ARTSPEAK RADIO is a live radio program on KKFI that airs every Wednesday at noon. Host Maria Vasquez Boyd serves up information about the visual and literary arts community including live interviews with artists, writers, and performers.
Past guests on ARTSPEAK Radio include the following individuals and organizations. Scribe, Bernie Koehrson, The Writers Place, Jose Faus, Carol Kariotis, Lisa Cordes, Shawn Pavey, Main Street Rag, Tara Varney, Glenn North, Matt Jacobs, David Rhoades, Damon Lee Patterson, Jill Downen, Greg Patterson, Seth Johnson, William Peck, Jared Flaming, 2013 Verses and Voices, Mary Ann Haenni, Judith Towse, Molly Kaderka, Norma Cantu, The Artists for Life Project, Darryl Chamberlain, Bluest Aye, Jennifer Leigh Coates, Missi Rasmussen, Alex R. Carpernter, Skye Livingston, Michele Johnson, Justin Beachler, Carla Malone Steck, Janet and Stan Banks, Mark Allen, Benjamin Alire Saenz, Angela Cervantes, Geo Sipp, Daniel Shea, Meghan Henry, Kansas City Public Library, Dr. Phong Nguyen, Tracy Abeln, Julia Cole, The Riverfront Reading, Phyllis Becker, Carl Bettis, Eve Ott, Patricia Lawson, and Silvia Kofler, Thomas Cobian, Sean Starowitz, Carrie Riehl, Emily Kenyon, Summer Osborn, Jen Harris, Woodneath Library, Andie Paloutzian, Jorge Garcia Almodovar, Diego Chi, Ahram Park, Lindsey Martin-Bowen, Sara Miss Conception Glass, Tommy Frank, Rhiannon Ross, Michele Pond, David Arnold Hughes, Sharon Eiker, Madeline Gallucci, Patrick Alexander, Eric Dobbins, Luis Garcia, Cory Imig, Jeanette Powers, Lauren Sobchak, Ari Fish, Miguel M. Morales, Sofiana Olivera, m.o.i. (aka the minister of information, aka Don Wilikson) Sarah Starr, Maril Crabtree, Stephen Roth, and Dave Dalton, Melaney Mitchell, Bobby Howsare, Sandra Moran, Front/Space, Don Simon, Chance Wolf, Suzanne Gladney, MaryFrances Wagner, Greg Field, Jane Booth, Suze Ford Fernandez, David Wayne Reed, Lorenzo Collado, Jessy Terrero, Petra & Kester Horn-Marsh, Eve Brackenbury, Brandon Forrest Frederick, MyArts, Adam Goldberg, Deana Bellamaganya, Ryan Teney, Mihn Du Pha, Eric Lindquist, Jenny Mendez, Teresa Magel, Sarah Hyde-Schmiedeler, Deborah Shouse, Ron Zoglin, Nicole Emanuel, Adam Finkelston, Jay Meara, Danny Orendorf, Laura Isaac, Whispering Prairie Press, Jessica Conoley, Pat Daneman, Marianne Getchell, and Annie Raab.
June 7, 2023 Arts & Culture, Podcast
Artspeak Radio 2023 Pledge Drive
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 Sim Head “Fanny,” & beekeeper Jon Chitwood.
ARTSPEAK RADIO is entering its' 11year-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, just go to www.kkfi.org and show us your support for YOUR community radio station. It's time for you to support this on-air arts program that gives local artists, spoken word poets, painters, sculptors, musicians, arts educators, museums, arts organizations, and so many more the opportunity to discuss their art, chapbooks, events, openings, performances, innovations, and submissions for artistic opportunities.
SHOW YOUR SUPPORT FOR THIS RADIO STATION AND ARTSPEAK RADIO NOW IN ITS' 11TH YEAR!!! Call 888-931-0901 or you can pledge online www.kkfi.or to make your pledge
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May 31, 2023 Arts & Culture, Podcast
Artspeak Radio with Browder, Barrett, VanHoozer, DeFreece, & Gann
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 and Laurel DeFreece, and Robb Gann Habitat Gallery owner.
ListenMay 24, 2023 Arts & Culture, Podcast
Artspeak Radio May Edition
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 Hernandez, Sue Moreno, and Juan Tabb.
May 17, 2023 Arts & Culture, Podcast
Artspeak Radio + Denning, Ivory, Kunkel, & Sutton
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 C. Sutton III, and artist Camry Ivory.
ListenMay 10, 2023 Arts & Culture, Podcast
Artspeak Radio with Schnur, Eade, Curry, & Yochim
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, and Elliot Yochim.
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Artspeak Radio May Edition
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 Jonathan Vargas with Bogart Gallery, artist Carlos Quintana, and Damon Armstrong Founder and Executive Artistic Director of The Black Repertory Theatre of Kansas City.
ListenApril 19, 2023 Arts & Culture, Podcast
Artspeak Radio celebrates National Poetry Month 2023 with Morales, Ferrer, & McIlvaine
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, Melissa Ferrer, and Andrew McIlvaine.
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Artspeak Radio celebrates National Poetry Month 2023
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, Maryfrances Wagner, Erin Adair-Hodges.
ListenApril 5, 2023 Arts & Culture, Podcast
Artspeak Radio National Poetry Month 2023
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; Waco Porter, Sharon Eiker, and Tony Placido. Later in the program, Maria talks with actor/producer/director of Martin City Melodrama Jeanne Beechwood
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