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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.
Maria talks with Suza Ford Hernandez and Jenny Meyer –McCall about their exhibition, Exploring Boundaries: A Layered Conversation
Contemporary paintings by Jenny Meyer-McCall, and Suze Ford Hernandez that opens Friday June 3 from 6pm to 9pm at the Leedy-Volkos Art Center 2012 Baltimore Ave. KCMO.
Two artists exploring new ways to express themselves through their art empowered by their inner dialogues and self discovery. Growing their messages in layers and depth. They have pushed past the boundaries of their previous identities; freeing them, their voices, and their art.
Leedy-Volkos Art Center 2012 Baltimore Ave. KCMO
www.leedyvolkosartcenter.com
www.jennymeyermccall.com
www.suzeford.com
Heather Collinsworth talks with Maria about the Paper Birch Landing Gallery perched in the heart of the Valentine district at 3740 Broadway, KCMO. We are an artist-owned and operated boutique gallery. We feature fine art from talented local & emerging artists. Visit our open studios, take a class, or rent our event space. We host four juried shows a year, highlight regional artists’ work, and provide creative space for local writers and authors. We are stronger together. #ArtLocal.
Our Gallery hours: 11 to 4 Wednesday through Saturday, or by special appointment. Please check our calendar for shows, classes, and events.
www.paperbirchlanding.com
Writer Gustavo Ayabar joins us in the second half of the program. Gustavo Adolfo Aybar is a graduate of the University of Missouri-Kansas City where he received his MA in Romance Languages & Literature. He is a Cave Canem and Artist Inc. fellow. He has served on the board of the Latino Writers Collective and his work can be found in their anthology, Primera Pagina: Poetry from the Latino Heartland. Other publications include: Harvest of New Millennium, Black Magnolias Literary Journal, NINE: A Journal of Baseball History & Culture, and Oranges & Sardines.
Currently, Aybar’s second collection, We Seek Asylum, has been awarded the Poetry Grand Prize for the Willow Books Literature Award by Aquarius Press. Aybar is working on his third poetry manuscript and on translating the works of Mexican author/playwright Glafira Rocha from Spanish to English. Some translations of Rocha’s stories can be found in the online journals EZRA, Asymptote and the Brooklyn Rail’s InTranslation journal where Rocha’s short story “Interspersed Signs” was selected as a Pushcart nominee for Fiction in 2014. “Between Line Breaks” is the latest in the Pop Poetry series.
