ARTSPEAK RADIO with Northtowne Arts Coalition, Sheri Hall, and Ian Staten

Host & producer for ARTSPEAK RADIO, Maria Vasquez Boyd talks with Northtowne Arts Coalition members Heather Collinsworth, Kelli Votypka, & Valerie Phillips, also poet writer Sheri Hall, and Ian Staten.
Host & producer for ARTSPEAK RADIO, Maria Vasquez Boyd talks with Northtowne Arts Coalition members Heather Collinsworth, Kelli Votypka, & Valerie Phillips, also poet writer Sheri Hall, Ian Staten, and Jenni Jones with Youth Ambassadors KC.

Heather Collinsworth, Kelli Votypka, & Valerie Phillips with Northtowne Arts Coalition. Northtowne Arts Coalition is a non-profit corporation made up of richly diverse creative and passionate individuals dedicated to uplifting ourselves and society through the arts. We provide a structure for harnessing the power of artistic expression and appreciation for the greater good. The members of our organization encourage generous and continuous sharing of ideas and resources where fellowship, fun, and inspiration prosper.

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Sheri Hall-Black Girl Shattered, book release and performance, 8pm Friday Feb. 24 at the Writers Place 3607 Pennsylvannia, KCMO. Black Girl Shattered is a book that provides a fresh perspective regarding the life experience of a black woman in America. Filled with all things tender, raw, and gripping, the subject matter of this book is a refreshing treat for all readers.

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Ian Stanten discusses the Redux Society and the goal to bring back art, fashion, and big ball culture from the 1900-1940’s.
The Redux Society will host its first Masquerade Ball at the Tiffany Ballroom located inside the Kansas City Masonic Temple, 903 Harrison St. Friday February 24, at 8pm. The purpose of the event is to help preserve the Tiffany Ballroom, a registered historic landmark. “The Tiffany is one of the oldest ballrooms in Kansas City that can still be used for what it was originally intended for,” Founder of the Redux Soiciety Ian Staten said. “It’s important that we keep ballroom dance alive at this historic venue and preserve the past.”

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Jenni Jones-Kansas City Youth Ambassadors
A great percentage of today’s teenagers lack the academic and family support necessary for positive personal growth. For many reasons, in the United States over 3 million teenagers drop out of high school each year. Yet, without a high school diploma only 10 % of these teenagers will be eligible or have the skills necessary for today’s job market. Through the use of educational and creative programming, Youth Ambassadors provides a comprehensive youth development program that addresses these social and academic challenges. As a part of our program, students receive instruction in life skills, including financial responsibility, business etiquette, anger management, crisis resolution, goal setting, time management, smart choices, healthy relationships, and recognition of impediments to success. Students also explore personal thoughts and feelings through therapeutic art and journal writing. In addition, Ambassadors showcase life as a teenager and their surrounding neighborhoods through self-produced documentaries and digital photography. Meaningful connections and relationships developed between our youth and positive adult role models contribute to the academic and personal success of our Ambassadors.
Youth Ambassadors, established in 2010, is an educational, not-for-profit employment program designed to empower underserved youth with the knowledge that they as teenagers have a vital voice. They have the power to be active participants in their communities, not just passive observers. To this end, we have developed programs that provide our youth with important life skills, soft job skills, creative expression, and academic success, helping them become future community leaders willing and able to work for positive change.
2nd Annual Youth Speak Featuring Ambassadors together with other community youth reading powerful journal writings on stage at Unity Temple on the Plaza, 707 W. 47th St. KCMO, February 28. For more information visit www.youthambassadorskc.org

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