The Radio God) celebrates his 8th year of Under the Radar on KKFI. John (Thompson) Todd, […]
Wednesday, June 17, 2020, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd talks with artist/musician Robert Castillo and Gillian Helm CEO Literacy KC in the first half of the program. In the second half, musician/educator Diego Chi, and community activist/spoken word writer-performer Sheri “Purpose” Hall contribute […]
Wednesday, June 10, 2020, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org ARTSPEAK RADIO is entering its’ 8th year-if you tune in weekly, download posdcasts, listen online, if you learn about new and exciting opportunities happening in the creative community, enjoy listening to one of the many guests featured […]
Wednesday, June 3, 2020, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd talks with James Martin KC Public Art Administrator, TJ Templeton The Bunker curator, and artist/photographer/queer trans disibility activist Kathyrne Grimm. JAMES MARTIN, Public Art Administrator, General Services Department, Facilities & Architecture Division, City of […]
Wednesday, May 27, 2020, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes award winning painter/artist Cristina Muñiz and filmaker/director Stephen Wallace Pruitt. CRISTINA MUÑIZ, native to San Antonio, went to Kansas City, Missouri in 2012 to finish her BFA at the Kansas City Art Institute. […]
Wednesday May 20, 2020, noon-1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd talks with Sarah Hyde-Schmiedeler, Francis Family Foundation Educator for the Nelson Atkins Museum of Art, Jenny Mendez, Director of Mattie Rhodes Art Gallery and multi-media artist Anson Thee Ornery. SARAH HYDE-SCHMIEDELER, Francis Family Foundation Educator, […]
Wednesday May 13, 2020, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd talks with Deanna Munoz founder of Latino Arts Foundation, singer/songwriter Shawn Stewart and Dana Knapp CEO/President ArtsKC. DEANNA MUNOZ-Latino Arts Foundation aka Latino Foundation for the Arts is nonprofit organization created to bring forth […]
Wednesday May 6, 2020, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd returns with infinite THANKS to Mark Manning for his diligence and commitment to keep ARTSPEAK RADIO on air along with his own program, MidDay Medley during this pandemic!! Listeners, staff, colleagues, community and […]
Wednesday, April 29, 2020, noon-1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live www.kkfi.org Co-producer/host Mark Manning talks with award winning poet/writer Julia Alvarez, Mason Andrew Kilpatrick; Marketing + Communications Manager Charlotte Street Foundation, Adina Duke; Associate Director of Public Engagement Department Head at Spencer Museum of Art University of Kansas, and Wolfe Brack; […]
Wednesday, April 22, 2020, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live www.kkfi.org Co-producer/host Mark Manning talks with director/writer/filmmaker Morgan Cooper, composer/performer Stacy Busch, and writer/community activist Miguel M. Morales. MIGUEL M. MORALES grew up in Texas working as a migrant/seasonal farmworker. He is a Lambda Literary Fellow and an alum […]
Wednesday, April 15, 2020, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Co-producer/host Mark Manning talks with artist/community activist Michael Vance Toombs, Ebony M. Johnson, and a surprise guest! MICHAEL VANCE TOOMBS is an accomplished painter, art activist, and founder and CEO of Storytellers Inc.- Artist Collective. Mr. Toombs […]
Wednesday, April 8, 2020, noon -1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live www.kkfi.org Co-producer/host Mark Manning talks with Richard Blanco the 5th poet to read at a United States presidential inauguration and American poet, Flying Ketchup founder/poet Polly Alice McCann, and award-winning journalist Fally Afani. Richard Blanco’s mother, seven months pregnant, and […]
Wednesday, April 1, 2020, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live www.kkfi.org Producer/host Mark Manning talks with Tim Miller from Venice Beach, California, Amy Farrand from Italy, and Lisa Cordes from Midtown Kansas City. At 12:00 Mark talks with Tim Miller, internationally acclaimed performance artist and gay rights activist. Tim […]
Wednesday, March 25, 2020, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live www.kkfi.org Producer/host Mark Manning welcomes musician Noah Davis, musician Laurel Morgan, and Mid-America Arts Alliance Special Projects Specialist Cory Imig. In early 2019, Noah and the guys (Noah and Heavy Electric) began playing together as well as working on […]
Wednesday, March 18, 2020, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes Programs Director for the Kansas City Museum Paul Guiterrez, artist Anthony “AO” Oropeza, and KC Storytellers. PAUL GUITERREZ, Programs Director for The Kansas City Museum. The Kanas City Museum is implementing the following: […]
Wednesday March 11, 2020, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes artist Jane Booth, artist/Director Mattie Rhodes Gallery, Jenny Mendez, The Volland Store owner Patty Reece, and artist Tori Johnson. PATTY REECE, The Volland Store-24098 Volland Road, Alma, KS 785-499-3616 Hours of Operation | […]
Wednesday, March 4, 2020, noon – 1PM CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes Director, Englewood Arts Michael Baxley, Executive Director, Englewood Arts Monte Short, President CEO-Truman Heritage Habitat for Humanity, Christina Leakey, and artist Teresa Cosgrove to the program. Englewood Arts is a new and innovative […]
Wednesday, February 26, 2020, noon – 1pm, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes KCAI President Tony Jones, writer Frank Lingo, Executive Director Patricia Williams, and Executive Artistic Director Sidonie Garrett. The second half of the program Sidonie and Patricia discuss the KCMO Public Budget Hearings – Arts […]
Wednesday February 19, 2020, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live www. kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes photographer & Zim’s Sauces creator Todd Zimmer, musician/part owner Wise Blood Bookseller Dylan Pyles, and artists/muralists Rodrigo Alvarez & Issac Tapia. TODD ZIMMER-I have been photographing live music since 1988. Beginning in […]
Wednesday, February 12, 2020, noon – 1m CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live www.kkfi.org ARTSPEAK RADIO is entering its’ 8th year!!! If you tune in weekly, download podcasts, listen online, if you learn of new opportunities and information happening in the creative community, enjoy listening to one of the many guests featured […]
Wednesday, February 5, 2020, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes comedian/performance artist Susanna Lee, Operations Manager InterUrban ArtHouse Wolfe Brack, artists Jeanette Powers and Hugh Merrill, and artists Chico Sierra and Luis Garcia. WOLFE BRACK-True Colors: Life Through The Lens of Color Feb 7- Mar 6, 2020, […]
Wednesday January 29, 2020, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes Mol Mir KCAI 2019, Stephanie Nowotarski PhD, William Plummer KCAI 2018, and Jason Pollen KCAI Professor Emeritus. Four intergenerational and interdisciplinary artists have plunged into the muck of local Kansas City waterways and […]
ARTSPEAK RADIO Wednesday, January 22, 2020, noon- 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd talks with President One Kansas City Radio Gunard Polite, artist Kwanzaa Humphrey, Smalter Gallery owner Emily Smalter, and artist Ari Fish. GUNARD POLITE, President One Kansas City Radio-One Kansas City Radio unites the […]
Wednesday, January 15, 2020, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd talks with Kansas City Artists Coalition founder Maura Conry, Executive Director Marissa Starke, plus Impractical Spaces project members Cory Imig and Melaney Mitchell. The Kansas City Artists Coalition was created to change the lives […]
Wednesday, January 8, 2020, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes ArtsKC Brandon Haralson, Poet TL Sanders, and Charlotte Street Foundaton Mason Andrew Kilpatrick live from the KKFI studio. BRANDON HARALSON, Communications Manager, Engagement & Public Policy ArtsKC- ArtsKC has developed programs and services […]
Wednesday January 1, 2020- noon to 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes the new year with a bevy of talented writers/poets; Catherine Anderson, Huascar Medina, Robert Stewart, William Trowbridge, and Maryfrances Wagner. CATHERINE ANDERSON- Released in 2019 of Fourth Full-length Collection of Poetry: Everyone I […]
Wednesday December 25, 2019, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio streaming live www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd presents a special holiday performance from the insanely creative mind of Rick Stasi and friends Theresa Zirkel, and Julia Jackson. RICK STASI is an artist/writer/intellectual properties producer with credits at DC Comics, Marvel Comics, […]
Wednesday December 18, 2019, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio streaming live www.kkfi.org ARTSPEAK RADIO presents: “THE STAGE IS YOUR CYMBAL” Have you ever wondered what happens on or off stage in the lives of performers? Musicians, singers, and songwriters share their amazing stories from night clubs, house concerts, backstage, performance […]
Wednesday December 4, 2019, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd talks with singer/songwriter Heath Church and Chanae Williams and Cheyenne Squire with Pendleton Arts Block. HEATH CHURCH, Kansas City Folk Singer/Songwriter-Heath Church’s New Single “Extra Pain” Tackles the Topic of Depression and Loss.With finger-picked […]
Wednesday, November 27, 2019, noon -1PM CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes Héctor Casanova, Renée Cinderhouse, Pat Alexander, Melaney Mitchell, and Cory Imig. RENÉE CINDERHOUSE & HÉCTOR CASANOVA-The Green Door Gallery began in 2000 as a collective of KCAI alumni: Héctor Casanova and Renée Cinderhouse (née […]
Wednesday November 20, 2019, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes KKFI Development Director Bill Sundahl, artist Haley Sellmeyer, and Ryan Fortney with Forge Repertory Theatre. BILL SUNDAHL, Development Director KKFI-Thanks so much to Stockyards Brewing Co. for Sponsoring the KKFI 90.1 FM Band […]
Wednesday, November 13, 2019, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd chats with Kevin Paul Callahan, Kevin King, Diane Hightower, and Jacque Davidson. KEVIN KING, DIANE HIGHTOWER, & JACQUE DAVIDSON-Kevin King, producing artistic director of Whim Productions and director of Swimming in the Shallows, Jacque […]
Wednesday November 6, 2019 noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio streaming live wwwkkfi.org Producer/host welcomes artist/writer Hugh Merrill, writer/performer Natasha Ria El-Scari, artist/writer Rick Stasi, and Patricia Williams Cinema KC. HUGH MERRILL-Whiteout is a multi-dimensional project designed to create dialogues on heritage, privilege, power and racism in America. It is meant […]
Wednesday Octover 30, 2019, noon to 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd talks with Edgar Galicia Executive Director Central Avenue Betterment Association, Sarah Hyde-Schmeidler Francis Family Foundation Educator, Family Programs & Events with Larissa Briley, Coordinator, Public Programs with the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Jenny Mendez […]
Wednesday October 16, 2019, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio Station, streaming live www.kkfi.org Do you tune in weekly to ARTSPEAK RADIO, download podcasts, listen online, or learn of new opportunities and information happening in the creative community, or enjoy listening to one of the many guests featured weekly on ARTSPEAK […]
Wednesday October 9, 2019, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes artist Joseph Broghammer, gallery owner Dan Frueh, and artist/community activist Carmen Moreno. Omaha based artist Joseph Broghammer is as much of a storyteller as he is an artist. Through his one-of-a-kind pastel drawings […]
Wednesday October 2, 2019, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes author/artist Danna York, artist/designer Whitney Manney, and Ada Koch & Marissa Starke with Kansas City Artists Coalition. DANNA YORK KC native, is an artist/author of a children’s book, To the Cider Mill. Readers […]
Wednesday September 25, 2019, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes artist/KCAI Professor Miguel Rivera, musician/KCAI Professor Dwight Frizzell, painter Hannah McBroom, and Shannon Thompson with The Story Center at Woodneath Library. HANNAH MCBROOM The Bunker Center for the Arts opened its doors […]
Wednesday September 18, 2019 noon 1pm, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes Walkin’ & Rollin’ Costumes Founder/Creative Designer Lon David, KCAI Art Fare, UnPlaza Art Fair, and Troostapalooza. LON DAVIS-Walkin’ & Rollin’ Costumes is a Kansas City-based non-profit organization that builds custom-made costumes for kids in […]
Wednesday September 11, 2019 noon – 1pm CST 90.1fm KKFI streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes Megan Crigger Director of Creative Services KCMO and Amy Kligman Executive/Artistic Director Charlotte Street Foundation. MEGAN CRIGGER, Director of Creative Services As the Director of Creative Services, Megan is responsible for uniting local, regional and international […]
Wednesday August 21st at noon to 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI streaming live www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes award winning sound artist/writer/musician Larry O from California.
Wednesday August 21st at noon to 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI streaming live www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes award winning sound artist/writer/musician Larry O from California.
August 14, 2019 noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI streaming live www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes award winning artist Larissa Uredi and poet/artist/horse wrangler Austin Modrell, and photographer/educator Megan Pobywajlo to the program. LARISSA UREDI “Gallery of Lost Things” interactive, 3D exhibition. Uredi will transform the Arts Asylum into a 3D, interactive journey that […]
Wednesday August 7, 2019 noon to 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI streaming live www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd talks with musician/singer/songwriter Regina del Carmen, author/world traveler Rudy Waldner, and Kimberlyn Jones with the Economic Development Corporation of Kansas City. REGINA DEL CARMEN-Regina del Carmen is a 19-year-old aspiring singer/songwriter/rapper/actress based in Kansas City. She has participated […]
Wednesday July 31, 2019 noon -1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio streaming live kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd talks with producer/songwriter/musician David George, singer/songwriter Shawn Stewart, and Manager Audience Engagment Kreshaun McKinney and Curator of American Art Stephanie Fox Knappe with the Nelson Atkins Museum. Shawn Stewart (Formerly JohnnySuperColossal) Shawn started playing the […]
Wednesday September5, 2019 noon – 1pm CST 90.1fm Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio at www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes Artistic Director Andrea Guajardo of Ballet Nepantla and KKFI Development Director Bill Sundahl. ANDREA GUAJARDO, Artistic Director of Ballet Nepantla-Ballet Nepantla presents Valentina, a collection of stories that speak to the strength and […]
Wednesday August 21, 2019 noon -1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes choreographer/dancer Jane Gotch, Patrick Alexander Programmer/Studio Residency Manager with Charlotte Street Foundation, photographer Angie Jennings, installation artist Katy Stone and Christopher Santee with Eastside People’s Intercultural Center (EPIC.) JANE GOTCH-public 2 (pronounced ‘public squared’) public 2, is […]
Wednesday July 17. 2019 noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd invites Bernadette Esperanza Torres, Israel Alejandro Garcia Garcia, Sandra Van Tuyl, and Nick Ward-Bopp into the studio to discuss their work. NICK WARD-BOPP, Maker Village-We are a community wood + metal workshop in a century old […]
Wednesday July 10, 2019 noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd talks with poet Neil Anderson, musician Alex Sons, and organizers for the Musicians For Molly. NEIL MICHAEL ANDERSON is a poet, writer, singer-songwriter, and a multi-instrumentalist with an emphasis on 12-string guitar, as well as the […]
Wednesday July 3, 2019 noon to 1pm, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd talks with artists Don Wilkinson aka M.o.i., TJ Templeton, Teresa Dirks, & Andrew Erdrich about studio and creative spaces. We’ll examine the recent sale/close of art spaces the drugstore and KunstraumKC, the availability or lack of affordable […]
Wednesday June 19, 2019 noon -1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes The Sextet and Don Wilkinson to talk about Perpetual Motion. THE SEXTET-Playing original compositions and arrangements of bassist Robert Castillo, The Sextet plays music to move to and moved by. Castillo originally formed the group in […]
Wednesday June 12, 2019 noon-1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes musician Miki P and The Swallowtails to the KKFI studio for live performance and conversation. Born and raised in Kansas City, Mikala Petillo is an artist, multi-instrumentalist, musician and songwriter performing under Miki P. She compose’s lyrics […]
Wednesday June 5, 2019 noon-1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes Firesign Theatres Phil Proctor, High Priestess JDale, and singer/songwriter Jason Buice. Phil Proctor was born of Amish/Irish ancestry in Goshen, Indiana and his God-given musical and linguistic talents (he speak 7 languages) have taken him […]
Wednesday May 29, 2019 noon – 1pm CST 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes Rita Chiarelli, Mikal Shapiro, Heather Sommer, and Shawn Pavey on to the show. HEATHER SOMMER- Food is at the center …
Wednesday May 29, 2019 noon – 1pm CST 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes Rita Chiarelli, Mikal Shapiro, Heather Sommer, and Shawn Pavey on to the show. HEATHER SOMMER- Food is at the center of most cultures around the world. Even in the poorest regions, people show hospitality by […]
Wednesday May 15, 2019 noon to 1pm CST 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes Jason Vivone, Jenny Martin, Melanie Johnson, and Olathe Station Art Fair. JASON VIVONE-The leader of Kansas City’s …
Wednesday May 15, 2019 noon to 1pm CST 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes Jason Vivone, Jenny Martin, Melanie Johnson, and Olathe Station Art Fair. JASON VIVONE-The leader of Kansas City’s award winning band the Billy Bats, Jason Vivone hosts The Boogie Bridge on KKFI 90.1 […]
Wednesday May 8, 2019 noon – 1pm CST 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio streaming live audio at www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes Kadesh Flow and Byron Stamps. Each guest will interview and share information on air then collaborate …
Wednesday May 8, 2019 noon – 1pm CST 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio streaming live audio at www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes Kadesh Flow and Byron Stamps. Each guest will interview and share information on air then collaborate on a performance of storytelling and comedy live from the KKFI studio! KADESH FLOW- As […]
Wednesday April 24, 2019 noon to 1pm CST 90.1FM KKFI Kansas City Community Radio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes Blair Schulman, GK Callahan, Lindsay Rice, José Faus, Aya, and Tom Sullivan to the program. Blair Schulman & GK Callahahan-Mapping …
Wednesday April 24, 2019 noon to 1pm CST 90.1FM KKFI Kansas City Community Radio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes Blair Schulman, GK Callahan, Lindsay Rice, José Faus, Aya, and Tom Sullivan to the program. Blair Schulman & GK Callahahan-Mapping Stigma: An Archive of the Contracting an Issue Project May 3 – July 27, 2019 […]
Wednesday April 17, 2019 noon to 1pm CST 90.1FM KKFI Kansas City Community Radio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes theater owner/musician Bruce Young, producer/director Kevin King, and singer/songwriter Miki P. KEVIN KING-Fourth Annual Short Play Festival Features Area LGBTQ Writers, Alphabet Soup: Stories from Queer Voices will take the stage at SqueezeBox Theatre on […]
Wednesday April 17, 2019 noon to 1pm CST 90.1FM KKFI Kansas City Community Radio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes theater owner/musician Bruce Young, producer/director Kevin King, and singer/songwriter Miki P. KEVIN KING-Fourth Annual Short Play Festival Features Area LGBTQ …
Wednesday April 10, 2019 noon to 1pm CST 90.1Fm www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes singer/songwriter Kian Byrne, artist/printmaker Ruben Castillo, and artist Danielle Weigandt. DANIELLE WEIGANDT, “The 5th Event”-What is time? It cannot be seen, heard, smelled, or touched. …
Wednesday April 10, 2019 noon to 1pm CST 90.1Fm www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes singer/songwriter Kian Byrne, artist/printmaker Ruben Castillo, and artist Danielle Weigandt. DANIELLE WEIGANDT, “The 5th Event”-What is time? It cannot be seen, heard, smelled, or touched. It eludes all our senses, yet we experience it every day. Time is ubiquitous. To […]
Wednesday April 3, noon to 1pm CST on 90.1FM & streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes Kar Woo Artist Helping the Homeless, poets Andrés Rodriguez, Natasha Ria El-Scari, and Katie Kline KC Storytellers. Katie Kline KC Storytellers-Students from nearly 20 area high schools will tell their inspiring stories during the third annual […]
Wednesday April 3, noon to 1pm CST on 90.1FM & streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes Kar Woo Artist Helping the Homeless, poets Andrés Rodriguez, Natasha Ria El-Scari, and Katie Kline KC Storytellers. Katie Kline KC Storytellers-Students …
Wednesday March 27, 2019 noon to 1pm CST 90.1FM streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes Shayna Swanson Artistic Director at Aloft Circus Arts, gallery director/artist Jenny Mendez, writer Alex Martinez, and artist/ArtsKC member Iván Garnica. Shayna Swanson, Artistic Director at Aloft Circus Arts, an Chicago based contemporary circus company is on tour […]
Wednesday March 27, 2019 noon to 1pm CST 90.1FM streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes Shayna Swanson Artistic Director at Aloft Circus Arts, gallery director/artist Jenny Mendez, writer Alex Martinez, and artist/ArtsKC member Iván Garnica. Shayna Swanson, …
Wednesday March 20, 2019 noon – 1PM CST 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes the return of artist/musician Robert Castillo, muralist/artist Baldemor Rivas, multi-media artist Stacy Busch, and writer/poet Waco Porter. WACO PORTER has …
Wednesday March 20, 2019 noon – 1PM CST 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes the return of artist/musician Robert Castillo, muralist/artist Baldemor Rivas, multi-media artist Stacy Busch, and writer/poet Waco Porter. WACO PORTER has lived in the Kansas City area for 20 years. Born in Galveston, Texas, he served […]
Wednesday March 13, 2019 noon to 1pm 90.1fm KKFI Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes artist/educator Bernadette Torres and gallery owner/artist Israel Alejandro Garcia Garcia. Isreal Alejandro Garcia Garcia-Bordes Carnosos / Border Carnage ‘MoLCA’ will be an evolving, traveling exhibit documenting the …
Wednesday March 13, 2019 noon to 1pm 90.1fm KKFI Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes artist/educator Bernadette Torres and gallery owner/artist Israel Alejandro Garcia Garcia. Isreal Alejandro Garcia Garcia-Bordes Carnosos / Border Carnage ‘MoLCA’ will be an evolving, traveling exhibit documenting the immigrant experience, including archival histories from three KC Latinx neighborhoods which have inevitable, painful ties […]
Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes writers Polly Alice McCann, Jordan Stempleman, and jazz group The Sextets. Polly Alice McCann received her BFA in Studio Art from Messiah University near Harrisburg, PA and her MFA from Hamline University in Writing for Children and Young Adults. Her art has been published in US newspapers and magazines and […]
Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes writers Polly Alice McCann, Jordan Stempleman, and jazz group The Sextets. Polly Alice McCann received her BFA in Studio Art from Messiah University near Harrisburg, PA and her MFA from Hamline University in Writing for …
Wednesday February 27, 2019 noon to 1pm CST Producer/host Maria Vasquez welcomes writers Tom Sullivan & Aya, Charlotte Street Foundation’s Mason Kilpatrick & Julia Cole, also artists Luis Garcia, Edwing Mendez, Caleb Bowman, & Sonie Ruffin. Edwing Mendez & Luis …
Wednesday February 27, 2019 noon to 1pm CST Producer/host Maria Vasquez welcomes writers Tom Sullivan & Aya, Charlotte Street Foundation’s Mason Kilpatrick & Julia Cole, also artists Luis Garcia, Edwing Mendez, Caleb Bowman, & Sonie Ruffin. Edwing Mendez & Luis Garcia-Comic books and graphic novels have always been an art form that reflects culture in […]
Wednesday February 20, 2019 noon – 1pm Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes comedian Byron Stamps, artist Laura Pensar, Studios Inc, & Doug Peete with Jazz For Good Foundation. Byron Stamps is a Mississippi native whose laid-back delivery about tales of …
Wednesday February 20, 2019 noon – 1pm Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes comedian Byron Stamps, artist Laura Pensar, Studios Inc, & Doug Peete with Jazz For Good Foundation. Byron Stamps is a Mississippi native whose laid-back delivery about tales of family life, observations, and being a thug trapped in a nerd’s body thoroughly engages audiences. […]
Wednesday February 13, 2019 noon to 1PM CST Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes a plethora of artists; Kiki Serna, Anthony Oropeza, Linda Lighton, and Bernadette Torres. AQUETZALI (KIKI) SERNA is a Mexican visual artist living in Kansas City, Missouri. Kiki …
ARTSPEAK RADIO is entering its’ 7th year!!! If you tune in weekly, download podcasts, listen online, if you learn of new opportunities and information happening in the creative community, enjoy listening to one of the many guests featured weekly on …
Wednesday January 30, 2019, noon – 1PM, 90.1FM KKFI Kansas City Community Radio Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes ceramic artist/educator Bernadette Torres, artist Ruben Castillo, designer Sarah Walsh, and musician/singer/songwriter Kian Byrnes. Bernadette Esperanza Torres-As a storyteller I communicate with …
Wednesday January 23, 2019 noon to 1pm CST Host/producer Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes Dan Hadley, David Bears, Heather Campbell, Gregg Higginbotham, Ralph Monaco, and Garrett Lipps members of HIP-Historical Interpretive Programs. “HIP” stands for Historical Interpretive Programs. HIP is a …
Wednesday January 16, 2019 noon – 1PM CST 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio Host/producer Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes artist/musician Robert Castillo, muralist/artist Baldemor Rivas, multi-media artist Stacy Busch, and writer/poet Waco Porter. WACO PORTER has lived in the Kansas …
Wednesday January 9, 2019 noon – 1PM, 90.1FM KKFI Kansas City Community Radio Host/producer Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes Kansas City Kansas Police Officer Osvaldo Navarro, artist Sandy Van Tuyl, Mid-Continent Public Library Curator Mark Livengood, Kansas City Public Library staff …
Wednesday January 2, 2019 noon – 1pm 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio www.kkfi.org Host/producer Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes author David Hanzlick, photographer/queer disability activist Kathyrne Husk, & artist Patrick Jacobs. Author, David Hanzlick, is Director of Program and Development …
Wednesday December 26, 2018 noon – 1PM CST 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio Host/producer Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes Charlie Gascich, CEO, Executive Director Whatsoever Community Center, novelist/screenwriter Aya, and musician Heath Church. Charlie Gascich CEO/Executive Director Whatsoever Community Center,-Our …
Wednesday December 19, 2018 Noon – 1PM CST 90.1FM KKFI Host/producer Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes Iván Garnica, Susanna Lee Lucky-Deluxe, Rick Stasi, and Alex Kimball Williams. Iván Garnica Donor Relations & CRM Manager with ArtsKC- We Promote, Support and Advocate …
Wednesday December 12, 2018 NOON – 1PM CST Host/producer Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes Kansas City Kansas Police Officer Osvaldo Navarro, Jan Rog, Chell Navarro, Joy Baker, Wolfe Brack, and David Jones. OSVALDO NAVARRO Kansas City Kansas Police Officer SAFETY FIRST, …
Wednesday December 5, 2018 Noon – 1PM CST Host/producer Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes, Michael Horner, Baldemar Rivas, Gerald Trimble, Keith Van Winkle, and Truman Capote with guest appearance by Philip blue owl Hooser. Michael Horner, Artistic director-The Little Prince DECEMBER …
ARTSPEAK RADIO Wednesday noon to 1PM on 90.1FM Host/producer Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes Jennifer Bricker Pugh, Jennifer Martin, Katie Mabry van Dieren, Bryan Fyffe, Sarah Walsh, and Sarah Preu. Katie Mabry van Dieren, Bryan Fyffe, Sarah Walsh-Join Strawberry Swing Indie …
Wednesday November 21, 2018 noon – 1PM CST ARTSPEAK RADIO showcases musicians who will perform for the Neil Young Tribute, Wednesday November 21, 2018 at Knuckleheads. Also appearing on the program at 12:30pm, Miguel Morales and MG Salazar members of …
Wednesday November 14, 2018 Noon – 1PM CST Host/producer Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes Andrés Rodríguez, Jamie Heller, Adam Finkelston, & Mason Kilpatrick. Andrés Rodríguez is the author of Night Song (Tia Chucha Press), Book of the Heart (Lindisfarne Press), and …
Wednesday November 7, 2018 Noon – 1PM Host/producer Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes Jerry Rapp, Jenny Hahn, Leigh Lynch, Paige O’Connor & Mallory Gobet with Youth Ambassadors to the program. Artist and workshop facilitator Jenny Hahn captures the inward journey through …
Wedensday October 31, 2018 Noon to 1PM CST Host/producer Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes adorable creatures that include Michael McQuary, Wick Thomas, Emily Evans Sloan, and Mark Allen. Impromptu and live on air, fun and informative- a bit scary too!! Stage …
Wednesday October 24, 2018 Noon to 1PM CST Host/producer Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes Paul Tosh, Tyler Galloway, Dennis Weiser, Stephen Pruitt, and Mary Settle Pruitt. Paul Tosh & Tyler Galloway- TypeHike is a collaborative, nonprofit design project that supports the …
ARTSPEAK RADIO is in its’ 6th year!! If you tune in weekly, download podcasts, listen online, learn about new and exciting opportunities happening in the creative community, or enjoy listening to one of the many guests featured weekly on ARTSPEAK …
Wednesday October 10, 2018 Noon – 1PM CST Host/producer Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes playwright/producer Phil Kinen, actor/playwright Philip Blue Owl Hooser, artists Charlene Pryer, Teresa Dirks, Andrew Erdrich, Fredy Gabuardy, and Francisco Gabuardi Montealegre. Playwright/producer Phil Kinen and actor/playwright, Philip …
Wednesday October 3, 2018 Noon – 1PM CST Host/producer Maria Vasquez Boyd talks with John Fierro Mattie Rhodes Center President/CEO, Jenny Mendez Director Mattie Rhodes Art Center & Gallery, Office of Culture & Creative Services Consuelo Cruz, artist/musician Amado Espinoza, …
Wednesday 26, 2018, noon to 1pm Host/producer Maria Vasquez Boyd talks with Reida Morrison York, D.C. Weiser, Denise Low, Brandon Whitehead, and Woody Woodward. Reida Morrison York, Advertising, PR and Creative Services Director-The Kansas City Broadway Series is proud to …
Wednesday September 19, 2018 noon – 1pm Host/producer Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes Heather Collingsworth, B.J. McBride, & UNplaza Art Fair. Heather Collngsworth, Director Paper Birch Landing Contemporary Art Gallery-Art Call – Black and White Juried Show BLACK & WHITE – …
John Todd, host/producer of “Under The Radar,” fills in for Maria Vasquez Boyd this week. Under The Radar can be heard every Sunday night, 8pm – 10pm on 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio. John Todd welcomes Ralph Tomlinson with …
Wednesday September 5, 2018, noon – 1pm CST Host/producer Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes Kansas School for the Deaf, Bi-lingual Specialist, Kester Horn-Marsh, Christine Boutros, Manager, Community & Access Programs at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of ART, and artist Terry Dixon. Kester …
Host/producer Maria Vasquez Boyd talks with H.C. Palmer, Maril Crabtree, John Sparks, Dayna Moth, Jess Hogan, Jason Aaron, Rick Stasi, Rufus Magobotha, and Bill Sundahl. JASON AARON is an award-winning comic book writer best known for his work with Marvel …
Wednesday August 22, 2018 Noon to 1PM CST Host/producer Maria Vasquez Boyd talks with artist Susan White, Michael Schonhoff KCAI Crossroads Gallery, Kansas City Artist Coalition Executive Director Janet Simpson, artist/musician Allan Winkler, and Bill Sundahl KKFI Development Director. #artspeakradio …
Wednesday August 15, 2018 Noon to 1PM Host/producer Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes graphic artist/UMKC Professor Paul Tosh, musician/educator Brandon Draper, and Charlotte Street Foundation’s Mason Andrew Kilpatrick. Paul Tosh has been full-time faculty at UMKC since 2001, and after 16 …
Wednesday August 8, 2018 Noon to 1PM Host/producer Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes actor Rudy Youngblood, author Sieglinde C. Othmer, artist Haley Sellmeyer, and KC Poetry Slam team. Rudy Youngblood is Native American of Comanche and Cree descent. Growing up, he …
Wednesday August 1, 2018 Noon to 1PM Host/producer Maria Vasquez Boyd talks with artist/educator Jim Sajovic, artist/author Lindsey Doolittle, and painter Troy Swangstu. Jim Sajovic was born in Chicago and studied painting at the University of Illinois and the University …
Host/producer Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes Executive Director of KC Creates Cheryl Kimmi, Imagine That!, and Director Studio Inc. Colby Smith with artists Kathy Liao, Patty Carroll, and Debra Smith. Cheryl Kimmi-14th Annual KC Fringe Festival July 19-29 is an eleven …
Wednesday July 18, 2018 Noon – 1PM CST Host/producer Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes Marcia Epstein, Bonnie Swade, and Kian Byrne. Marcia Epstein, LMSW-Ms. Epstein is a long-time member of the American Association of Suicidology (AAS), a survivor of suicide loss, …
Wednesday July 11, 2018 Noon – 1PM CST Host/producer Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes ceramicist/artist Cydney Ross, educator/songwriter/performer Theresa Goodman, and neon artist/gallery owner Thomas Cobian. Cydney Ross, Belger Crane Yard Art- CHRISTMAS IN JULY: OPEN HOUSE & FUNDRAISER SATURDAY, JULY …
Wednesday July 4, 2018 Noon to 1PM 90.1FM KKFI Host/producer Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes Jonah Criswell, Mason Andrew Kilpatrick, and Mark Allen. Jonah Criswell-Echoes is a group exhibition curated by Mirjam Cassandra Wendt and Jonah Criswell. Echoes features artists from …
Wednesday June 27, 2018 Noon to 1PM CST Host/producer Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes Josie Mai, Matt Spezia, Justin Border, Meghan Rowswell and Jen Appell, Matt Spezia is a national powerhouse of lyrical ability, combining a 3 time national award winning …
Wednesday June 20, 2018 Noon to 1PM CST Host/producer Maria Vasquez Boyd presents, Alpha Women Speak. Artists, writers, & performers Kat Husk, Annie Cherry, Natasha Ria El Scari, Bernadette Esperanza Torres, and Ari Fish join us to discuss the role …
Wednesday June 13, 2018 ARTSPEAK RADIO Host/producer Maria Vasquez Boyd talks with Beth Partin, Waco Porter, Claire Verbeck, Chell Navarro, and Godfrey Riddle. Beth Partin likes to travel, watch birds, and recycle everything in sight. She grew up in Kansas …
Host/producer Maria Vasquez Boyd asks for your support for the 2018 Spring Pledge Drive. By calling 888.931.0901 YOU can help support YOUR community radio station or make an online pledge at www.kkfi.org. Maria Vasquez Boyd talks with Enrique Chi, Robert …
Wednesday May 30, noon -1PM CST Host/producer Maria Vasquez Boyd talks with writer/artist/songwriter Rick Stasi, performer/writer April Campbell Jones, choreographer/dancer Jane Gotch, musician/composer Victor Penniman, artist Jill Huxtable, and actor/playwright and The Tenth Voice host on KKFI, Philip Blue Owl …
Wednesday May 23 Noon -1PM CST Host/producer Maria Vasquez Boyd talks with Mishka Shubaly, Alex Martinez, Julia Vering, & Wolfe Bracke with InterUrban Arthouse. Mishka Shubaly bio: About Mishka Shubaly: After receiving an expensive MFA in Fiction from Columbia University …
Wednesday May 16, 2018 Host/producer Maria Vasquez Boyd talks with aurthor/sports announcer Steve Physioc, Cynthia Ammerman, Caitlin Eckard, and artist Deborah Moreno, Steve Physicoc has been telling stories for the past forty-years. He has been a play-by-play announcer for football, …
Host/producer Maria Vasquez Boyd talks with Mason Kilpatrick, Linda Lighton, and Emery Uhlig. Mason Kilpatrick talks about Charlotte Street Foundation events. Linda Lighton-The exhibition, THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS, features work by Linda Lighton and Jessica Wohl and serves as a commentary …
Wednesday May 2, noon to 1PM Host/producer Maria Vasquez Boyd talks with artist/printmaker/educator Miguel Rivera, designer/artist/educator Angelica Sandoval, painter Christian Simms along with Christel Highland and Lori Raye Erickson and musician/educator David Cunningham and 25 of his music students jammed …
Wednesday April 25, 2018 Noon-1PM CST Host/producer of ARTSPEAK RADIO talks Matt Ziegenhorn Marketing/Events Director with MINDDRIVE and Megan Crigger, City of Kansas City Missouri Director of Creative Services. Megan Crigger-The Problems of Placemaking: A Moderated Panel Discussion with West …
Wednesday April 18, 2018 Noon – 1PM Host/producer Maria Vasquez Boyd talks with poets Samantha Slupski and Jeanette Powers, Charlotte Street Foundation’s Mason A. Kilpatrick, Bach Aria Soloists, and The Rabbit Hole owners Deb Pettid and Pete Cowdin. Deb Pettid …
Wednesday April 11, 2018 Noon to 1PM CST Host/producer Maria Vasquez Boyd talks with Sarah Hyde-Schmeidler with the Nelson-Atkins Museum, Aaron Hamilton founder of ARRE Ent., filmmaker Jon Brick and Roslyn Temple, Women In The Arts founder CJ Charbonneau, and …
Wednesday April 4, 2018 NOON to 1PM CST Host/producer Maria Vasquez Boyd talks live in the studio with artist Erica Iman, Nick Ward-Bopp with Maker Village, photographer/artist Mark Allen, and designer/art consultant Bense Garza. Erica Iman makes hand-built, one-of-a-kind vessels …
Wednesday March 28, noon to 1pm CST KKFI 90.1fm Kansas City Community Radio On this special program, host/producer Maria Vasquez Boyd invited guests Michelle Tyrene Johnson, MG Salazar, Rodolfo Marron III, and Ryan Wilks to share their insight and opinions …
Wednesday March 21, 2018 Host/producer of ARTSPEAK RADIO, Maria Vasquez Boyd talks with author Robert Sommer, artist/writer Stephen Johnson, artist/writer Charlene Pryor, & performers/musicians Wick Thomas and Katie Gilchrist. Robert F. Sommer-Losing Francis Essays on the Wars at Home While …
Wednesday March 14, 2018 Host/producer Maria Vasquez Boyd talks with Jennifer Nigro with Audio Reader Network, writer Jeanette Powers, and musician Pablo Sanhueza. Jeanette Powers is an anarchist performance artist who uses poetry and art to question habitual behavior and …
Wednesday March 7, 2018 Host/producer of ARTSPEAK RADIO Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes Studios Inc. Director Colby K. Smith, Director of Creative Services Megan Crigger, Director of Paper Birch Landing Gallery Heather Collinsworth, and artist Ian Kloster. Colby K. Smith-The Studios …
Wednesday February 28, 2018 Host/producer Maria Vasquez Boyd talks with Mason Kirkpatrick with Charlotte Street Foundation, artist Haley Sellmeyer, and artists/activist James McNamara.. Haley Sellmeyer is an Upcoming Local Kansas City Artist who is 10 years old and has been …
Host/producer of ARTSPEAK RADIO, Maria Vasquez Boyd talks with gallery owner Bill Haw Jr., writer Taylor Irwin, and community activist Martha Gershun. Bill Haw Jr.-Haw Contemporary displays works by local and international artists, Haw Contemporary attempts to bring a wide perspective on …
Wednesday February 14, 2018 Host/producer Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes guests/contributors to today’s program, Where Were You? Valentine’s Edition, astrologer/intuituve/lawyer Quan Tracy Cherry, community activist Lucky Garcia, performer/writer Susanna Lee Lucky Deluxe, poet/police officer Chato Villalobos, and artist/author/performer Rick Stasi. Where …
Wednesday February 7, NOON to 1pm CST Host/producer Maria Vasquez Boyd talks with Founder After Action Network Joe Williams, artist/designer Cheryl Eva Acosta, artist Sany Van Tuyl, and writer Joshua Smith. Joe Williams founder, After Action Network is creating a …
Wednesday January 31, 2018 Noon – 1pm CST Host/producer Maria Vasquez Boyd asks for your support during the 2018 Winter Fund Drive- 30 Years of Building Community!! Please support this on air arts program that gives local artists, spoken word …
Wednesday January 24, 2018 NOON-1pm CST Host/producer Maria Vasquez Boyd talks with artist Nathan Sawaya, board President of the Writers Place Anne Gatschet, writer Eve Brackenbury, Prospero’s Book owner/writer Will Leathem, & Dan Storm from the stage production of Bent. …
Host/producer Maria Vasquez Boyd talks with artist Christopher Leitch, KCAI Crossroads Gallery Director Michael Schonhoff, Guildit Founder Susana Bruhn,, and artist Christel Highland. Christopher Leitch is a multifaceted artist, a Buddhist adept at balancing the insistence of self with the …
Wednesday January 10, 2018 Host/producer Maria Vasquez Boyd talks with poet/musician/singer/songwriter Jesse Kates, KC Art Angels founder Juliare Julie Sterbach, painter Ryan Wilks, and Julia Cole & Mason Kilpatrick with Charlotte Street Foundation Rocket Grants. Jesse Kates is the songwriter, …
Wednesday January 3, 2018 Noon – 1pmCST 90.1FM KKFI Host/producer Maria Vasquez Boyd talks with ArtsKC, Cerbera Gallery, & writer KW Peery. ArtsKC; Our Missions-To unleash the power of the arts. 15TH ANNUAL AWARDS LUNCHEON Thursday, March 8, 2018 Kansas …
Wednesday December 27, 2017 ARTSPEAK RADIO noon to 1pm CST www.kkfi.org Host/producer Maria Vasquez Boyd talks with Open Spaces Artistic Director Dan Cameron And KCMO Office of Culture and Creative Services, artists/muralists Isaac Tapia & Rodrigo (Rico) Alvarez, singer/songwriter Caroline …
Wednesday December 20, 2017 Host/producer of ARTSPEAK RADIO, Maria Vasquez Boyd talks with artist V Holecek, Heath Church, and GK & Kevin Callahan. V Holecek is a painter and illustrator living and working in Kansas City, working in industrial and …
Wednesday December 13, 2017 Host/producer Maria Vasquez Boyd talks with writer/community activist MG Salazar, Consuelo Cruz Arts Marketing Coordinator with the Office of Culture and Creative Services KCMO, UNESCO-United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Education members Anita Dixon-Director of the …
Wednesday December 6, 2017 Host/producer Maria Vasquez Boyd asks “Where Were You When John Lennon Was Shot?” Guests Kasey Rausch, Phil Kinen, & John Thomson Todd share their perspective on that tragic day. 8 December 1980-Photographer Annie Leibovitz went to …
Wednesday November 29, 2017 Host/producer Maria Vasquez Boyd talks with artist/painter Cristina Muñiz, certified Yoga therapist Theresa Goodman, writer/Riverfront Reading member Silvia Kofler, and the Wormwood Collective members. Cristina Muñiz- Cristina Muñiz is a native to San Antonio, moved to …
Wednesday November 22, 2017 Host/producer Maria Vasquez Boyd asks the question; Where Were You The Day Kennedy Was Shot? Our contributors, Annette Billings, Judy Ancel, Suzanne Gladney, & Hugh Merrill respond with their account on that tragic day on November …
Wednesday November 8, 2017 Host/producer of ARTSPEAK RADIO Maria Vasquez Boyd talks with Kansas City Comic Con Cindi Rogers & Barry Poole, artist Anthony “AO” Oropeza, and community acitvist/organizer Steven Curtis. Kansas City Comic Con Cindi Rogers Co-Founder and Barry …
Wednesday November 1, 2017 Host/producer Maria Vasquez Boyd talks with Dr. Uzziel H. Pecina, Jenny Mendez Director Mattie Rhodes Art Gallery, Sarah Hyde Schmeideler Francis Family Foundation Educator with the Nelson Atkins Museum, filmaker Jon Brick & CinemaKC. To most …
Wednesday October 25 Host/producer Maria Vasquez Boyd ushers in soon to be Halloween with guests that include artists/sculptors Cydney Ross, Ari Fish, KC Voices Tom Sullivan & Barb K. Roberts, and hijinx with KC Conjure owner Julie Valdivia & the …
Wednesday October 18 Host/producer of ARTSPEAK RADIO, Maria Vasquez Boyd asks artists to examine topics that instill fervor, passion, defiance, creation, or destruction and sound off in a live discusssion from the 90.1fm KKFI studio. Joining us are artists, Ada …
Wednesday October 11, 2017 Host/producer Maria Vasquez Boyd asks you to contribute to the 2017 Fall Pledge Drive and help support YOUR community radio, 90.1FM KKFI Kansas City Community Radio!! Call 888-931-0901 or pledge online www.kkfi.org Guests on the show …
Wednesday October 4, 2017 Host/producer Maria Vasquez Boyd talks with Selina O’Neal, Fred Whitehead, Michael Young, and Melissa Stan. The Charlotte Street Foundation is excited to announce the beginning of their Neighborhood Artists Residency program. This is a pilot program …
Wednesday Sept. 27, 2017 Host/producer Maria Vasquez Boyd talks with painter/sculptor/photographer Kathryne Husk, poet/writer Samantha Slupski, and ArtsKC. Kathryne Husk is an award winning and nationally exhibited artist. She was the recent subject of the short documentary “Kathryne: Uncensored”, and …
Wednesday September 20, 2017 Host/producer Maria Vasquez Boyd talks with artist Amy Fisher, performer Christopher Steinauer, and artist Rachalle Gardner-Roe. Christopher Steinauer- Variety Show for Planned Parenthood Hosted by Kevin King and Sally Spurgeon Friday September 22 from 7pm – …
Wednesday September 13, 2017 Host/producer Maria Vasquez Boyd talks with Kate Schroeder, The Whatsoever Community Center with Eddy Guillen, Maril Crabtree and the National Museum of Toys and Miniatures. Kate Schroeder is a potter and working artist in Kansas City, …
Wednesday September 6, 2016 Host/producer Maria Vasquez Boyd is in Sedona this week, KKFI’s Wednesday MidDay Morning host/producer Mark Manning steps up to engineer while guest host Blair Schulman chats with some of the incoming Charlotte Street Foundation 2017-2018 Studio …
Wednesday August 30, 2017 Host/producer Maria Vasquez Boyd talks with Deb Cooper founder & Director Arts & AGEing KC, photograper Nicolas Dhervillers, and Executive Director Janet Simpson & Assistant Director Marissa Starke of the Kansas City Artists Coalition. Nicolas Dhervillers …
Wednesday August 23, 2017 Host/producer Maria Vasquez Boyd talks with singer/songwriter Summer Osborne, painter/sculptor/photographer Kathryn Husk, and poet/writer Samantha Slupski. Since 2005, singer-songwriter Summer Osborne has been touring the United States and Canada wowing audiences with her original songs and …
Wednesday August 16, 2017 ARTSPEAK RADIO host/producer Maria Vasquez Boyd talks with singer/songwriter Elain McMilian, KC Conjure Shop owner Julie Valdivia, and multi-discipline artist Mark Allen. Elaine McMilian is a vocalist and writer from Independence, Missouri. She sang her first …
Wednesday August 9, 2017 Host/producer Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes Jessica Conoley, Kristine Barrett, Debbie Barrett-Jones, Regina del Carmen, Rochelle Wisoff Fields, and Kansas City Society for Contemporary Photography members to the program. Jessica Conoley was raised on 80’s action films, …
Host/producer Maria Vasquez Boyd talks with artist Chris Dahlquist, ArtsKC Director of Development Alison Patterson & Director of Marketing and Communication Susan Franke, also Eric & Erin Dodson who own an artist-run gallery space Kiosk Gallery. Chris Dahlquist learned to …
Wednesday July 26, 2017 Host/producer Maria Vasquez Boyd talks with poet Huascar Medina, Print League KC founders Ani Volkin & Michelle Dreher, writers Arlin Buyert and Adam Rhodes, and artist Neil Goss. Huascar Medina has lived artfully in Topeka, Kansas …
Wednesday July 19, 2017 Host/producer Maria Vasquez Boyd Where Were You? Maria Vasquez Boyd asks the question to individuals who respond with unique answers from their perspective. From historical events to pop culture Where Were You? highlights a landmark in …
Wednesday July 12, 2017 Host/producer of ARTSPEAK RADIO, Maria Vasquez Boyd talks with writer/performer Jeanette Powers, columnist Dan Coleman, and Rocket Grant recipient, artist/educator Darryl Chamberlain. Jeanette Powers curates the generative performance art venue, Uptown Arts Bar, and is the …
Wednesday July 5, 2017 Host/producer Maria Vasquez Boyd talks with author Frank Lingo, artist Adri Luna, make48 co-founders Rich Brull & Curt McMillan, gallery coordinator/curator Angie Jennings & painters Teresa Dirks and Chris Frye. Frank Lingo is a former columnist …
Wednesday June 28, 2017 Host/producer of ARTSPEAK RADIO Maria Vasquez Boyd premiers, Where Were You? a special program that asks individual to contemplate and respond to a specific historical event through writing then share their stories on air. We begin …
Wednesday June 21 Host/producer Maria Vasquez Boyd talks with Josie Mai Executive Director of Spiva Center for the Arts in Joplin, MO, Margaret Hoang Maker Faire Kansas City Producer, photographer Sharon Rodriguez, and Bill Sundahl KKFI Special Events Coordinator. Josie …
Wednesday June 14, 2017 Producer/host of ARTSPEAK RADIO, Maria Vasquez Boyd talks with poet Jim Khan, artist Lynn Benson, writer Wayne Courtois plus author C.L. Cattano. Jim Khan lives in Overland Park and has published poems in Number One Magazine, …
2017 KKFI Pledge Drive is happening now!! ARTSPEAK RADIO is entering its’ 5th year-iif you tune in weekly, download posdcasts, listen online, if you learn about new and exciting opportunities happening in the creative community, enjoy listening to one of …
Wednesday May 31, 2017 Host/producer of ARTSPEAK RADIO, Maria Vasquez Boyd delves into the minds of 4 very creative individuals; Jessica Boydston aka Boris Tudeth, Sheri Hall, Mauricio Miranda, and Deborah Jones as they perform a 10-15 minute play, monologue …
Wednesday May 24, 2017 Host/producer Maria Vasquez Boyd talks with Merrit Benz, Cristina Mũniz, Adam Long, Kevin King,Vicki Vodrey, & Pete Bakely. Kevin King, from Whim Productions and KC playwrights, Vicki Vodrey and Pete Bakely, talk about their upcoming production …
Wednesday May 10, 2017 Host/producer for ARTSPEAK RADIO, Maria Vasquez Boyd talks with performer/storyteller Becky Ray, musician/poet Surewood, filmaker Monica Espinoza, and artists Anson The Ornery and Cydney Ross. Ghosts a Go-Go with Becky Ray is an evening of live …
Wednesday May 3, 2017 Host/producer Maria Vasquez Boyd talks with John Fierro & Jenny Mendez with Mattie Rhodes Center, Dave Dalton with Hammerspace, and the Weinberger Fine Arts Gallery. John Fierro President/CEO of Mattie Rhodes Center, serves as a School …
Wednesday April 26, 2017 Host/producer for ARTSPEAK RADIO, Maria Vasquez Boyd invited members of Kansas City’s Riverfront Readings; Eve Ott, Pat Lawson, Silvia Kofler, Randy Ratliff, Rhiannon Ross, and Carl Bettis to write, recite, and discuss poems that reflect their …
Wednesday April 19, 2017 Host/producer Maria Vasquez Boyd talks with Jessica Ayala, Jameson Bayles, Shawn Pavey, Jeanette Powers, Monique Salazar, and Wormwood Collective. 2nd Annual Kansas City Poetry Throw-Down! April 21, 22 & 23, 2017, Midtown Kansas City In celebration …
Wednesday April 12, 2017 Host/producer Maria Vasquez Boyd talks with Jade Esteban Estrada, Shawn Neustadt, Dawn Downey, and KC Storytellers. JADE ESTEBAN ESTRADA-Beauty. Art. Flamboyance. Love. Stuggle. Fame. The Outburst KC and Vicarious Productions proudly present the Kansas City debut …
Wednesday April 5, 2017 Host/producer of ARTSPEAK RADIO, Maria Vasquez Boyd, talks with poet and writers, Annette Billings, Iris Appelquist, and Crista Siglin. Annette Hope Billings is an award-winning author/actress from Topeka, Kansas, whose published books include “A Net Full …
Wednesday, March 29, 2017 Host/producer of ARTSPEAK RADIO, Maria Vasquez Boyd talks with artist Warren Rosser, Deputy Director/Chief Development Officer John Teasdale with Literacy KC, Gallery Director Ben Ahlvers with The Lawrence Arts Center and painter Brent Watkinson. The Lawrence …
Host/producer Maria Vasquez Boyd talks with writer Patrick Dobson, musician Pablo Sanhueza, community activists Steven Curtis and Diosselyn Tot Velasquez, and performer Boris Tudeth. Patrick Dobson is the featured writer/author of “A Brief Infidelity and Other Trances,” Saturday March 25 …
Host/producer of ARTSPEAK RADIO talks with poet Glenn North, artist Ada Koch, musicians Heather Thornton, Patrick Alonzo Smith Conway, and President of The Kansas Blues Society Danny Powell. Love, Loss, & Violence: A Visual Dialogue on War Paintings by artist …
Host/producer of ARTSPEAK RADIO, Maria Vasquez Boyd talks with Dr. Brett Knape Executive Director of the Albrecht-Kemper Museum of Art, dancer/choreographer Maura Garcia, and artist Jackie Denning. The Albrecht-Kemper Museum of Art serves as a cultural arts center for Northwest …
Host /Producer Maria Vasquez Boyd talks with Paul Schofer, President & Chief Executive Officer for the Kauffman Center For The Performing Arts, Sandra Kelly, CEO, Executive Director for the Deaf Cultural Center, Jenny Mendez Director of Mattie Rhodes Art Center …
Host & producer for ARTSPEAK RADIO, Maria Vasquez Boyd talks with Northtowne Arts Coalition members Heather Collinsworth, Kelli Votypka, & Valerie Phillips, also poet writer Sheri Hall, and Ian Staten. Host & producer for ARTSPEAK RADIO, Maria Vasquez Boyd talks …
ARTSPEAK RADIO host & producer Maria Vasquez Boyd talks with Bruce Hartman & Karen Gerety Folk with the Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, GDD Boombox creator Gus Davis & Paul McDaniel, and writer/performer Joel Barrett. Executive Director Bruce Hartman and …
Maria Vasquez Boyd, Host/producer for ARTSPEAK RADIO talks with Arzie Uhmali, Eve Ott, Jameson Bayles, Patty Reece, Suzi Aaron, & Lori Bunten on this weeks program. Arzie Uhmali-COMMON THREADS: ANATOMY OF THE WOUND We want to continue this art project …
The 2017 Winter Pledge Drive is happeniing now!! ARTSPEAK RADIO is entering its 5 year and if you tune in weekly, download podcasts, listen online, if you learn about new and exciting oppportunites in the creative community, enjoy hearing from …
Producer and host of ARTSPEAK RADIO Maria Vasquez Boyd talks with Rene Aguirre, Amy Kligman, and Andie Paloutzian. Rene Aguirre Editor/publisher Since 2006, Ñ Magazine developed from the need for a printed medium that provided the Spanish speaking popluation of …
Host Maria Vasquez Boyd talks with Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art-Erin Dziedzic Director of Curatorial Affairs and Jessica Thompson-Lee Youth and Family Museum Educator. Also Cherry Pit Collective Associate Director/fine artistAdri Luna joins us in the second half of ARTSPEAK …
Maria talks with Robin Prosini Chair of the Kansas City FIlm Festival, Cassie Pikarsky Community Development Coordinator with the National Museum of Toys/Miniature, and poets Iris Appelquist, Crista Siglin, and Steph French. Robin Prosini, Chair of the Kansas City Jewish …
Maria talks with performer/comedian Susanna Lee (Lucky Deluxe), artists Rodolfo Marron III & Silvia Beatriz Abisaab, artist Misty Gamble, attorney/Mudstomp Records founder Don Simon, and Intelligent Sound Collective’s Peter Anthony. Susanna Lee (Lucky DeLuxe)-Come celebrate the grand opening of the …
Maria talks with Megan Crigger, Consuelo Cruz and Silvia Kofler The Office of Culture and Creative Services (OCCS) was established in 2015 to lead cultural development efforts for the City of Kansas City, Missouri. The mission of the Office is …
Maria talks with Jessica Ayala, Paul Richardson, Eve Brackenbury, & Bill Sundalh. Writer/poet/community activist Jessica Ayala reads her latest work and talks about her soon to be released book, “Just A Kid From Ipiales, ” and her role in the …
Maria talks with Cultural Arts Coordinator with Mattie Rhodes Art Gallery Anthony Rea, InterUrbanArtHouse founder/Executive Director Nicole Emanuel along with Chief Operating Officer Angi Hejduk and artist/educator Joy Baker, also owner of Steel’s Bookstore David Steel joins us in the …
Maria talks with performance artist BOIBOY, musicians Jesica Poell and Clayton DeLong of A La Mode, poet/educator Jordan Stempleman, and KKFI Social Media Tech, Ben Payton. BOIBOY is a Kansas City Native. Who got their start in the KC art …
Maria talks with playwright Kevin King, artist/Héctor Casanova, writer Jessica Conoley, and bookstore owner Will Leathem. Kevin King- AFTER ORLANDO is an international playwright-driven theatre action including playwrights from the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Africa and Australia. The …
Maria talks with poet David Arnold Hughes, artist Kate Scheider, and Jeff Francis with “100 Men of Blue Hills.” David Arnold Hughes reads poetry and talks about the art of writing. For the second year in a row, Kate Scheider …
Maria talks with author Pete Dulin, Kansas City artist Donald “Scribe” Ross, musician Rich Lester, and Elizabeth Gault with Charlotte Street Foundation. Pete Dulin-Kansas City Beer: A History of Brewing in the Heartland traces the growth of brewing in the …
Maria talks with guests Mark & Julie Heimkes with Battle Buddy Service Dogs, writer/performer/musician Vi Tran plus Emma Carter and Erika Baker for a staged performance of 7 Deadly Women. In the second half of the program, artist Jason Pollen …
Maria welcomes Chato Villalobos, Miquel Morales, Rodolfo Marron, Maria Chaurand and Tim York live in the studio to share their Dia de los Muertos stories, memories, and music. Day of the Dead is a holiday celebrated in central and southern …
Maria talks with Art Director Jenny Mendez with the Mattie Rhodes Art Center, Sarah Hyde Schmiedeler-Francis Family Foundation Educator, Family Programs & Events at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Suzanne Gladney founder of the Migrant Farmworkers Project with Luke Trinka, …
Maria talks with Founder/artist Joe Williams with Endowment For Veterans Art Campaign-EVAC, musician Rich Lester, & artist Rachalle Gardner-Roe. Joe Williams ENDOWMENT FOR VETERANS ART CAMPAIGN (EVAC) THE MISSION OF EVAC’S SOCIAL VENTURE IS TO CREATE A NEW ORGANIZATION AND …
Maria talks with Héctor Casanova and Kansas City Arti Institute Illustration students, Board President Susan Jones with Chain of Hope, artists Christel Highland and Lori Raye Erickson, and musicians Joe Frogge, Chuck Wilson, and David Firman. HECTOR CASANOVA and Kansas …
Many thanks to the incredibly talented, Dick Daniels for the terrific design on the Official 2016 KKFI tshirt. Call in a pledge of $90 or more and it can be yours!!! Kevin King Whim Productions Just in time for National …
John Todd host of Under The Radar, fills in for Maria this week. Guests include, writers Maryfrances Wagner, Greg Field, artist Davin Watne, writer Mark Scheel, and artist/gallery owner Isreal Garcia. Maryfrances Wagner and Greg Field discuss the new issue …
Making Movies musician Diego Chi, composer/musician J. Ashley Miller, and Jane Stoever with the UNplaza art fair appear this week on ARTSPEAK RADIO. Diego Chi-We are proud to announce the 3rd Annual Making Movies Carnaval, Kansas City’s Cultural Music & …
Actor/writer David Wayne Reed, artist/poet Hugh Merrill, and Charlotte Street recipients Don & Sarah Wilkison join us on ARTSPEAK RADIO. Hosted by David Wayne Reed, Shelf Life is a bi-monthly storytelling event featuring objects and the stories behind them Shelf …
Marcia Epstein with Words Save Lives 9.10.2016, Marc Saviano with KC Zine, and artist Maria Ogedengbe join us on ARTSPEAK RADIO. Also appearing on the program, Rebecca Dove Innovative Officer of Pennez talks about hosting a night of True Stories …
Sonié Ruffin and Arzie Umali from the UMKC Women’s Center discuss CommonThreads: Anatomy of the Wound. Michael Baxley Gallery Manger Belger Craneyard Gallery and ceramicist Paolo Porelli join us live from the KKFI studio. COMMMON THREADS: ANATOMY OF THE WOUND …
Maria talks with Deb Pettid owner/founder of The Rabbit Hole The World’s First Exploratorium, illustrator/muralist/scenic artist Gen Goering, multicisciplinary artist, Programming and Studio Residency at Charlotte Street Foundation Patrick Alexander, and poet Chico Sierra. Deb Pettid-founder/owner of The Rabbit Hole …
Founder of Mdwest Artist Studio (MAS) Frank Juarez joins Maria by phone with artsts/educators Joe Bussell, and Larry Thomas. Artist/gallery owner Bruce Burstert talks about his new gallery in Lexington, MO and Charlotte Street Foundation discuss (re)remember study- KC. Frank …
Maria talks with L. Steven Velasquez, Dr. Gene T. Chavez, Anna Marie Tutera, Becky Robinson, Wayne Courtois, Ralph Seligman, Shawn Pavey, and Lindsey Martin-Bowen. The Kansas City Museum is one of ten partner organizations in the United States to participate …
In the first half, Maria talks with painter Kwanzaa Humphrey and poet Jen Harris. Later in the program, entrepreneur/designer Dave Abadie and JC Franco with Show and Tell join us live. Kwanzaa Humphrey-Like many I began drawing at a very …
Maria talks with Brian Williams Development Director for the Folly Theater, Ralph Tomlinson Adult Services Librarian for Olathe Public Library, Andi Meyer Education Director with Right Between The Ears and Tradewind Arts, and Andi Paloutzian Story Center Progam Manager Woodneath …
Maria talks with writers Sarah A. Chavez & Miguel M. Morales, Art In The Loop with poet Annette Billings, Ann Holliday Progam Director and art/education/curator Jessica Borusky, and in our second half of the program, painter/educator Harold Smith. Sarah A. …
Maria talks with photographer Suzanne Gunther, writers Judith Towse Roberts, Sharon Eiker, Kevin King, & Cheryl Kimmi live from the KKFI studio located in mid-town KC. concatenation (kɒnˌkætɪˈneɪʃən) n 1. a series of interconnected events, concepts, etc 2. the act …
Director of Community Building and Engagement at Community Housing of Wyandotte County and arts activist/ Steven Curtis, Brian Hearn, Collection Manager for The Collectors Fund-Kansas City Collection, Travis Pratt artist/gallery director for The Bunker Center for the Arts, writer Casey …
Maria talks with Artist INC. Director Lisa Cordes, Arts attorney & managing partner with Mudstomp Records, and Alt Cap President Ruben Alonso and Program Coodinator Davin Gordon. Artist INC workshops take the mystery and fear out of the business end …
Maria talks with U.S. Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera, writer/police officer Chato Villalobos, artist/activist Anthony Marcos Rea, educator/writer Natasha Ria El-Scari, and novelist Wayne Courtois. The son of migrant farm workers, Herrera was educated at UCLA and Stanford University, and …
Since 2012, ARTSPEAK RADIO continues to bring the creative community to your ears. Here’s your opportunity to express gratitude by supporting ARTSPEAK RADIO and KKFI with your pledge on-line www.kkfi.org or call 888.931.0901. Where else can you listen live as …
Maria talks with Suza Ford Hernandez and Jenny Meyer –McCall about their exhibition, Exploring Boundaries: A Layered Conversation Contemporary paintings by Jenny Meyer-McCall, and Suze Ford Hernandez that opens Friday June 3 from 6pm to 9pm at the Leedy-Volkos Art …
Maria welcomes Megan Crigger, Director of Creative Services KCMO and Vladimir Krstic, Director of KC Design Center,for a discussion about the Our Town Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. The Office of Culture and Creative Services, in partnership …
Maria talks with artists/writers Anthony “AO” Oropeza, Mario Mora, Jason Sierra and Andie Paloutzian. Oropeza and Mora will attend and display their work at Planet Comicon -Kansas City’s largest comic con and pop culture expo. Planet Comicon will be held …
ArtsKC Development Manager Godfrey Riddle returns to discuss upcoming events, artist opportunities, & advocacy for the arts. ArtsKC 106 Southwest Blvd., KCMO 64108 816.221.1777 www.artskc.org Board member of The Writers Place Phyllis Westover talks about 2016 Celebration of The Muse- …
Director Jenny Mendez talks about the Mattie Rhodes Art Center Gallery in partnership with HEART-Hispanic Education Awareness Resource team of Hallmark Cards, Inc., & Scribblers Co. of Kansas City announce the first exhibition of Chicano Voice -Art Exhibiton & Festival, …
This week on ARTSPEAK RADIO-Maria talks with Martha Gershun, Thomas Cobian, & Rick Malsick about Music + Poetry + Art, Friday April 29, 7-10pm at the Downtown Neon Gallery 1921 E. Truman Rd. KCMO www.downtowngallery.com Poet/writer Iris Appelquist joins us …
Kansas City Art Institute Event chairs, Kristen Goodman and Marty Peterson discuss ArtPop. ArtPop is a fun, progressive campus party that takes guests via trolley into the studios to see student work and meet the artists, designers and faculty. Select …
Jason Ryberg is the author of nine books of poetry, six screenplays, a few short stories, a box full of folders, notebooks and scraps of paper that could one day be (loosely) construed as a novel, and, a couple of …
ADOLFO MARTINEZ-Infusing the familiar with inferences to culture, history and place, Adolfo Martinez creates stunning works. Martinez was born and raised in Kansas City, yet his Mexican heritage and multicultural perspective arise in narrative paintings that reveal his depth, drive …
Filling in for host, Maria Vasquez Boyd, Mark Manning talks with illustrator/artist and creator of AMIGOMAN, Anthony Oropeza and musician/songwriter & poet, Erin McGrane. KKFI Events Coordinator, Bill Sundahl talks about the 2016 Annual Band Auction March31 – April 3. …
Rodolfo Marron III joins us live from the studio. Rodolfo’s illustrations glimpse into something very personal and reflecting on his relationships with nature, family, religion, and various cultures in an effort to decipher some sort of spirituality for himself. Inspired …
CEO/President Paul Schofer with the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts talks about Celebrating diversity in the arts, the one-day festival invites youth and families to experience a diverse range of performances and interactive arts activities. Future Stages Festival is …
Danny Powell, President Kansas City Blues Society talks with Maria about the Art of Blues & Jazz Event , Friday March 4 5PM – 9PM at the Buttonwood Art Space 3013 Main St. KCMO. Proceeds to benefit the Kansas City …
In the first half of the program, Maria talks with artist Joe Bussell and photographer Fred Trease. Belger Gallery Manager, Michael Buxley and Marketing/Community Relations Coordinator Kelly Seward talk with Maria in the second half of the program. Joe Bussell- …
Shari Hall, Doug Rosenbrook, and Christian L. Wade, discuss Poetry For Personal Power. What helps you through adversity? We are now in our fifth year! This year we are working towards becoming statewide networks in both Kansas and Missouri. We …
Maria talks with Z. Hall, Gary Abbott, Dr. Paul Rudy, Rob Love, Jonas Hayes, Adam Goldberg, Deana Bellamaganya, & Silvia Kofler. Z. Hall, Executive Director of Salon~360, Gary Abbott, Assistant Professor of Modern Dance at UMKC, Dr. Paul Rudy, Professor …
Jenny Mendez, Latino Cultural Arts Director for the Mattie Rhodes Center for over fourteen years, joins Maria live in the studio to encourage our diverse and loyal listeners to call 888-931-0901 to support 90.1 FM KKFI- Kansas City Community Radio. …
Celia Ruiz & Diane Burkholder with One Struggle KC Engaging Art/Una Lucha KC Arte Atractivo and artist Isaac Tapi, join us live in the studio. One Struggle KC Engaging Art/Una Luch KC Arte Atractivo works to empower, unite, and educate …
Kansas City Art Institute alumni/instructors; John Ferry, Jonah Criswell, Brett Chenowith, & Hé́ctor Casanova compare and contrast their experiences as a student on campus and returning as instructors. In the second half of the program, photograper, Suzanne Günther talks about …
Dennis Etzel Jr. discusses his latest book, My Secret Wars of 1984, released by BlazeVOX books, was a finalist of the 2012 1913 Press First Book Award, chosen by Rae Armantrout, a finalist of the 2013 SpringGun Press Open Manuscript …
MAKING MOVIES makes music that matters. Built upon a heavy foundation of Afro-Latino rhythms, they have created a bilingual (English and Spanish), psychedelic re-envisioning of the Latin American “son.” The band consists of four members: Enrique Chi (guitar/vocals), Juan-Carlos Chaurand …
Elizabeth Gault & Amy Kligman with the Charlotte Street Foundation, discuss Missouri Bank Art Boards. For 18 years, Charlotte Street has challenged, nurtured, and empowered thousands of artists, distributed over $1.1 million in awards and grants to artists and their …
Miles Neidinger joins us in the first half of the program to discuss art, his work, and upcoming projects. Miles Neidinger, graduated from the Kansas City Art Institute in 2000 with a BFA in sculpture. His artistic visualization has been …
Filmmaker Dan Wayne talks with Maria via phone. He has spent the last three years criss-crossing North America, following his friend—World Champion taxidermist Ken Walker—as he searched for Bigfoot, researched sightings and, finally, made a life-sized re-creation of the fabled …
Kansas City Art Institute illustration students, Kelly Sparrow, Madison Crabtree, Katya Heisel and Ethan Tucker discuss the Scarritt Mural Project. Scarritt Elementary School at 3512 Anderson Ave.KCMO, has been closed and shuttered for several years; neighbors often complain about the …
Maria talks with artists, Melanie Sherman, Peregrine Honig, and by phone from New York, Christopher Kurtz, about their current work at Belger Gallery along with Michael Baxley-Belger Gallery manager/curator. www.belgerartscenter.org Musician/singer/radio host, Jason Vivone with The Billy Bats, talks about …
Join us live for Radio Renga ll with a very talented group of writers! Priest Hughes, Silvia Kofler, Jason (Chico) Sierra Lindsey Martin-Bowen, Al Ortolani, Elizabeth Andersen, James Benger, Jameson Bayles, Jason Preu, and Annette Billings fill the airwaves in …
Joe Williams with EVAC-Endowment For Veterans Art Campaign talks with Maria about the organization. Chris White with Pets For Vets and owner of Dog Obedience Group in Blue Springs, joins us live in the studio. EVAC –Endowment For Veterans Art …
This week on ARTSPEAK RADIO, Maria talks with director Alan Chebot, artist Maria Ogedengbe, storyteller Gary Kuntz, poet/writer Jameson Bayles, and actor/playwright/co-host of The Tenth Voice Philip Hooser. Director Alan Chebot’s recently completed feature-length documentary, “OUTERMOST RADIO” was just selected …
Jenny Mendez, Latino Cultural Arts Director for the Mattie Rhodes Center, Anne Manning, Director of Education and Interpretive Programs Nelson Atkins Museum and Sarah Hyde Schmiedeler Francis Family Foundation Educator, Family Programs & Events with the Nelson Atkins museum, join …
ARTSPEAK RADIO has a great fall line up of guests that include, Igudesman & Joo, Kate Quigley with Chain Of Hope, spoken word performer Priest Huges, artist Jane Booth, and singer/songwriter Patrick Quinn. IGUDESMAN & JOO -Over 35 million YouTube …
Artist, illustrator, & Kansas City Art Institute instructor, Héctor Casanova along with Illustration students, Allason Long, Andrew Dowling, Luna Green, and Mika Pitts discuss the Scarritt Mural Project. Also on the program, Dr.Luis M. Córdoba, Executive Director of Student Intervention …
It’s the Fall Pledge Drive at KKFI!! We need you to call the station at 888-931-0901 or pledge on line www.kkfi.org to keep YOUR community station on air! As a special Thank-You gift, ARTSPEAK RADIO offers supporters who pledge $50 …
On ARTSPEAK RADIO this week, Maria welcomes, spoken word performer, Theodore “Priest” Hughes, poet/writer Jason Preu, Performer Robin Rosenberger, and Director/artist Jenny Mendez. Theodore “Priest” Hughes and Desmond “3-3-7” Jones, (the Recipe KC) believe by exemplifying excellence and team work …
Jim Ramirez was born and raised in KCMO. He began a 34 year career at Hallmark Cards as a designer, working in a variety of disciplines. He designed packaging, developed new product, and was awarded 4 United States Patents, and …
Caryn Miriam-Goldberg discusses the 12th Power of Words Conference: Transformation, Liberation, & Celebration Through the Spoken, Written, and Sung Word, September 18-20, 2015 at Unity Village in Kansas City, MO. Workshops, performances, talking circles, celebration and more, featuring writers, storytellers, …
In the first half of the program, Maria welcomes writers Sarah A. Chavez and Miguel M. Morales. Sarah A. Chavez, a mestiza born and raised in the California Central Valley, is the author of the chapbook, All Day, Talking (Dancing …
On this edition of Artspeak Radio, Michael Hogge sits in for Maria Vasquez-Boyd. Caleb Bowman will talk about “Art In The Square”, a new project opening on September 10th in Washington Square Park, and later, at 12:30, we will feature …
At noon, Maria talks with artist Jennifer Chenowith from Austin. Then at 12:15, dancer/choreographer Jane Gotch joins us in the studio live to talk about, “Let It Fall.” Dan Frueh, photographer/gallery owner of the Trap Gallery and painter Ken Bini …
Deann Shinkle Mitchell, Vice President, HVWP and Deb Lilla, Marketing Committee Chair, discuss the Hospitalized Veterans’ Writing Project (HVWP) that utilizes therapeutic writing to rehabilitate veterans. Our Mission: To enable military veterans to experience solace and satisfaction through our writing …
Elizabeth Fischer, Executive Director for The Writers Place talks with Maria in the first half of the program. Elizabeth Fischer, Executive Director of The Writers Place talks about upcoming events and programs for the fall. The Writers Place is a …
Artist Jillian Youngbird discusses her work for Art in the Loop, KCMO. Jillian Youngbird is a multi-media artist living and working in Kansas City. Using mostly recycled or found materials, she creates works dealing with her concerns and curiosity of …
Artist Jillian Youngbird discusses her work for Art in the Loop, KCMO. Jillian Youngbird is a multi-media artist living and working in Kansas City. Using mostly recycled or found materials, she creates works dealing with her concerns and curiosity of nature, American history, folklore, and Native American culture. By working in this public format she […]
Maria talks with Dawson Barrett, author of Teenage Rebels via phone. Courtney Lewis with the KC Public Library discusses upcoming events at the library. In our 2nd half, poet Gabriela Lemmons reads her latest work and discusses her involvement with …
Baby Boom Generation: The Greatest Story Over Told Bill Clause talks about the Foolkiller/CrossCurrents, celebrating 45 years of live theatre, and the Fringe Festival sketch, The Baby Boom Generation: The Greatest Story Over Told–From Sex, Drugs and Rock n Roll, …
Maria welcomes playwrights, Jose Faus, Vicki Vodrey, Kevin King, and Michelle T. Johnson who present their 10 minute play live from the KKFI studio. VICKI VODREY Vicki is a playwright and the owner of Lot In Life Productions, LLC. In 2014, her KC Fringe show, “Hard Day’s Night”, was picked by KC Metropolis as one […]
Maria welcomes playwrights, Jose Faus, Vicki Vodrey, Kevin King, and Michelle T. Johnson who present their 10 minute play live from the KKFI studio. VICKI VODREY Vicki is a playwright and the owner of Lot In Life Productions, LLC. In …
Live from the KKFI studio, Maria talks with poet Sheri Hall, art historian Paula Rose, and Robin Rosenberger with Moon Drop Circus. SHERI HALL Sheri “Purpose” Hall is a wife, mother of 4, working woman, servant of God, and a poet. As an African-American child brought up by a single mother in the inner-city of […]
Live from the KKFI studio, Maria talks with poet Sheri Hall, art historian Paula Rose, and Robin Rosenberger with Moon Drop Circus. SHERI HALL Sheri “Purpose” Hall is a wife, mother of 4, working woman, servant of God, and a …
Maria welcomes Kansas City Zine Con, singer/songwriter/author Heather Thornton, and Bess Wallerstein Huff with the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts to discuss the Future Stages Festival. Kansas City Zine Con, an upcoming zine fest in Kansas City, aims to highlight Midwestern zine artists during a free day-long exhibition of Do-It-Yourself publishing. Independent zine makers, […]
Maria welcomes Kansas City Zine Con, singer/songwriter/author Heather Thornton, and Bess Wallerstein Huff with the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts to discuss the Future Stages Festival. Kansas City Zine Con, an upcoming zine fest in Kansas City, aims to …
Maria talks with writer Wayne Courtois Seligman & actor/writer David Wayne Reed about the Celebration of Queerness 2015. Wayne Courtois Seligman was born in Portland, Maine, and currently lives in Kansas City, Missouri with his longtime partner. His other works …
Maria talks with writer Wayne Courtois Seligman & actor/writer David Wayne Reed about the Celebration of Queerness 2015. Wayne Courtois Seligman was born in Portland, Maine, and currently lives in Kansas City, Missouri with his longtime partner. His other works include the award-winning memoir A Report from Winter and the novels Tales My Body Told […]
Artist/musician, Allan Winkler discusses his work and art auction that ends June 21. David Luby and students from Paseo Academy of Fine & Performing Arts discuss playwriting with Judith Walcutt of the Mark Time Awards. Walcutt worked with Paseo’s students and in four days they wrote and performed live Radio plays. On June 12th at […]
Artist/musician, Allan Winkler discusses his work and art auction that ends June 21. David Luby and students from Paseo Academy of Fine & Performing Arts discuss playwriting with Judith Walcutt of the Mark Time Awards. Walcutt worked with Paseo’s students …
RANDY ATWOOD I grew up on the grounds of a Kansas insane asylum where my father was a dentist. I attended the University of Kansas during the troubled 1960s getting a degree in art history. After stints writing and teaching in Italy and Japan I had a 16-year career in newspapers as reporter, editor and […]
RANDY ATWOOD I grew up on the grounds of a Kansas insane asylum where my father was a dentist. I attended the University of Kansas during the troubled 1960s getting a degree in art history. After stints writing and teaching …
Harold Smith joins us in the first half of the program. “I am an artist working primarily in acrylics, mixed media (though I do oil occasionally). My work is influenced by the jazz and the jazz dynamic in life. I …
Harold Smith joins us in the first half of the program. “I am an artist working primarily in acrylics, mixed media (though I do oil occasionally). My work is influenced by the jazz and the jazz dynamic in life. I live and work in the Kansas City area. My work has been collected worldwide and […]
Writer/poet Jameson Bayles reads poetry and talks with Maria about his work. Dan Frueh, photographer/gallery owner/director of Trap Gallery at 525 Gillis St. KCMO, talks about upcoming events and Third Friday Gallery Openings in the Columbus Park neighborhood. Jameson Bayles …
Writer/poet Jameson Bayles reads poetry and talks with Maria about his work. Dan Frueh, photographer/gallery owner/director of Trap Gallery at 525 Gillis St. KCMO, talks about upcoming events and Third Friday Gallery Openings in the Columbus Park neighborhood. Jameson Bayles has been published in numerous literary journals and magazines. Currently, his work can be found […]
In the first half of the program, Early Childhood/Elementary School Principal, Petra M. Horn-Marsh and Bilingual Specialist, Kester L. Horn-Marsh with the Kansas School for the Deaf discuss the national youth art competition, De’VIA (Deaf View Image Art) at KSD. Kansas School For The Deaf www.ksdeaf.org De’VIA (Deaf View Image Art) www.deafart.org Writer/author/educator, Patrick Dobson […]
In the first half of the program, Early Childhood/Elementary School Principal, Petra M. Horn-Marsh and Bilingual Specialist, Kester L. Horn-Marsh with the Kansas School for the Deaf discuss the national youth art competition, De’VIA (Deaf View Image Art) at KSD. …
Photographer/musician, Jason Buice joins Maria in the first half of the program to talk about his work and upcoming musical events. Art editors Marianne Getchell, Annie Raab, and Dean Kube of Whispering Prairie Press join Maria in the 2nd half …
Photographer/musician, Jason Buice joins Maria in the first half of the program to talk about his work and upcoming musical events. Art editors Marianne Getchell, Annie Raab, and Dean Kube of Whispering Prairie Press join Maria in the 2nd half of the program. WHISPERING PRAIRIE PRESS www.wppress.org KANSAS CITY VOICES – periodical of writing and […]
Artist/educator and founder, Erin Zona talks with Maria about the Zz School of Print Media and it’s aim to promote print based public art and exchange between artists and the community. www.zzschool.org At 10:15, Anna Marie Tutera, Executive Director of …
Artist/educator and founder, Erin Zona talks with Maria about the Zz School of Print Media and it’s aim to promote print based public art and exchange between artists and the community. www.zzschool.org At 10:15, Anna Marie Tutera, Executive Director of the Kansas City Museum at Corinthian Hall with Max Adrian and Paige Beltowski discuss, “Divining […]
In the first half of the program, artist Jessica Borusky joins us to talk about the three-day performance art symposium, Yeah, No, I Mean It: Time, Situation, Dexterity, housed at Charlotte Street’s La Esquina Gallery on the evenings of April …
In the first half of the program, artist Jessica Borusky joins us to talk about the three-day performance art symposium, Yeah, No, I Mean It: Time, Situation, Dexterity, housed at Charlotte Street’s La Esquina Gallery on the evenings of April 16th, 17th, and 18th from 7-9pm. Each night, local performance artists will generate live work […]
ARTSPEAK RADIO Wednesdays at Noon on 90.1 FM Streaming LIVE at kkfi.org Wednesday 8, 2015, 12:00 Noon Lisa Cordes, Anson the Ornery, Camry Ivory of Artist INC + Filmmaker Erinnisse Rebisz & painter/sculpter Katie Dallam Mark Manning fills in as host & producer of ARTSPEAK RADIO while Maria Vasquez Boyd is away. At 12:00 Mark […]
ARTSPEAK RADIO Wednesdays at Noon on 90.1 FM Streaming LIVE at kkfi.org Wednesday 8, 2015, 12:00 Noon Lisa Cordes, Anson the Ornery, Camry Ivory of Artist INC + Filmmaker Erinnisse Rebisz & painter/sculpter Katie Dallam Mark Manning fills in as …
Maria talks with performer/singer-songwriter/spoken word poet, Sara Miss Conception Glass in the first half of the program. Artists Lori Raye Erickson and Patrick Quinn joins us in the second half of the program to discuss their work and open studio …
Maria welcomes Michael Baxley, Consuelo Cruz, and Brice Dyer with the Belger Arts Center to the radio station. Michael Baxley is the Gallery Manager at Belger Crane Yard Gallery and Store Manager at Crane Yard Clay, both located at the …
Maria talks with artists, Hector Casanova and Renee Cinderhouse live from the studio at KKFI 90.1 FM. Renée Cinderhouse is best known for her large-scale immersive installations, mixed-media sculptures and her narrative works in clay. Based from her Kansas City …
Maria talks with Rocket Grants program coordinator, Julia Cole and Director of Charlotte Street Foundation, Julie Gordon Dalgleisch about the writing programs that the Rocket Grants program is funding. The writing programs that the Rocket Grants program is funding over …
Maria welcomes John Hastings and Jim Adams to the program to discuss The Bunker Center for the Arts. The Bunker Center for the Arts is located at 19th and Troost, At the Bunker, Art reigns. Gallery space. Studio Space. Dreamspace. …
Maria talks with members of The Writers Place. Located at 3607 Pennsylvannia KCMO, The Writers Place is Kansas City’s literary center that advances and celebrates the craft of writing, it’s a literary community center, library, and gathering place for writers, …
As the nation’s official Great War museum, the National World War I Museum is the center for centennial commemoration activities in the U.S. In addition to the host of public programs, exhibitions, lectures and events in conjunction with the centennial …
Local writers Gustavo Adolfo Aybar, Elizabeth Andersen, Patrick Dobson, Sandra Moran, Jeanette Powers, Miguel M Morales, Michelle T. Johnson, and Philip Hooser share their stories about love; looking for love, love gone wrong, love to love you baby, lost love, …
Stanley E. Banks is an Assistant Professor and Artist-In-Residence at Avila University since 1997. Banks had his 5th book of poetry, BLUE ISSUES, published in 2013 by Naomi Bards Press in Kansas City, Missouri. His other 4 books are BLUE …
Artists Judith G. Levy and Caitlin Horsmon discuss how they use history, found materials and research in their work. Judith G. Levy is a multidisciplinary artist, whose work explores history, culture and identity. She creates videos, installations, two-dimensional work, public …
Jane Gotch, Leo Gayden, Juliet Remmers discuss “Let It Fall” a collaborative dance performance in the first segment of ARTSPEAK RADIO. In our second half, Cory Imig, co-curator of Plug Projects joins us in the studio. Choreography: Jane Gotch in …
Live from the KKFI studios, Philip Blue Owl Hooser, Sara “Miss Conception” Glass and Natasha Ria El-Scari discuss their work and performances. Philip Blue Owl Hooser is the co-host of The Tenth Voice on 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, …
Sonie Joi Thompson-Ruffin, visiting curator of the American Jazz Museum Changing Gallery, and Bill McKemy, the museum’s education manager, will discuss the current exhibit “Jazz Then & Now” and other programming at the museum. Sonié Joi Thompson-Ruffin is a renowned …
A Happy New Year’s Eve with Friends! Bring in the New Year with music, poetry, and other surprises! Poet/educator/musician, Ken Eberhart and his daughter, Deanna joins us in the first half of the program. Ralph Tomlinson, Adult Services Librarian with …
A very special Christmas Eve program for YOU!! Carolina Hernández Coleman, Chato Villalobos, Mark Manning, Miguel M Morales, Philip Hooser, Mitra Pedram, & Whitney Boyd, share their delightfully wicked, slap happy, bring a tear to your eye, stories of holidays …
Writer/educator Brian Daldorph and The Recipe KC, (Theodore “Priest” Hughes and Desmond “3-3-7” Jones) join Maria Vasquez Boyd and Michelle Pond live from the KKFI studio. Brian Daldorph came to the University of Kansas English Department almost 20 years ago …
Whispering Prairie Press was founded in 1991, and evolved out of the Kansas City Writers Group. The press began by publishing anthologies of local writers, and has evolved to publish writers and artists from around the world. Now in our …
Curator, writer, teacher, researcher, activist, and artist, Danny Orendorf joins us in the first part of ARTSPEAK RADIO. Interdisciplinary artist, Laura Issac is interviewed in the 2nd half of the program. www.dandannydaniel.com www.lauraissac.com
In the first half of ARTSPEAK RADIO, editors, Adam Finkleston and James Meara joins us in the studio to discuss The Hand Magazine, a quarterly publication for artists working in photography, digital, and print media. Our goal is to provide …
Nicole Emanuel, artist and founder of InterUrban ArtHouse joins us live in the KKFI studio. InterUrban ArtHouse is on the web; www.interurbanarthouse.org InterUrban ArtHouse 8001 Conser #290, Overland Park, KS 66204 Phone:(913) 432-1916 Mission To enrich the cultural and economic …
Join us for a wonderful evening of conversation with Deborah Shouse and Ron Zoglin. Deborah Shouse writes the Love Stories column for the Kansas City Star and co-facilitates the Kansas City Writer’s Group. Her writings have appeared in the Washington …
Join Maria Vasquez Boyd for a very special tribute to Dia de los Muertos/Day of the Dead with Jenny Mendez, Teresa Magel, and Sarah Hyde Schmiedeler. Day of the Dead is a Mexican holiday observed throughout Mexico and around the …
Maria talks with Deana Bellamagany & Adam Goldberg about the MyARTS program. MyARTS East, 315 N. Main St., Independence, MO 64050 MyARTS Downtown, 1522 Holmes St., KCMO 64108 Metropolitan Youth Arts and Technology for Students (MYARTS) is part of the …
Writers Greg Field and MaryFrances Wagner join Maria Vasquez Boyd live in the studio. Greg Field is an artist, writer, drummer, sailor, chemist, computer geek, and network administrator. He plays in the band River Cow Orchestra, a totally improvisational group. …
Sandra Moran is a teacher, author and international woman of intrigue. A native Kansan, Sandra has worked as a newspaper journalist, a political speech writer and an archaeological tour manager. When she’s not running around Kansas City (literally) or torturing …
Join co-host Blair Schulman as he chats with Melaney Mitchell of Subterranean Gallery and Crystal Ann Brown & Bobby Howsare of The Hown’s Den: Nomadic + Domestic Exhibition Space and Kansas City’s domestic gallery spaces.
Join co-host Blair Schulman as he chats with Dave Dalton, the proprietor of Hammerspace Hobby & Workshop: a curious space in Brookside where tools and devices of every size are placed for your use at the exact time they are needed. …
Latino Writers Collective members, President Miguel Miguel M Morales, Sofiana Olivera, and Jose Faus joins us live in the studio to discuss here and now of this socially engaged group of writers. The Latino Writers Collective (LWC) is a group …
Join hosts Maria Vasquez Boyd and Blair Schulman as they roll out their expanded episodes of ArtSpeak Radio!! On Wednesday, Blair Schulman will speak with artist and educator Ari Fish. Singer/songwriter/poet, Miranda Hall also performs live in our studio, she’ll …
Blair Schulman will be speaking with Lauren Sobchak. She is a welder and weaver by trade in addition to her art practice. Over the last three years she has focused on handwoven structures, fabricated metal sculptures and pieced artworks. Her …
Join co-host Blair Schulman as he interviews multi-disciplinary artist Cory Imig. We’ll discuss her solo exhibition “Room Size” at City Ice Arts, her process, her practice and her work as co-founder of PLUG projects.
Luis Garcia joins Maria Vasquez Boyd in the KKFI studio to discuss new literary and visual projects. As a multi-faceted artist/designer, art gallery director/curator, Luis’ immersive life in the arts provides a unique and unparalleled depth to the artistic communications …
On this week’s edition of Arts Magazine, host Michael Hogge has legendary burlesque star Tempest Storm along with other local burlesque performers to talk about the 4th Annual Kansas City Burlesque Festival, happening May 1st-3rd. Later, Artistic Co-Directors Andrea Skowronek …
The Urban Culture Project’s facilitator Patrick Alexander, along with second year residents Madeline Gallucci and Eric Dobbins, will be guests on Artspeak Radio. Host: Blair Schulman. Urban Culture Projects Open Studios weekend is scheduled for April 25-26 and includes live music, …
Vox Narro Project is a celebration of immigrant communities funded by a Rocket Grant from the Andy Warhol Foundation working with Charlotte Street and the Spencer Museum in Lawrence,KS. THe grant provides funding for seven events. To date six event …
Join co-host Blair Schulman, who will be chatting with Tommy Frank – Studio Manager at Red Star Studios, about the Kansas City Artists Coalition’s 19th Annual Undergraduate College Student Exhibition!!!
Sara MissConception Glass joins us in the studio for a raucous and entertaining evening! Sara Glass (aka: MissconceptioN) is a conscious emcee and eccentric performance artist of KC. Debuting her third compilation in March of 2014: Saraswati, offers a wide …
We’re looking forward to the return of artist Darryl Chamberlain! Blair Schulman will discuss Darryl’s on-going Artists for Life Project. The Artists for Life Project is a collective effort of Kansas City, and nationally-recognized African-American artists who are creating artwork …
On February 26, Blair Schulman will be speaking with artist Jorge García Almodóvar Jorge’s work is driven by his belief in simplicity of expression.Through systematically stripping away non-essential elements, Garcia emphasizes the convergence of composition, form and color. His current …
Blair will be interviewing artist Carrie Riehl of The Bohemian on Wednesday, February 12. The Bohemian is an arts and culture publication which produces monthly issues to connect art enthusiasts of varying levels of expertise and comfortability in Kansas City. …