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.
December 4, 2024 Arts & Culture, Podcast
Artspeak Radio + Schleifke, Johnson, & Belger Arts
Producer/host of Arts Magazine on KKFI, Michael Hogge takes over Artspeak Radio with guests Michael Schliefke, Andrew Johnson, Consuelo Cruz, & Lilly Powell.
ListenNovember 27, 2024 Arts & Culture, Podcast
Artspeak Radio with John Todd and Hyde Park
Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, November 27, 2024, 9am -10am CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org
John Todd, producer/host/DJ for Under The Radar, on 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio takes the reins for Artspeak Radio with live musical guests Hyde Park Rock n’ Roll.
Hyde Park is a hard-hitting fun time rock-’n’-roll band out of midtown KCMO. Red hot Rockabilly and stone cold Blues with the spirit of Punk Rock.
NOW HEAR THIS! The local KC Power Trio playin' COOL songs to kindle HOT passions! Let me hear ya BARK!
ListenNovember 20, 2024 Arts & Culture, Podcast
Artspeak Radio with Elisabeth Kirsch and Christopher Leitch
Artspeak Radio, November 20,2024, 9am -10am CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org
Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes writer/art historian Elisabeth Kirsch and artist/activist Christopher Leitch.
November 13, 2024 Arts & Culture, Podcast
Artspeak Radio November Edition
Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, November 13, 2024, 9am -10am CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org
Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd talks with Robb Gann, Stacey Busch, Edwing Mendez, Erick Felix, Dani Coronado, and Consuelo Cruz.
ListenNovember 6, 2024 Arts & Culture, Podcast
Artspeak Radio with David Tomas Martinez, Poppy Di Candelo, and Michael Baxley
Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, November 6, 2024, 9am -10am CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org
Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd talks with David Tomas Martinez, Poppy Di Candeloro, and Michael Baxley.
ListenOctober 30, 2024 Arts & Culture, Podcast
Artspeak Radio Dia de los Muertos/Day of the Dead
rtspeak Radio, Wednesday, October 30, 2024, 9am -10am CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org
Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes Edgar Galicia, Jenny Mendez, and Sarah Hyde-Schmiedeler to the program.
ListenOctober 23, 2024 Arts & Culture, Podcast
Artspeak Radio October Edition
Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, October 23, 2024, 9am -10am CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org
Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes artist/filmmaker Hugo Ximello-Salido, Digital Dreams creator/founder Mary McCawley, musician/performer Calvin Arsenia, Curator / Sr. Manager of Learning & Engagement with The National Toy and Miniature Museum Madeline Rislow, Carlos Ortiz-Gallo Curatorial Fellow for Local Artists Go Miniature, and exhibiting artist César López.
ListenOctober 9, 2024 Arts & Culture, Podcast
Artspeak Radio with Savreux & Gallery Bogart with Jo Archuleta
Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, October 9, 2024, 9am -10am CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org
Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes writer/music journalist Alexi Savreux and Miller Bogart Director/founder of Bogart Gallery and featured artist Jo Archuleta.
Read MoreOctober 2, 2024 Arts & Culture, Podcast
Artspeak Radio + Sieglinde Othmer, Laura Nugent, & Garry Noland
Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, October 2, 9am -10am CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org
Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes author Dr. Sieglinde Othmer and artists Laura Nugent & Garry Noland.
ListenSeptember 25, 2024 Arts & Culture, Podcast
Artspeak Radio + Crystal Martinez, Vince Medlin, & KC Hospice
Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, September 25, 2024, 9am -10am CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org
Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes Crystal Hernandez, Vincent Medlin, and Carol Barnett & Caryn Hohnholt.
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