Artspeak Radio Live with Bill Haw, Taylor Irwin & Martha Gershun

Host/producer of ARTSPEAK RADIO, Maria Vasquez Boyd talks with gallery owner Bill Haw Jr., writer Taylor Irwin, and community activist Martha Gershun.

Bill Haw Jr.-Haw Contemporary displays works by local and international artists, Haw Contemporary attempts to bring a wide perspective on art to its Stockyard district location and does it with flair and panache despite its young age (it was founded in September 2013). Bill Haw, the owner, assures that in picking out the gallery’s artists and works, ‘it’s all about finding what’s great, and what fits’ – he does not limit the art space to one given genre or style. Indeed, the gallery’s comprehensive outlook on culture and art is attested by its diverse activities. The Crossroads building recently vacated by the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art is being purchased by Kansas City civic leader Bill Lyons who plans to lease part of it to an expanded Haw Contemporary. Bill Haw Jr. plans to leases about 2,500 square feet on the east side of the building at 19th & Baltimore to allow him to grow beyond his current operation in the West Bottoms.
Haw Contemporary, 1600 Liberty St,, Kansas City, MO, USA,
816 842 4415
www.hawcontemporary.com

Martha Gershun- 3rd Annual CloudBursT, a Jewish Poetry Reading at Congregation Beth Torah in Overland Park, KS will take place Sunday, May 6 from 2-4 p.m., The event is held in a traditional coffeehouse format, including refreshments.
Last year’s poetry themes included Jewish prayers, Torah stories, family memories, Jewish holidays, Israel, the Holocaust, Yiddish, and more.

Martha also talks about musician Rick Malsick who passed away August 21, 2017. His last CD, Parallel Lines was recorded, mixed, and mastered by Evan Smalley at The Studio, Kansas City, MO, Executive Producer – Joshua Malsick with cover art by Lynn Bowes.

Taylor Irwin-The Creative Hour is a free monthly storytelling event designed for writers of all levels. Every month, ten storytellers are given ten minutes to perform original stories from their own lives. Each event is theme-based and open to interpretation by the writers themselves. Our goal? To bring people together, one story at a time. Come join us on the fourth Thursday of each month for a night of drinks, laughs, and great storytelling!

​The Creative Hour is held at the Uptown Arts Bar from 7-9pm. It is free to attend and free to participate. Donations are never expected but always encouraged.

Our February theme was just announced and the theme is “Love at First Sight.” February’s event will be Thursday, Feb 22 from 7-9pm.

Taylor Irwin is a freelance writer and educator with experience in technical writing, grant writing, report generating, proposal writing, creative projects, comprehensive programming, educational programming + content creation, creating + facilitating large-scale professional initiatives, and much more.
Taylor earned her Master of Arts in English from Belmont University in 2017, where she specialized in the intersection of writing + trauma and the using writing as a tool for healing. While attending school, she worked as a Program Specialist for the TN Coalition to End Domestic & Sexual Violence where her area of focus was sexual violence prevention education, programming, detection, and response. She has facilitated and created numerous training programs, workshops, and spoken publicly on the benefits of using writing as a tool for healing. Her creative work has been featured in multiple showcases in both Kansas City, MO and Nashville, TN. Her scholarly work focuses largely on feminism, embodiment, self-disclosure, and writing + healing and has been featured in multiple conferences across the South-East.
www.taylormirwin.com

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