ARTSPEAK RADIO with Kester Horn-Marsh, Christine Boutros, & Terry Dixon

Wednesday September 5, 2018, noon - 1pm CST Host/producer Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes Kansas School for the Deaf, Bi-lingual Specialist, Kester Horn-Marsh, Christine Boutros, Manager, Community & Access Programs at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of ART, and artist Terry Dixon. Kester Horn-Marsh, MA Bilingual Specialist, Kansas School for the Deaf 450 E. Park St. Olathe, KS 66061 913-210-8124 (voice) 913-324-5857 (VP) ksdeaf.org The Kansas State School for the Deaf is the oldest state educational institution in the State of Kansas. The School was founded by Philip A. Emery, a deaf man who had been a student and teacher at the Indiana School for the Deaf until 1860. Emery had come to the valley of the Wakarusa River to start a new life. He became acquainted with a neighbor, Jonathan R. Kennedy, who had three deaf children. Kennedy was pleased to discover a deaf educator nearby, as there was no institution for the education of the deaf in Kansas. Kennedy tried and became successful in persuading Emery to begin a private school for the deaf. So with $250 borrowed from a relative of Kennedy's, he set out with Emery to find a good location for the school. Emery located a small house…