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ARTSPEAK RADIO is a live radio program on KKFI that airs every Wednesday from 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm. Host Maria Vasquez Boyd serves up information about the visual and literary arts community including live interviews with artists, writers, and performers.
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 multidisciplinary artist Cesar Velez.
STEVEN WALLACE PRUITT- The primary creative team behind all NEVER2LATE Productions is the husband/wife duo of Stephen Wallace Pruitt and Mary Settle Pruitt. For this sixty-something couple, filmmaking isn’t a “job.” It’s a passion.
Since 2008, Stephen and Mary have been making truly independent, Hollywood-quality feature films that both entertain and inspire. Working together, they write, produce, cast, design, direct, photograph, edit, color, and sound design every frame of every film.
State of Grace- Following a surprise arrest for possession of eleven grams of fentanyl, Erin Sanders loses control of her life and the custody of her one-year-old daughter, Grace. Desperate to get her daughter back, Erin must conquer her demons and prove to the court that she still can be a responsible parent.
stateofgracefilm.com
https://www.stateofgracefilm.com
CESAR VELEZ
B. 1992 in Guerrero, Mexico.
Cesar Velez is a Mexican multidisciplinary artist based in Kansas City, MO. His art is
an emotional exploration of the personal experiences and cultural landscapes that have
shaped the world around him. Velez’s paintings are characterized by their expressive use of color, symbolic imagery, and emotional depth. As a first-generation undocumented immigrant raised in the South and Midwest United States, themes of identity, displacement, and belonging are explored in his work as a means of documenting the unique truths of his journey.
Artist Statement: My work is a reflection of my humanity—a visual journey that
converts limitations into borderless expressions of honesty and liberation.
Social Media: Instagram: @artbycs
Website: www.cesarvelezart.com
Recent Exhibitions:
– We Are Latinos II Screening – Nelson Atkins Museum of Art (Dec. 2023)
– Movement Through Memory Solo Show, Habitat Contemporary, Kansas City, MO.
(Nov-Dec. 2023)
– Lost and Found MASA Group Show, Kansas City KS Community College. (Sept.
2023)
– MAYA The Exhibition Group Show, Union Station, Kansas City, MO. (Feb- 2023)
Upcoming/current exhibitions, etc: Possibly scheduling some exhibitions for later in the
year, 2023 was filled with several exhibitions so this year will be a little more project
focused than exhibit focused.
