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.
Recent Episodes
April 21, 2021 Arts & Culture, Podcast
ArtspeakRadio Celebrates National Poetry Month
rtspeakRadio, Wednesday, April 21, 2021, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org
Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd celebrates April as National Poetry Month with a stanza of poets. Featured poets include; José Faus, Waco Porter, Erin Adair Hodges, Octavio Quintanilla, Annette Billings, Andrew McIlvaine, Miguel Morales, Sarah Chavez, Perry Shephard, and Maryfrances Wagner.
ListenApril 14, 2021 Arts & Culture, Podcast
ArtspeakRadio Celebrates National Poetry Month
Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, April 14, 2021, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org
Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd celebrates April as National Poetry Month with a stanza of poets. Featured poets include; José Faus, Waco Porter, Erin Adair Hodges, Octavio Quintanilla, Andrew McIlvaine, Miguel Morales, Sarah Chavez, Perry Shephard, and Maryfrances Wagner.
ListenApril 7, 2021 Arts & Culture, Podcast
ARTSPEAK RADIO Celebrates National Poetry Month
ARTSPEAK RADIO, Wednesday, April 7, 2021, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org
Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd celebrates April as National Poetry Month with a stanza of poets. Featured poets include; José Faus, Waco Porter, Erin Adair Hodges, Octavio Quintanilla, Andrew McIlvaine, Miguel Morales, Sarah Chavez, Perry Shephard, and MaryFrances Wagner.
ListenMarch 31, 2021 Arts & Culture, Podcast
ARTSPEAK RADIO End O’ March Extravaganza
ARTSPEAK RADIO, Wednesday, March 31, 2021, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, www.kkfi.org
Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd talks with Christine Boutrous Grants & Awards Programs Manager Charlotte Street Foundation, Kershaun McKinney Manager, Audience Engagement Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Steven Curtis UrbanWorks LLC, and Perry Shephard author and poet.
March 24, 2021 Arts & Culture, Podcast
ARTSPEAK RADIO with Paul J Schofer and Emma Nuzzo
ARTSPEAK RADIO, Wednesday, March 24, 2021, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org
Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes President/CEO Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts Paul J. Schofer and curator/organizer/educator Emma Nuzzo.
ListenMarch 17, 2021 Arts & Culture, Podcast
ARTSPEAK RADIO + Bobbi Jo Reed, Brent Jones, Donna Jones, & Justin Ikerionwo
ARTSPEAK RADIO, Wednesday, March 17, 2021, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org
Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd talks with Bobbi Jo Reed, Brent Jones, and Donna Jones about their powerful documentary, Bobbi Jo: Under the Influence. In the second half of the hour, Justin Ikerionwo, Alt-Cap Business Development Officer joins us.
ListenMarch 10, 2021 Arts & Culture, Podcast
ARTSPEAK RADIO + George Guastello and Kristen Devlin
ARTSPEAK RADIO, Wednesday, March 10, 2021, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org
Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd talks with Union Station President and CEO, George Guastello and Kristen Devlin Johnson County Developmental Supports Emerging Artists Program Specialist.
March 3, 2021 Arts & Culture, Podcast
ARTSPEAK RADIO with Bruce Burstert and Clarissa Knighten
ARTSPEAK RADIO, Wednesday, March 3, 2021, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org
Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes artist/singer/performer/designer Bruce Burstert, Clarissa Knighton jewelry designer.
ListenFebruary 17, 2021 Arts & Culture, Podcast
ARTSPEAK RADIO with Show Delivered and Heartland Song Network
ARTSPEAK RADIO, Wednesday, February 17, 2021, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City community Radio, streaming live www.kkfi.org
Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes Bess Wallerstein with Kelly Main, and Danny Powell.