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Maria talks with Art Director Jenny Mendez with the Mattie Rhodes Art Center, Sarah Hyde Schmiedeler-Francis Family Foundation Educator, Family Programs & Events at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Suzanne Gladney founder of the Migrant Farmworkers Project with Luke Trinka, …

Maria talks with Art Director Jenny Mendez with the Mattie Rhodes Art Center, Sarah Hyde Schmiedeler-Francis Family Foundation Educator, Family Programs & Events at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Suzanne Gladney founder of the Migrant Farmworkers Project with Luke Trinka, and musician/artist/performer Pablo Sanhueza. The Nelson Atkins Museum presents the annual 2016 Annual Dia de los Muertos, Sunday November 6 from 10 am to 4pm at the Nelson-Atkins Museum located at 4525 Oak St. KCMO. The event is free, no tickets required. DAY OF THE DEAD ALTAR INSTALLATION Kirkwood Hall October 26-November 6 Experience a towering centerpiece in Kirkwood Hall­ featuring over one hundred paper maché skulls decorated in collaboration with the Mattie Rhodes Center, local artists, area students and the museum community. You are invited to add your own special remembrance. Artists demonstrations, live music, performance, and poetry readings are scheduled for this beautiful celebration! Nelson Atkins-Museum 4525 Oak St. KCMO www.nelson-atkins.org Migrant Farmworkers Assistance Fund (MFAF) is based in Kansas City, Missouri. In 1984, MFAF's services were organized originally as part of Migrant Farmworkers Project (MFP), a project of Legal Aid of Western Missouri. MFAF was established as a separate non-profit in 1998, and was accorded 501c3 IRS…

Maria talks with Founder/artist Joe Williams with Endowment For Veterans Art Campaign-EVAC, musician Rich Lester, & artist Rachalle Gardner-Roe. Joe Williams ENDOWMENT FOR VETERANS ART CAMPAIGN (EVAC) THE MISSION OF EVAC’S SOCIAL VENTURE IS TO CREATE A NEW ORGANIZATION AND …

Maria talks with Founder/artist Joe Williams with Endowment For Veterans Art Campaign-EVAC, musician Rich Lester, & artist Rachalle Gardner-Roe.

Joe Williams

ENDOWMENT FOR VETERANS ART CAMPAIGN (EVAC)

THE MISSION OF EVAC’S SOCIAL VENTURE IS TO CREATE A NEW ORGANIZATION AND CULTURE THAT SUPPORTS AND ENCOURAGES VETERANS TO USE ART AS A TOOL FOR SELF-EXPRESSION, A MEANS TO COMMUNICATE WITH THEIR FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES, AND SUCCESSFULLY REASSIMILATE BACK INTO SOCIETY AND THEIR NEW LIVES AS DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS.

Our purpose is to set up a network of physical and online resources that encourage and support our nation’s veterans to pursue their creative endeavors. By creating a new program and culture that is a positive self-constructive outlet, we can begin to break down the self-destructive habits veterans develop when returning to their families, communities and suffocating government based bureaucracy.

EVAC-art.com and Iron Will Studios gives veterans the support, platform, and space needed to create and showcase their creative work and talents regardless of abilities and disabilities. This allows veterans to find an empowering, constructive, & motivational outlet with a beneficial, rewarding product.

EVAC Philosophy- “Buy on Vet one” is the unique philosophy of this social venture. Any products and/or services purchased are in-turn given to a veteran and their family free of charge. This enables us to provide showcasing opportunities and provide basic art making materials for veterans and their families. All proceeds from EVAC are donated to Operation: Art 501 ©(3) veteran art programs.

Artist Submission Link- To submit artwork or questions please contact Ashley Anders EVAC Curator and Gallery Services Director- Ashley [email protected]

www.evacart.com

Rich Lester joins us by phone to talk about the new collaborative album, "RUMPUS" In These Horns Of Mine.Come hang out with Trystyl and myself JKR70 and listen to the New Collaberative album "RUMPUS In These Horns of Mine" each record is a unique collectible color and comes with a read along style comic book.

Friday Oct. 21, 6pm – 9pm

1800 W. 39th KCMO

Rachalle Gardner-Roe discusses her project Femin • Is, "equal part local history project, part contemporary examination, and part visual exhibition. With seed funding through an ArtsKC Inspiration Grant, Rachelle Gardner-Roe will interview artists active during the Women’s Liberation movement of the 1970’s in the Kansas City area as well as contemporary artists working with an evolving definition of feminism. This process will culminate in an exhibition of collaborative portraits, envisioned for Women’s History Month in March of 2017. Fusing emotional, political, and theoretical concerns with the the artist’s creative process, this project endeavors to capture personal histories and share contemporary perspectives while engaging an often charged aspect of our culture.

"I'll be conducting interviews and releasing them as podcasts on a new online publishing platform called KC Art Pie, and launching a crowd-sourced fundraiser during October."

www.gardner-roe.com

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Maria talks with Founder/artist Joe Williams with Endowment For Veterans Art Campaign-EVAC, musician Rich Lester, & artist Rachalle Gardner-Roe. Joe Williams ENDOWMENT FOR VETERANS ART CAMPAIGN (EVAC) THE MISSION OF EVAC’S SOCIAL VENTURE IS TO CREATE A NEW ORGANIZATION AND CULTURE THAT SUPPORTS AND ENCOURAGES VETERANS TO USE ART AS A TOOL FOR SELF-EXPRESSION, A MEANS TO COMMUNICATE WITH THEIR FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES, AND SUCCESSFULLY REASSIMILATE BACK INTO SOCIETY AND THEIR NEW LIVES AS DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS. Our purpose is to set up a network of physical and online resources that encourage and support our nation’s veterans to pursue their creative endeavors. By creating a new program and culture that is a positive self-constructive outlet, we can begin to break down the self-destructive habits veterans develop when returning to their families, communities and suffocating government based bureaucracy. EVAC-art.com and Iron Will Studios gives veterans the support, platform, and space needed to create and showcase their creative work and talents regardless of abilities and disabilities. This allows veterans to find an empowering, constructive, & motivational outlet with a beneficial, rewarding product. EVAC Philosophy- “Buy on Vet one” is the unique philosophy of this social venture. Any products and/or services purchased are…

Maria talks with Héctor Casanova and Kansas City Arti Institute Illustration students, Board President Susan Jones with Chain of Hope, artists Christel Highland and Lori Raye Erickson, and musicians Joe Frogge, Chuck Wilson, and David Firman. HECTOR CASANOVA and Kansas …

Maria talks with Héctor Casanova and Kansas City Arti Institute Illustration students, Board President Susan Jones with Chain of Hope, artists Christel Highland and Lori Raye Erickson, and musicians Joe Frogge, Chuck Wilson, and David Firman. HECTOR CASANOVA and Kansas City Art Institute Illustration students discuss the Scarritt Elementary School Murals. Illustration students include; Emily Alvarez, Jess Bonniwell, Kylie Carey, Penny Clarkson, Noelle Fallon, Rory Frazier, Brandon Hale, Claire Harlow, Kaitlyn Jordan, Zachary Martin, Max Peake, Sean Quinn, Brinnon Schaub, and Lee Warren Scarritt Elementary School has been closed and shuttered for several years; neighbors often complain about the graffiti, vandalism and loitering that take place on the property grounds. The goal of the Mural Project is to use art to convert the Scarritt Elementary School (SES) building back into a positive visual landmark for the community; to reclaim it from blight and transform it into a unique example of urban art. This Fall, students from the Illustration department at the Kansas City Art Institute (KCAI) are working collaboratively to design and paint a new batch of murals for the panels covering Scarritt Elementary School's doors and windows. The Mural Project is led by instructor Héctor Casanova as part of…

Many thanks to the incredibly talented, Dick Daniels for the terrific design on the Official 2016 KKFI tshirt. Call in a pledge of $90 or more and it can be yours!!! Kevin King Whim Productions Just in time for National …

John Todd host of Under The Radar, fills in for Maria this week. Guests include, writers Maryfrances Wagner, Greg Field, artist Davin Watne, writer Mark Scheel, and artist/gallery owner Isreal Garcia. Maryfrances Wagner and Greg Field discuss the new issue …