ArtsKC Development Manager Godfrey Riddle returns to discuss upcoming events, artist opportunities, & advocacy for the arts. ArtsKC 106 Southwest Blvd., KCMO 64108 816.221.1777 www.artskc.org Board member of The Writers Place Phyllis Westover talks about 2016 Celebration of The Muse- honoring the muses of the year Tina Hacker & Maryfrances Wagner who also join us in the studio. 2016 Celebration of the Muse Thursday May 12 6pm-8pm hosted by Ann Slegman and Tom Isenberg www.writersplace.org In the 2nd half of the program, Ari Fish Academic Advising and Career Services Coordinator with the Kansas City Art Institute, joins us with members of the 2016 grauduating class to discuss life after art school. www.kcai.edu

Director Jenny Mendez talks about the Mattie Rhodes Art Center Gallery in partnership with HEART-Hispanic Education Awareness Resource team of Hallmark Cards, Inc., & Scribblers Co. of Kansas City announce the first exhibition of Chicano Voice -Art Exhibiton & Festival, Friday, May 6 and Saturday, May 7. This event is two exciting days of art, live music, food, drinks, poetry & performances along with a month of workshops, discussions, and screenings. Mattie Rhodes Art Gallery 919 W. 17th St. KCMO 816.221.2349 www.mattierhodes.org www.chicanoart.wix.com/festival Author Adam Smith & Illustrator Matt Fox joins Maria to talk about their graphic novel, "Long Walk to Vahalla," which recently received a 2016 Eisner Award nomination for best graphic album. Billed as a "Southern fable," Long Walk to Vahalla fuses Norse mythology with rural Arkansas redneck-ery for a surprisinly tender tale of repressed familial tragedy."- Jason Wilks, Broken Frontier,July 21, 2015. In our 2nd half of the program,The Volland Store Director Patty Reece & artists Ky Anderson, Meg Lipke, and Vicki Sher discuss the gallery and an exhibiton of large scale works on paper. Paper Giants: Ky Anderson, Meg Lipke, and Vickin Sher, is an ongoing project between the three New York artists and is currently…

This week on ARTSPEAK RADIO-Maria talks with Martha Gershun, Thomas Cobian, & Rick Malsick about Music + Poetry + Art, Friday April 29, 7-10pm at the Downtown Neon Gallery 1921 E. Truman Rd. KCMO www.downtowngallery.com Poet/writer Iris Appelquist joins us …

Kansas City Art Institute Event chairs, Kristen Goodman and Marty Peterson discuss ArtPop. ArtPop is a fun, progressive campus party that takes guests via trolley into the studios to see student work and meet the artists, designers and faculty. Select …

Jason Ryberg is the author of nine books of poetry, six screenplays, a few short stories, a box full of folders, notebooks and scraps of paper that could one day be (loosely) construed as a novel, and, a couple of …

ADOLFO MARTINEZ-Infusing the familiar with inferences to culture, history and place, Adolfo Martinez creates stunning works. Martinez was born and raised in Kansas City, yet his Mexican heritage and multicultural perspective arise in narrative paintings that reveal his depth, drive …