ARTSPEAK RADIO talks with Lisa Cordes, Anson the Ornery, & Camry Ivory of Artist INC + Erinnisse Rebisz & Katie Dallam of “Shoulder The Lion”

ARTSPEAK RADIO Wednesdays at Noon on 90.1 FM Streaming LIVE at kkfi.org Wednesday 8, 2015, 12:00 Noon Lisa Cordes, Anson the Ornery, Camry Ivory of Artist INC + Filmmaker Erinnisse Rebisz & painter/sculpter Katie Dallam Mark Manning fills in as host & producer of ARTSPEAK RADIO while Maria Vasquez Boyd is away. At 12:00 Mark talks with Lisa Cordes, Professional Development Program Director for Artist INC. Lisa has been a member of the Kansas City arts community for more than 25 years, working as an artist, administrator, and educator. For the past decade she has served in administrative leadership positions at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, Mid-America Arts Alliance, Kansas City Friends of Alvin Ailey, and Heart of America Shakespeare Festival. Artist INC is a collaborative partnership of ArtsKC-Regional Arts Council, Charlotte Street Foundation, the UMKC Innovation Center, and Mid-America Arts Alliance. Originally launched in 2007 as KCArtistLink, Artist INC connects Kansas City artists of all disciplines to the tools, resources, and opportunities necessary to develop their entrepreneurial skills and strengthen their artistic practice. More info at: http://www.artistinckc.com/ Also joining Lisa in the conversation: Anson the Ornery and Camry Ivory, two of the artists selected for the 2015 Artist INC Live Seminar, an 8-week session that began March 2. Anson the Ornery is a multimedia artist combining his backgrounds in music, visual arts, writing and acting to create interactive installations and performances that make the viewer a part of the art rather than apart from the art. After earning his BFA in Expanded Media from the University of Kansas in 2010 with minors in Music and English, he moved to Kansas City to become involved in the growing art scene. The world is experienced through a gathering of sensations and he wants his art to be the same. Ultimately, he wants his art to be fun. Even when addressing heavy subjects there is still humor in his artwork. More info at: http://www.ansontheornery.com/ Camry Ivory is an emerging singer-songwriter from Kansas City. She creates poignant, vocal-driven piano ballads that transcend genres and cultures. Camry was the winner of the 2012 Youngbloods Songwriter Contest and performs several band in the Kansas City area including Chris Meck & the Guilty Birds, Talking Heads tribute band Found a Job, Anna Cole & The Other Lovers, and the KC Latin Jazz All-Stars. More info at: http://www.camryivory.com/ At 12:30 Mark talks with Erinnisse Rebisz, co-director of the documentary film, “Shoulder the Lion,” and Katie Dallam the inspiration for the film “Million Dollar Baby,” and one of the artists featured in this new film that is making it’s KC premiere Friday, April 10, at 8:15, and April 11, as part of Ink’s Middle of the Map Fest, April 8 – 12, at Alamo Draft House. “Shoulder the Lion,” was co-directed with Patryk Rebisz, and examines the uncertainty of the future seen through the experiences of three artists. Alice Wingwall is a photographer, who is blind, and who questions the power of images in today’s visually saturated culture. Graham Sharpe, an Irish musician, plagued by hearing loss, who must give up his dream of playing music and reinvent a new future. And, Katie Dallam, a painter and sculpter, who searches for her place in life after a traumatic brain injury scrambles her senses. The film attempts to ask what it takes for someone to keep on going in times of uncertainty, and uses unique film form to produce the answers. For more info: /www.shoulderthelion.com and www.middleofthemapfest.com


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