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.
Upcoming Episodes
March 20, 2024 Arts & Culture, Podcast
Artspeak Radio with Elisabeth Kirsch & Christopher Leitch
Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, 9am -10am CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org
Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes art experts Elisabeth Kirsch and Christopher Leitch.
Read MoreMarch 13, 2024 Arts & Culture, Podcast
Artspeak Radio with Julia Othmer, James T Lundie & Caranne Camarena with Vulpes Bastille Gallery
Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, 9am -10am CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org
Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes Caranne Camaren with Vulpes Bastille and musician Julia Othmer & James T Lundie.
ListenMarch 6, 2024 Arts & Culture, Podcast
Artspeak Radio + Whim Productions, Blair Schulman, & Matt Dehaemers
Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, March 6, 2024, 9am -10am CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org
Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes one of the original co-host of Artspeak Radio and art writer, Blair Schulman, artist Matt Dehaemers, and Whim Productions.
ListenFebruary 28, 2024 Arts & Culture, Podcast
Artspeak Radio with Jenny Mendez and Sue Moreno
Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, February 28, 2024, 9am – 10am CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org
Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes artist/activist/educator Sue Moreno and artist/curator/Director Mattie Rhodes Art Center Jenny Mendez.
Read MoreFebruary 21, 2024 Arts & Culture, Podcast
Artspeak Radio with Christopher Leitch and Bruce Mathews
Wednesday, February 21, 2024, 9am - 10am CST, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org
Host/producer Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes monthly contributor/artist Christopher Leitch and photographer/historian, Bruce Mathews.
Read MoreFebruary 14, 2024 Arts & Culture, Podcast
Artspeak Radio with Kiki Serna and Cesar Lopez
Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, 9am – 10am CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org
Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes artists Kiki Serna and Cesar Lopez.
ListenFebruary 7, 2024 Arts & Culture, Podcast
ARTSPEAK RADIO presents: Dimitri Reyes + Sammy Loren + Kristin Conkright & Jessica Harp
On the next ARTSPEAK RADIO, February 7, at 9:00am on KKFI 90.1 FM Mark Manning will be substituting for his radio wife, Maria Vasquez Boyd. On the eve of the Association of Writers & Writing Programs (AWP) 2024 Conference & Bookfair, February 7-10, here in Kansas City, MO., we'll talk with two writers/organizers participating this year's conference. At 9:00am we'll talk with Dimitri Reyes, of CavanKerry Press who is collaborating with curator Robert Gann, of Habitat Contemporary Gallery, for an AWP offsite event and reading extravaganza about community and celebration between independent presses and the wider arts community in Kansas City. at 2012 Baltimore Ave. in the Leedy-Voulkos Art Center. // At 9:20am Mark talks with Sammy Loren of Casual Encounterz. Sammy will present a Casual Encounterz AWP off-site event Saturday, Feb. 10, at 10:00pm, at Birdies Lingerie, 116 W 18th St, KCMO. // at 9:40am We also talk with Kristin Conkright & Jessica Harp about Killith Faire, a one-night only collaboration of women/femme musicians from the KC and Lawrence areas, at recordBar, 1520 Grand Blvd kCMO, on Saturday, Feb. 10, at 7:00pm. This concert will feature new collaborations from more than 20 women/femme-identifying musicians, performing their music and the songs of women who have inspired them.
Read MoreJanuary 31, 2024 Arts & Culture, Podcast
Artspeak Radio End of January 2024
Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, 9am – 10am CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org
Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes writer Michelle Campbell, Mary McCrawley with Laser Lew Dude and writer Catherine Browder.
ListenJanuary 24, 2024 Arts & Culture, Podcast
ARTSPEAK RADIO with: Elizabeth Kirsch + Christopher Leitch
On the next ARTSPEAK RADIO, Wednesday, January 24, 2024 at 9:00am! >>NEW TIME!!!<<< 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.
ListenJanuary 17, 2024 Arts & Culture, Podcast
Artspeak Radio with Laura Nugent, Sue Moreno, and Teresa Dirks
Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, January 17, 2024, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org
Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes artists Teresa Dirks, Sue Moreno, and Laura Nugent.
January 10, 2024 Arts & Culture, Podcast
Artspeak Radio with Cesar Velez and Stephen Wallace Pruitt
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.
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