Artspeak Radio November Edition

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 Mendez, Erick Felix, Dani Coronado, and Consuelo Cruz.

ROBB GANN & STACEY BUSCH Executive Director & Co-Founder, NO DIVIDE KC- No Divide KC uses the arts as a vehicle for stimulating social awareness, participation and community building. No Divide KC partners with Kansas City-based artists and organizations to create artistic events that are focused on the stories of underserved and misrepresented communities in Kansas City.
Some of the local organizations we have partnered with include: The Lyric Opera of Kansas City, InterUrban Arthouse, The Kansas City Ballet School, Synergy Services, University of Kansas Medical Center, Care Beyond the Boulevard, Open the Doors Coaching, Charlotte Street Foundation, Don Bosco Centers, Kansas City Center for Inclusion and the Johnson County Library.
No Divide KC Official Diversity Statement
No Divide KC is firmly committed to representing our mission of diversity and equity within our board, the artists we collaborate with, our partnering organizations and audiences. No Divide KC’s programming is intended to foster inclusivity and sensitivity to differences across race, ethnicity, religion, ability, class, gender expression and sexual orientation. We uphold these values of fair access and sensitivity in all aspects of our functioning including:
o Casting
o Rehearsals
o Performances
o Narratives and concepts
No Divide KC’s programming is intended to foster an aware and accepting community. We do this by sensitively conceptualizing artistic events that incorporate a vast scope of artists, partnering with organizations that serve these areas and focusing on engaging audience members from the communities we hope to serve.
No Divide KC wants to say THANK YOU to our community with our “The Future Is [BLANK]” Gala!
Category is FUTURE: the future of NO DIVIDE KC, the future of OUR COMMUNITY and the future of YOU.
Join us for No Divide KC’s biggest fundraising event of the year, the Annual Gala! It’s our chance to say THANK YOU to our community with an interactive art installation, live music, delicious food and drinks, and a chance to show off your very best Future-Themed fashion!

Where:
21c Museum Hotel
219 W 9th St, Kansas City, MO 64105
Street parking
When:
Friday, November 15, 2024
7:00-10:00PM
What’s Included:
Dinner by the Savoy Restaurant at 21c
Visual Art Installation by Emily Chase
Live and Interactive Coloratura with Camry Ivory
Best Dressed award
Community building and celebration in a fun and inclusive space

Viva La Tinta KC and Nada Creative Co. join ArtSpeak Radio to discuss their growth over the last year and share details about upcoming events.

Viva La Tinta KC is the evolution of Erick Felix’s printmaking practice. We seek to continue the legacy or printmaking through live events and student engagement. Earlier this year we received The Cultural Producer grant from CSF to build a mobile press that will allow us to bring more art education to student from history marginalized communities.

Founded by Edwing Mendez, Nada Creative Co. is a new creative marketing and design agency that is focused on social impact and cultural influence. The majority of Nada’s client are non-profits and small businesses led by entrepreneurs from history marginalized communities.

MASA (Migrating Assembly for Stories and Art) is a collective of artists whose work
comes together for only a moment. We invite you to react, converse, and create.
Started as a group seeking more nuanced conversations about identity, culture, and art as exploration.
www.masakc.art/
www.instagram.com/m.a.s.a.kc/

Events:
– Cortadito Cuban Cafe: Grand opening event in KCK Nov 16, 2024
– Live printing Dec 1st at Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art for Museum store Sunday
– Join us for our last open studio at Zhou Brothers Art Center. We’re going to do a big move out sale to help us raise funds for our tentative move to Agnes.
– Shout out to The Olathe Lowrider Bike Club that is helping us with the mobile press build

EDWING MENDEZ is an independent creative consultant based in Kansas City with over ten years of experience in advertising, branding, and design. He has produced award-winning work with agencies like Barkley, Handsome Inc, and DMH. Today, Edwing continues his work with educational and mentorship-led organizations such as Big Brother Big Sisters, TFA, and several local KC schools. As a designer he seek to
create a more equitable world by placing community at the center of the design process. As an artist he seeks to explore how design and technology skills can be used to express ideas rooted in identity.

ERICK FELIX is a Chicano artist from California, he learned printmaking at the College of Sequoias in Visalia CA. He moved to Kansas City in 2014 and attended the Kansas City Art Institute where he received his BFA with a focus in printmaking. His work focuses on the Chicano culture with Chicano iconography that tells the stories of the culture and community. In his studio practice he incorporates printmaking and ink
drawings with layers of calligraphy over them to display the foundations of Chicano culture.

DANI CORONADO Dani Coronado → Dani CORNado → DCorn was born and raised in St. Louis county.
She studied Studio Art, Art Education, and Mathematics at UMKC. After five years of
teaching at the secondary level, she returned to UMKC and graduated with an MA in
Studio Art with honors. She is currently an adjunct art professor at MCCKC and Avila
University. She also participates in freelance art mentorships through the Latinx
Educative Collaborative and other community organizations. While continually
researching and expanding her portfolio, she also makes sure to spend quality time
with her canine companion, Blossom.
https://www.instagram.com/dcorn.arts/

CONSUELO CRUZ, Vice President Marketing and Community Engagement Belger Cartage Service, Inc. and Affiliated Companies
Holidays at the Belger Crane Yard Gallery & Holiday Studio Sale & Open House
Holidays at the Belger Crane Yard Gallery:
November 1 – December 31, 2024

Belger Crane Yard Gallery Hours:
Tuesday – Friday: 10 am – 5 pm;
Every first Friday of the month: 10 am – 8 pm;
Saturday: 10 am – 4 pm

Holiday Studio Sale & Open House at the Belger Crane Yard
Studios: November 22, 2024, 10 am – 8 pm & November 23, 2024, 10
am – 6 pm

Belger Crane Yard Gallery
2011 Tracy Avenue, Kansas City, MO 64108
[email protected]
816-474-7316
BelgerArts.org

Belger Arts is pleased to present
these shopping opportunities during the holiday, gift-giving season:

● Holidays at the Belger Crane Yard Gallery is an annual exhibition in which
artists from across the country were invited to create artwork for the holiday
season that make the perfect gifts for family and friends. Shoppers can
choose from an array of unique artworks in a range of mediums: ceramic,
glass, metal, textiles, wood, and more. Artworks will be available for
purchase through December 31, 2024. Over 80 artists are participating. For
a list of participating artists please visit our website.

● On November 22 and 23 the Belger Crane Yard Studios (2011 Tracy Avenue,
Kansas City, MO, 64108) will host its annual Holiday Studio Sale & Open House.

Over 40 artists are participating, and for the first year, glass artists are
participating. For one weekend during the holiday shopping season the Belger
Crane Yard Studio resident artists and studio members transform the studios into
a showcase of handmade giftable artworks that are available for purchase. For a
list of participants, please visit our website.

First Friday glassblowing demo, First Friday at all three locations, new glasses and more!!

Since 2000, the Belger Arts Center has encouraged viewers to explore, question, and deepen
their understanding of art and the world around them. Drawing upon the extensive John and
Maxine Belger Family Foundation collection, as well as a rich variety of local, national, and
international artists, the Belger Arts Center has staged over 100 large-scale exhibitions that
represent some of the best in contemporary art.

In 2013, Belger Arts expanded the Foundation’s commitment to the creative process by opening
Belger Crane Yard Studios, an arts complex dedicated to providing studio and exhibition space
for artists. A range of programming in ceramics education, in addition to an Artist in Residence
program and Crane Yard Clay ceramics supply store, has made Belger a center for
contemporary art.

The Belger Glass Annex is the third Belger Arts location and opened to the public in October
2021. It is the first public glass blowing studio in Kansas City of its scale and scope. The new
facility boasts state-of-the-art glass blowing equipment and tools, a furnace that holds 300
pounds of molten glass, and three workstations. The Belger Glass Annex is primed to be a
Midwest hub for glass art, education, and appreciation, strengthening Kansas City’s reputation
as an arts destination.

For more information on upcoming exhibitions, classes, and workshops, or to schedule a group
tour, please visit BelgerArts.org or call 816-474-7316.

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