ARTSPEAK RADIO with Jenny Mendez, Adam Smith, Matt Fox, The Volland Store, & Paper Giants: Ky Anderson, Meg Like, and Vicki Sher

Director Jenny Mendez talks about the Mattie Rhodes Art Center Gallery in partnership with HEART-Hispanic Education Awareness Resource team of Hallmark Cards, Inc., & Scribblers Co. of Kansas City announce the first exhibition of Chicano Voice -Art Exhibiton & Festival, Friday, May 6 and Saturday, May 7. This event is two exciting days of art, live music, food, drinks, poetry & performances along with a month of workshops, discussions, and screenings. Mattie Rhodes Art Gallery 919 W. 17th St. KCMO 816.221.2349 www.mattierhodes.org www.chicanoart.wix.com/festival Author Adam Smith & Illustrator Matt Fox joins Maria to talk about their graphic novel, "Long Walk to Vahalla," which recently received a 2016 Eisner Award nomination for best graphic album. Billed as a "Southern fable," Long Walk to Vahalla fuses Norse mythology with rural Arkansas redneck-ery for a surprisinly tender tale of repressed familial tragedy."- Jason Wilks, Broken Frontier,July 21, 2015. In our 2nd half of the program,The Volland Store Director Patty Reece & artists Ky Anderson, Meg Lipke, and Vicki Sher discuss the gallery and an exhibiton of large scale works on paper. Paper Giants: Ky Anderson, Meg Lipke, and Vickin Sher, is an ongoing project between the three New York artists and is currently…