ARTSPEAK RADIO presents, John Ferry, Jonah Criswell, Brett Chenowith, Hector Casanova, & Suzanne Günther

Kansas City Art Institute alumni/instructors; John Ferry, Jonah Criswell, Brett Chenowith, & Hé́ctor Casanova compare and contrast their experiences as a student on campus and returning as instructors. In the second half of the program, photograper, Suzanne Günther talks about her project that involved an open call for a photo shoot with the KC creative community . John Ferry received his B.F.A. degree from KCAI and his M.F.A. from School of Visual Arts, New York. He teaches illustration, drawing, and painting at KCAI, and has taught at the Maryland Institute, College of Art where he won a Trustees award for Excellence in Teaching. His work has appeared in mumerous corporate collections including Sprint, Stowers Institute, and H& R Block. The Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, The Wichita Center for the Arts and the Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art all have his paintings in their permanent collection. He’s been published in New American Paintings, Society o fIllustrators and International Painting Annual most recently. John lives and paints in Prairie Village, Kansas with his wife Amy and two daughters, Katherine and Paige. “Ferry’s works reveal the aesthetic beauty of the overlooked and forgotten urban environment and brilliantly portrays the cycle of change in…