Wednesday, June 24, 2020, 12noon - 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd and John Todd KKFI DJ/producer/host of Under the Radar fill the hour with music and conversation. John Todd (The Radio God) celebrates his 8th year of Under the Radar on KKFI. John (Thompson) Todd, “I’ve been involved in the music scene in KC since I was a teenager eventually becoming a professional musician & DJ. I found my way to KKFI 90.1fm as a sound engineer with the Heartland Labor Forum and eventually a DJ.” John Todd has made it his personal mission to unearth Kansas City’s best musicians by giving them the airplay they deserve. On his program “Under the Radar” that airs every Sunday night, 8pm – 10pm, anything goes, from rock to country, folk to funk, there’s something here for all. Check out www.kkfi.org for information about Under the Radar plus past & present guest list. #artspeakradio #kkficommunityradio

Wednesday, June 17, 2020, noon - 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd talks with artist/musician Robert Castillo and Gillian Helm CEO Literacy KC in the first half of the program. In the second half, musician/educator Diego Chi, and community activist/spoken word writer-performer Sheri "Purpose" Hall contribute original work in honor of Father's Day, Sunday June21. ROBERT CASTILLO is an upright and electric bassist, composer and arranger, visual artist, meditation instructor, and community organizer. This Kansas City native creates with the intent to imbue individuals with positivity so that they may be inspired to help construct a more beautiful world. After graduating from North Kansas City High School in 2010, Robert attended North Central College in Naperville IL, majoring in Jazz Studies and minoring in Environmental Studies. Shortly after, he moved to the West Coast where accepted a position with AmeriCorps as the K-8 Music Teacher at Fossil Elementary School in Fossil, OR (pop. 473). Along with developing his own curriculum, he taught lessons on various instruments including piano, drums, bass, violin, cello, and guitar. Castillo found himself with ample free time in the central Oregon high desert, during which he further…

Wednesday, June 10, 2020, noon - 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org ARTSPEAK RADIO is entering its' 8th year-if you tune in weekly, download posdcasts, listen online, if you learn about new and exciting opportunities happening in the creative community, enjoy listening to one of the many guests featured weekly on ARTSPEAK RADIO then call 888-931-0901 to pledge your support. Online pledges are simple, just go to www.kkfi.org and show us your support for YOUR community radio station. It's time for you to support this on air arts program that gives local artists, spoken word poets, painters, sculptors, musicians, arts educators, museums, arts organizations, and so many more the opportunity to discuss their art, chapbooks, events, openings, performances, innovations, and submissions for artistic opportunities. SHOW YOUR SUPPORT FOR THIS RADIO STATION AND ARTSPEAK RADIO NOW IN ITS' 8TH YEAR!!! Call 888-931-0901 and make your pledge. #artspeakradio #kkficommunityradio

Wednesday, June 3, 2020, noon - 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd talks with James Martin KC Public Art Administrator, TJ Templeton The Bunker curator, and artist/photographer/queer trans disibility activist Kathyrne Grimm. JAMES MARTIN, Public Art Administrator, General Services Department, Facilities & Architecture Division, City of Kansas City, Missouri, develops public policy for the City Coordinates the Municipal Art Commission’s role in City public art and building projects. Martin holds a Master’s degree in arts administration, art, art history, architecture, landscape architecture, construction community and capital construction project coordination. Martin will discuss how the art selection process works and talk about projects that are currently ongoing and upcoming public art opportunities at KCI. By City Charter, the Art Commission’s responsibilities include the approval of works of art on, or extending over, any City property; the design of buildings, bridges, fences and other structures built by the City; and any privately-owned signs, skywalks or other structures that extend over public property. City ordinances also provide that no existing work of art owned by the City can be moved or altered without commission approval except under emergency conditions. The mission of the Municipal…

Wednesday, May 27, 2020, noon - 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes award winning painter/artist Cristina Muñiz and filmaker/director Stephen Wallace Pruitt. CRISTINA MUÑIZ, native to San Antonio, went to Kansas City, Missouri in 2012 to finish her BFA at the Kansas City Art Institute. She was a recipient of the Charlotte Street Foundation Studio Residency program for 2014-2015, after which, became a resident artist with The Drugstore studios until returning to Texas last year. Her work has recently been acquired by the Nerman MOCA, for their permanent collection. Muñiz lives and works in San Antonio, Texas. "My work draws from narratives, whether personal recollections, or stories I’ve heard growing up from my parents, or from people I’ve never met. I am interested in all sorts of family history as a way to fill in the gaps in my own. I am interested in familial ownership of any kind, whether it’s land, home, objects, stories, and how these are handed down over generations. The act of exchange and the things we exchange intrigues me. The dynamic of “keeping it within the family” intrigues me. My family didn't have that. We…

Wednesday May 20, 2020, noon-1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd talks with Sarah Hyde-Schmiedeler, Francis Family Foundation Educator for the Nelson Atkins Museum of Art, Jenny Mendez, Director of Mattie Rhodes Art Gallery and multi-media artist Anson Thee Ornery. SARAH HYDE-SCHMIEDELER, Francis Family Foundation Educator, Family Programs & Events The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art -It’s time to stay home. Time to do everything we can, as individuals, to slow the spread of the coronavirus. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art is closed for now, and we hope you will visit us online to draw inspiration and courage from our works of art. We regret that all events, classes, workshops and tours are canceled, at least through mid-June. This includes the museum’s Passport to India festival and the largest fundraiser for the museum, ShuttleCork. It also includes the Juneteenth festival. Check the museum’s online calendar for details. During this temporary closure, the museum’s works of art are well protected and secured, and we will all look forward to seeing our “friends” again soon. The Nelson-Atkins will continue to be a place for inspiration, curiosity, and human expression, through this website and the…

Wednesday May 13, 2020, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd talks with Deanna Munoz founder of Latino Arts Foundation, singer/songwriter Shawn Stewart and Dana Knapp CEO/President ArtsKC. DEANNA MUNOZ-Latino Arts Foundation aka Latino Foundation for the Arts is nonprofit organization created to bring forth the fiercely authentic voice of the underrepresented artists through their diverse stories, cultures and beliefs creating an artist based space OF their community FOR their community. The Latino Arts Foundation is a safe space where we offer mentorship for children and adults whom have an interest in the arts. We are a safe, fun place where we strive for excellence in mentorship for all art genres. Our program is here for our community, to help them grow in what they are interested in, support the community in finding their voice, to ensure the community is seen and visible and to continue to help them reach all their creative abilities. Midwest Chicana Podcast host Deanna Munoz alongside co-host Artist Chico Sierra and community leader Diosselyn Tot will bring FB LIVE segments around the ARTS + Culture all leading up to the September Latino Art Festival. Each…

Wednesday May 6, 2020, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd returns with infinite THANKS to Mark Manning for his diligence and commitment to keep ARTSPEAK RADIO on air along with his own program, MidDay Medley during this pandemic!! Listeners, staff, colleagues, community and the entire world are grateful for your superpowers!! ARTSPEAK RADIO invited four musicans/performers/writers and poets to contribute original work for today’s program, “Word To My Mother.” Inspired by Mother’s Day, contributors were asked to share a love letter, a memory, gratitude, or an observation as it relates to Mother and their definition of the term. Often Mother is defined as a woman in relation to her child or children, other definitions may include Mother Earth, mother of invention, Mother Teresa, individuals who identify theirself as Mother/Father, or Mother used as noun or adjective. Today we’ll hear from musician/singer/songwriters Heath Church and Miki P., poet/community activist Miguel Morales, and spoken word artist/author Jessica Ayala. We'll also hear a specially written song or selected music by each contributor following their work. HEATH CHURCH is an American singer-songwriter from Kansas City, Missouri who primarily plays indie-folk music. His…

Wednesday, April 29, 2020, noon-1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live www.kkfi.org Co-producer/host Mark Manning talks with award winning poet/writer Julia Alvarez, Mason Andrew Kilpatrick; Marketing + Communications Manager Charlotte Street Foundation, Adina Duke; Associate Director of Public Engagement Department Head at Spencer Museum of Art University of Kansas, and Wolfe Brack; Operations Manager/Curator InterUrban ArtHouse. JULIA ALVAREZ- Born in New York City in 1950, Julia Alvarez's parents returned to their native country, Dominican Republic, shortly after her birth. Ten years later, the family was forced to flee to the United States because of her father’s involvement in a plot to overthrow the dictator, Trujillo. Alvarez has written novels (How the García Girls Lost Their Accents, In the Time of the Butterflies, ¡Yo!, In the Name of Salomé, Saving the World, Afterlife), collections of poems (Homecoming, The Other Side/ El Otro Lado, The Woman I Kept to Myself), nonfiction (Something to Declare, Once Upon A Quinceañera, and A Wedding in Haiti), and numerous books for young readers (including the Tía Lola Stories series, Before We Were Free, finding miracles, Return to Sender and Where Do They Go?). Alvarez’s awards include the Pura Belpré and Américas Awards for…

Wednesday, April 22, 2020, noon - 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live www.kkfi.org Co-producer/host Mark Manning talks with director/writer/filmmaker Morgan Cooper, composer/performer Stacy Busch, and writer/community activist Miguel M. Morales. MIGUEL M. MORALES grew up in Texas working as a migrant/seasonal farmworker. He is a Lambda Literary Fellow and an alum of the Macondo Writers Workshop. Miguel also earned the Society of Professional Journalists's First Amendment Award. He is also a founding member of Brown Voices/Brown Pulse and of La Resistencia. His work appears in: * From Macho to Mariposa: New Gay Latino Fiction * Hibernation and Other Poems by Bear Bards * Imaniman: Poets Writing in the Anzaldúan Borderlands * Primera Página: Poetry from the Latino Heartland * Cuentos del Centro: Stories from the Latino Heartland * Desolate Country: We the Poets United Against Trump * If You Can Hear This: Poems in Protest of an American Inauguration * Only Light Can Do That: 100 Post-Election, Poems, Stories, and Essays * Older Queer Voices: The Intimacy of Survival * Raspa magazine * Pilgrimage magazine * Duende Journal * Green Mountains Review * Acentos Review * and Texas Poetry Review among others. Miguel is also the…