ARTSPEAK RADIO with Schmiedeler, Mendez, & Anson Thee Ornery

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, Family Programs & Events
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art -It’s time to stay home. Time to do everything we can, as individuals, to slow the spread of the coronavirus. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art is closed for now, and we hope you will visit us online to draw inspiration and courage from our works of art. We regret that all events, classes, workshops and tours are canceled, at least through mid-June. This includes the museum’s Passport to India festival and the largest fundraiser for the museum, ShuttleCork. It also includes the Juneteenth festival. Check the museum’s online calendar for details.
During this temporary closure, the museum’s works of art are well protected and secured, and we will all look forward to seeing our “friends” again soon. The Nelson-Atkins will continue to be a place for inspiration, curiosity, and human expression, through this website and the museum’s social media.
www.nelson-atkins.org

MUSEUM RECOVERY FUND
These are unprecedented days in our world. At the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, our doors are closed to the public and to most museum staff as we fight the spread of the coronavirus. Yet our work continues onsite and virtually. We are maintaining our facilities, keeping the art you know and love safe and secure, and looking to the future to ensure the long-term vitality of the museum. Though none of us can be in our galleries during this temporary closure, we are working hard to bring our galleries to you. Visit Nelson-Atkins@Home to take virtual tours, learn from our exceptional staff, and get creative with art activities and coloring pages. Check back frequently for fresh content.
As our doors remain shut and markets fluctuate, we are confronting large declines in our three funding sources: earned revenue, donations, and endowment returns. We are doing everything we can to reduce our budget—eliminating programming, forgoing exhibitions, and reducing staff work schedules and salaries. Despite these sacrifices, we need critical support to remain viable and whole and to plan for a reopening as soon as the time is right.
COVID-19 has affected each of us in profound ways, and we all see great need around us. If your circumstances allow, please consider supporting your museum during this critical time.
SUPPORT THE NELSON-ATKINS
Your investment in this fund secures our greatest assets: our dedicated staff, our world-renowned art collection, and our beautiful grounds. Help us honor our commitment to Kansas City while we work harder than ever to be a source of solace and inspiration.
Questions? Please contact Randall Roberts, Development Director, Major Gifts at [email protected] 816.751.0438

JENNY MENDEZ Director of Mattie Rhodes Art Center-Mattie Rhodes Center is a nonprofit agency celebrating it’s 125th year of serving the Greater Kansas City community. We are committed to building a stronger city by working toward the vision of living in a vibrant community where all individuals and families are healthy, safe and have the resources to thrive.
Mattie Rhodes Center is here for your families during this time of crisis. Whether you need activities for your little ones, help dealing with stress or anxiety or additional resources, Mattie Rhodes Center can help. Mattie Rhodes is open, we know this is an unprecedented time for children, families, and our community. Please know Mattie Rhodes is here to help. While we have adjusted our services with social distancing guidelines in place, we continue to bring families vital services, when they need them most. Offices are open Monday – Friday, 9am to 5pm. Please call 816.241.3780 if you need assistance.
Families In Crisis-We have limited the number of staff in Mattie Rhodes center facilities, however there is a therapist and family services team member on site everyday to help with participants in crisis. Our team has also moved to teletherapy services where possible to keep staff and participants safe and healthy. We have appointments available, please call us at 816-241-3780 to speak to someone today.
Art Kits To-Go-Our art instructors were quick to respond to the news that kiddoes would be out of school for a few weeks. They’ve handed out over 200 art kits to our after school program students and neighborhood children. With the help of generous supporters, we hope to gather additional donated items to put together as many more kits as we can! Do you have items to donate? Call us at 816-221-2349

Resources Delivered-Social distancing and school closures has brought challenges that some families have never dealt with. Our community resource team is working hard to connect staff and families to resources, basic home necessities, food, and assessing additional needs as we work through this difficult time. Please call us as 816-241-3780 if you have a family in need.
Your Health Matters-Our youth development team is hard at work preparing at-home workouts for all ages, home drills for our Soccer for Success participants and nutrition information for you to stay healthy while you stay at home. This is a stressful time, we will do all we can to help you work through it! Stay tuned to our website and social media for more information, links and live content.
Mattie Rhodes Esta Abierto! -Sabemos que este es un momento sin precedentes para los niños, las familias y nuestra comunidad. Por favor, sepa, Mattie Rhodes Center está aquí para ayudarlo. Si bien hemos ajustado nuestros servicios con las pautas de distanciamiento social vigentes, continuamos brindando servicios vitales a las familias, cuando más las necesitan. Las oficinas están abiertas de lunes a viernes de 9 a.m. a 5 p.m. Por favor llame al 816-241-3780.
Familias en crisis-Hemos limitado el número de personal en las instalaciones del Mattie Rhodes Center, sin embargo, hay un terapeuta y un miembro del equipo de servicios familiares en el sitio todos los días para ayudar a los participantes en crisis. Nuestro equipo también se trasladó a los servicios de teleterapia donde sea posible para mantener al personal y a los participantes seguros y saludables. Tenemos citas disponibles, llámenos al 816-241-3780 para hablar con alguien hoy.
Kits de arte para llevar-Nuestros instructores de arte respondieron rápidamente a la noticia de que los niños estarían fuera de las escuela durante unas semanas. Han entregado más de 200 kits de arte a nuestros estudiantes del programa extracurricular y niños de vecindario. ¡Con la ayuda de generosos partidarios, esperamos reunir artículos donado adicionales para reunir tantos kits más como podamos! ¿Tienes artículos para donar? Llámenos al 816-221-2349.
Recursos entregados-El distanciamiento social y el cierre de escuelas han traído desafíos que algunas familias nunca han enfrentado. Nuestro equipo de recursos comunitarios está trabajando arduamente para conectar al personal y las familias con los recursos, las necesidades básicas del hogar, los alimentos, y evaluar las necesidades adicionales a medida que avanzamos en este momento difícil. Llámenos al 816-241-3780 si tiene una familia necesitada.
Su salud importa-Nuestro equipo de desarrollo juvenil está trabajando arduamente para preparar entrenamientos en casa para todas las edades, sesiones en el hogar para nuestros participantes de Soccer for Success e información nutricional para que usted se mantenga saludable mientras se queda en casa. ¡Este es un momento estresante, haremos todo lo posible para ayudarlo a superarlo! Estén atentos a nuestro sitio web y redes sociales para obtener más información, enlaces, y contenido en vivo.
www.mattierhodes.org

Anson the Ornery is a multimedia artist with a background in music, visual arts, writing and acting. Anson combines his artistic disciplines in interactive installations and performances to use the viewer as a creative part of his process. Anson graduated with a BFA in Expanded Media along with minors in Music and Writing from the University of Kansas in 2010 then moved to Kansas City to be apart of the art scene. Anson is currently managing his own art handling business as he continues to create more ambitious installations.
DJ Daniel the Cat- Online World Premiere-For over a decade it was believed that the ground-breaking 2009 self-titled album DJ Daniel the Cat had been lost after the disappearance of Daniel the Cat in 2010. Recently Anson the Ornery, the producer and singer of DJ Daniel the Cat, rediscovered the album’s masters. The interest in DJ Daniel the Cat has only grown over the years despite the fact that few have ever heard the legendary album outside Daniel’s inner group of friends. That is soon to change, for Anson has announced that on May 22nd 2020 he will be live streaming DJ Daniel the Cat via Facebook and Instagram Live at 7 pm CST in its entirety along with his own personal commentary about the making of the album.
The breakout success of Piano Cat inspired Daniel to become a DJ himself but, due to bigotry in the music industry towards cats, Daniel was worried that his music would not be taken seriously. Anson then became the voice of DJ Daniel the Cat in order for the public to accept Daniel’s music. The two labored on the album for months only using small electronic toy synthesizers to accommodate the size of Daniel’s paws. The result was a masterful collection of six electronic dance music tracks with lyrics chronicling Daniel’s crippling social anxiety. After the news of Daniel’s disappearance Anson was disheartened and DJ Daniel the Cat was lost in the confusion. Over the last decade the notoriety of DJ Daniel the Cat has grown due to the popularity of the internet and the demand for the lost album has never been greater.
Please join the world premiere of DJ Daniel the Cat on Facebook and Instagram live on May 22nd 2020 at 7 pm CST. There has never been an album better suited for the internet and our current times. This one-time event is in loving memory of Daniel the Cat.
www.ansontheehornery.com

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