ARTSPEAK RADIO has a great fall line up of guests that include, Igudesman & Joo, Kate Quigley with Chain Of Hope, spoken word performer Priest Huges, artist Jane Booth, and singer/songwriter Patrick Quinn. IGUDESMAN & JOO -Over 35 million YouTube …

Artist, illustrator, & Kansas City Art Institute instructor, Héctor Casanova along with Illustration students, Allason Long, Andrew Dowling, Luna Green, and Mika Pitts discuss the Scarritt Mural Project. Also on the program, Dr.Luis M. Córdoba, Executive Director of Student Intervention …

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On ARTSPEAK RADIO this week, Maria welcomes, spoken word performer, Theodore "Priest" Hughes, poet/writer Jason Preu, Performer Robin Rosenberger, and Director/artist Jenny Mendez. Theodore “Priest” Hughes and Desmond “3-3-7” Jones, (the Recipe KC) believe by exemplifying excellence and team work as spoken word artist/activist we can influence change and encourage people by example to work together towards common goals. Our Nu Muse-ik POetry supports Expression without Weapons, youth and adult creative writing programs in schools, homeless and Juvenal institutions nurturing a generation of understanding through honest conversation. www.reverbnation.com/therecipe Jason Preu writes odd poems and weird short fiction from the suburbs of Kansas City. He is a graduate of the University of Kansas and gets paid to work with information technology. Jason is a 2015-2016 Writer-in-Residence with Kansas City’s Charlotte Street Foundation. He publishes irregularly at jasonpreu.wordpress.com as well as other outlets around the world. He also irregularly hosts Kansas City's ". . . Literary Salon", a pop-up literary event, which features writers reading their words to listeners and then talking about those words in a frightfully convivial manner. Jason's bio wants to remind you that you are an incredible thing that is happening right here and now so take care…

Jim Ramirez was born and raised in KCMO. He began a 34 year career at Hallmark Cards as a designer, working in a variety of disciplines. He designed packaging, developed new product, and was awarded 4 United States Patents, and designed humor greeting cards. He also has a U.S. patent on a Christmas cap called, “Santa’s Ho! Ho! Hat!” that has sold all over the world, and appeared on The Today Show, and Late Night with David Letterman. In 2010, he published a book titled: “Where I’m Supposed To Belong,” about a 3-week trip he took to Europe. Jim creates fine art, and currently has an assemblage art show titled: foundArtNEWYORK at 2010 Gallery in the crossroads at 2010 Main, KCMO. Every object in each piece of foundArtNEWYORK was found in one of the five boroughs of New York. flea markets, street fairs, antique shops, thrift stores. Wood that makes up the frames were found in the Calvary Cemetery in Queens or under the Brooklyn Bridge. Tying each piece together is an authentic New York City subway map, and a description on the back tells where every object was found. In keeping with this theme Jim created another assemblage art…

Caryn Miriam-Goldberg discusses the 12th Power of Words Conference: Transformation, Liberation, & Celebration Through the Spoken, Written, and Sung Word, September 18-20, 2015 at Unity Village in Kansas City, MO. Workshops, performances, talking circles, celebration and more, featuring writers, storytellers, …