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.
January 15, 2025 Arts & Culture, Podcast
Artspeak Radio with Elisabeth Kirsch and Christopher Leitch
Artspeak Radio,January 15,2025, 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.
January 8, 2025 Arts & Culture, Podcast
Artspeak Radio with Heath Church and Vulpes Bastille
Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, January 8, 2025, 9am -10am CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org
Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes musician Heath Church and Elinore Noyes Vupes Bastille Communitcation Director, Jason Comotto, Vulpes Bastille Operation Director, and Tanith K, Gallery Athanor, Curator and owner.
ListenJanuary 1, 2025 Arts & Culture, Podcast
Artspeak Radio with GK Callahan and Myesha Cato-Perry
Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, January, 1, 2025, 9am -10am CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org
Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes entrepreneur Myesha Cato-Perry and artist GK Callanhan.
Read MoreDecember 25, 2024 Arts & Culture, Podcast
Artspeak Radio UnChristmas Episode
Wednesday, December 25, 2024, 9am - 10am CST, KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, www.kkfi.org
Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd shares curated tunes for this special episode of Artspeak Radio with special guest, Mr. Boyd.
December 18, 2024 Arts & Culture, Podcast
Artspeak Radio with Elisabeth Kirsch and Christopher Leitch
Artspeak Radio,December 18, 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.
December 11, 2024 Arts & Culture, Podcast
Artspeak Radio with ARTworks, Kansas City Art Institute, and Unicorn Theater
Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, December 11, 2024, 9am -10am CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org
Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcome actor/writer/producer Ron McGee, owner/director ARTworks Michael Otto with Jori Cheville area art director at 21c Museum Hotels, independent art curator and art consultant, and Kansas City Art Institute Professor David Terrill with KCAI students.
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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.
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