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Artspeak Radio
ARTSPEAK RADIO is a live radio program on KKFI that airs every Wednesday from 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm. Host Maria Vasquez Boyd serves up information about the visual and literary arts community including live interviews with artists, writers, and performers.
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 and continuing journey as an artist. Martinez began his sofa paintings series in 1999, in reaction to seeing a starving artist “sofa sized paintings” sale advertised on television. He reinvented his inocuous painting genre through whimsical, thoughtful works imbued with cultural signifiers and motifs. His inspirations include Native American imagery (which he studied extensively at Pan American University in Texas), Mexican murals, symbolism and surrealism. Frequent showings at Mattie Rhodes Center, The Late Show, other local venues, and his first public billboard project, “¡Bienvenidos al Westside!” (2007), have broadened public recognition of his work.
www.adolfogustavomartinez.com
IRIS APPELQUIST is a 32 year old native and resident of Kansas City, Missouri. As a self-educating single mother, her endeavor to carve out a niche for herself has been rewarded with publication of two full-length volumes of poetry, Blunt Trauma (Co-authored by Jason Ryberg, 2009, Spartan Press, KCMO) and BRIAR (2012, Spartan Press, KCMO) — not to mention appearing to read and discuss poetry on her local NPR affiliate, in the local Kansas City Star, and several independent online and print magazines and journals. Her newest publication, WHERE WE WERE WE WERE THERE, is a small collection that details the mystifying process of personal growth through the confessional style and surrealist conjecture.
JEANETTE POWERS-POP POETRY: #12poets in12months is a publishing venture founded by Jason Ryberg and Jeanette Powers, that prints a new book of verse by a KC poet each month. Jeanette is savvy at writing and performing poetry, building-up the KC poetry community, making the Uptown Arts Bar a happening place, and creating her visual arts. In 2015 she had quite a year for she competed in the Women of the World Poetry Slam, was crowned Best Poet by The Pitch.
www.llamacuff.com
www.jeanettepowers.com
TERANCE L. WILLIAMS-Terance L. Williams is a Producer at The Gospel of Poets on Kprt 1590am, Producer at Local Vokalz on KUAW 98.5FM and Producer at Welcome to the neighborhood on KUAW 98.5FM.
Terance talks about the poetry radioshow on KPRT Gospel 1590 AM
live on stage Friday April 8, 6:30pm – 8:30pm at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art 4525 Oak KCMO
The Gospel of Poets on Kprt 1590am, hosted by Sheri Hall
Introduction & recognition by Karis Harrington
This live poetry event is free to the public, powered by the music & more foundation & friends.
[email protected]
www.boldpoetsofkansascity.com
This just added-Maria will give away 2016 AWP – Association of Writers & Writing Programs swag bags to lucky callers during the program!
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