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
February 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.
February 10, 2021 Arts & Culture, Podcast
ARTSPEAK RADIO with Regina Daniel and Sherry Leedy
ARTSPEAK RADIO, Wednesday, February 10, 12noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live www.kkfi.org
Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes author/photographer Regina Daniel and gallery owner/Director Sherry Leedy.
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ARTSPEAK RADIO with Regina Daniel and Sherry Leedy Copy
ARTSPEAK RADIO, Wednesday, February 10, 12noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live www.kkfi.org
Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes author/photographer Regina Daniel and gallery owner/Director Sherry Leedy.
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ARTSPEAK RADIO with Regina Daniel and Sherry Leedy
ARTSPEAK RADIO, Wednesday, February 10, 12noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live www.kkfi.org
Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes author/photographer Regina Daniel and gallery owner/Director Sherry Leedy.
Read MoreFebruary 3, 2021 Arts & Culture, Podcast
ARTSPEAK RADIO: Templeton, Vivone, Archer, & Hopkins
Wednesday, February 3, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live www.kkfi.org
Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd chats with TJ Templeton gallery director/artist in residence at the Bunker Center for the Arts, musician & KKFI DJ Jason Vivone, and artists Kevin Hopkins and Izsys Archer.
ListenJanuary 27, 2021 Arts & Culture, Podcast
ARTSPEAK RADIO + CSF and Nik D Douglas
ARTSPEAK RADIO, Wednesday January 27, 2021, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio streaming live www.kkfi.org
Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes Christine Boutros; Grants and Awards Programs Manager for Charlotte Street Foundation, Kimi Kitada the Jedel Familly Foundation Curatorial Fellow at Charlotte Street Foundation.
Joining us in the second half of the hour, Nik D Douglas drummer/producer/lyricist/singer shares his list of favorite percussionists, recordings, and his latest projects.
ListenJanuary 20, 2021 Arts & Culture, Podcast
ARTSPEAK RADIO chats with Sánchez, Gann, and McIlvane
ARTSPEAK RADIO, Wednesday January 20. 2021, 12noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org
Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes Annie Sánchez CEO Chief Goal Strategiest Mariposa Strategies, Robert Gann, Habitat Contemporary Gallery Owner, and artist/Kansas City Art Institute educator Andrew McIlvane.
January 13, 2021 Arts & Culture, Podcast
ARTSPEAK RADIO with Englewood Arts and The Volland Store
ListenJanuary 6, 2021 Arts & Culture, Podcast
ARTSPEAK RADIO + Rodgers, Duegaw, & Martin
ARTSPEAK RADIO, Wednesday, January 6, 2021, 12noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, steaming live www.kkfi.org
Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd talks with Founder/Director of The Transgender Film Center Sav Rodgers, artist Patrick Duegaw, & City of KCMO Public Art Administrator James Martin.
December 30, 2020 Arts & Culture, Podcast
ARTSPEAK RADIO- 2020 THE BEST_______YEAR EVER (part ll)
Wednesday, December 30, 2020, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, www.kkfi.org
Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd presents the 2nd part of the year end special, 2020 THE _______YEAR EVER.
2020 THE ______ YEAR EVER
To say the least, the year 2020 has become infamous for a plethora of reasons. Based on your point of view, beliefs, experiences, what reflections and/or revelations comes to mind; what have you discovered about yourself, human nature, the world? What did 2020 have in store for you? What are your final thoughts about 2020?
We’ve asked artists, writers, performers, musicians, and creatives in the community to reflect and share with us about their 2020 experience. What was 2020 like for you?
We’ll hear original stories and curated songs from our contributors; Noah Davis, Jessica Paige, and Eboni Fondren that reflect their responses.
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