ARTSPEAK RADIO- Mendez, Fierro, Moreno, & Open Spaces

Wednesday October 3, 2018 Noon - 1PM CST Host/producer Maria Vasquez Boyd talks with John Fierro Mattie Rhodes Center President/CEO, Jenny Mendez Director Mattie Rhodes Art Center & Gallery, Office of Culture & Creative Services Consuelo Cruz, artist/musician Amado Espinoza, April Pugh owner of Ingrain Studio, artist Martin Cail, and interdisciplinary artist/writer Carmen Moreno. John Fierro, President &CEO, Mattie Rhodes Center and Jenny Mendez, Director of Cultural Affairs, Mattie Rhodes Art Gallery discuss the progress of the Mattie Rhodes Capital Campaign and upcoming events. For the last twenty years, Mattie Rhodes has been the heart of Dia de los Muertos celebrations in Kansas City. Festivities are held in the historic Westside neighborhood, home to many of Kansas City’s Latinx residents. It began in the classrooms of the Mattie Rhodes Art Center where children worked on Dia de los Muertos themed projects after school. Since then Mattie Rhodes Center has dedicated itself to this idea and hosts a variety of events during Dia de los Muertos, including an altar exhibition made for and by members of the community, cultural workshops and tours, and related celebrations in the streets of the Westside. Altogether, we hope to create an experience that honors the…