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Artspeak Radio
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
9:00 AM Wednesdays – Streaming at KKFI.org
90.1 FM KKFI – Kansas City Community Radio
Produced and Hosted by Maria Vasquez Boyd
Wednesday, January 24, 2024 at 9:00am!
Mark Manning fills in as host for Maria Vasquez Boyd
Mark welcomes Special Guests: Elisabeth Kirsch + Christopher Leitch
Elisabeth Kirsch is an art historian, curator, and writer who has curated over 100 exhibitions of contemporary art, American Indian art and photography, locally and across the country. She writes frequently for national and local arts publications including The Kansas City Star, Flatland KC, and KC Studio Magazine. Elisabeth Kirsch received her Ph.D in Art History, Religious Studies from The University of Missouri – Kansas City.
Christopher Leitch served as Assistant Dean at Kansas City Art Institute. He was a consulting curator with the Center for Creative Studies, University of Missouri-Kansas City, and he was director of Kansas City Museum. Christopher has been a visiting lecturer and instructor at many schools across the United States. Christopher earned an MA in Visual Arts from Goddard College in Vermont and a BFA from Kansas City Art Institute. He also attended the University of Oklahoma for three years. Christopher’s art works have been widely exhibited and toured, and his writings have been published in ArtPapers Atlanta, New Art Examiner and Ceramics: Art and Perception. Christopher was lead author of “LGBTQ Welcoming Guidelines for Museums: developing a resource for the museum field” in Museums and Social Issues, and he is a contributing author with Renae Youngs to companion article, “Diversity in Museum Hiring” for Museum Magazine. Christopher has presented papers for the American Alliance of Museums, Alliance of Midwest Museums, the Hall Center for the Humanities, and the Canadian Museums Association. More information at: www.christopherleitchstudio.net
The featured artwork is Harold Smith‘s untitled painting from his “Man of Color Series” from 2012. Harold Smith is a Kansas City, Kansas, based artist, writer, teacher, and curator of: WE ARE ENOUGH, an exhibit celebrating the strength, resilience, and diversity of Kansas City’s artistic community, Friday, February 2 through April 26, 2024, at Leedy-Voulkos Art Center, 2012 Baltimore Ave, Kansas City, MO. More information at www.haroldsmithstudios.com
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