ARTSPEAK RADIO with BOIBOY, A La Mode, Jordan Stempleman, & Ben Payton

Maria talks with performance artist BOIBOY, musicians Jesica Poell and Clayton DeLong of A La Mode, poet/educator Jordan Stempleman, and KKFI Social Media Tech, Ben Payton. BOIBOY is a Kansas City Native. Who got their start in the KC art community will working with MYARTS (Metropolitan Youth Art and Technology for Students). They recently graduated from the KCAI Fiber Program and are currently a Charlotte Street Foundation studio resident. Their work tends to address issues related to dissociation, idealization, and identity, in a playful oversaturated and over stylized manner. Often their installations reference their catholic upbringing as well as nostalgia for an alternative reality. They are heavily influenced by film, set design, and narrative structure which is seen in the orchestration of a space, and the consideration as to how the audience will interact with the installation. Since graduating they have worked on installations for J Ashley Miller's Echosis Opera, ElectoSexualual Halloween, and TheKemper Gala After Party to name a few. You can find them every Saturday at Peggy Noland's Shop on West 18th street. On Instagram @BoiBoy2000, or their website Boiboy.com. A La Mode is an authentic jazz band built upon Kansas City’s rich heritage of swing and blues.”Though…