ARTSPEAK RADIO with Michael Vance Toombs & Ebony M. Johnson

Wednesday, April 15, 2020, noon - 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Co-producer/host Mark Manning talks with artist/community activist Michael Vance Toombs, Ebony M. Johnson, and a surprise guest! MICHAEL VANCE TOOMBS is an accomplished painter, art activist, and founder and CEO of Storytellers Inc.- Artist Collective.  Mr. Toombs is a community leader and champion for young people and working artists in the Greater Kansas City area. His work has involved thousands of young people, and over 30 years of service in connecting art and community. Michael began as a young student with Matthew Monks at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. He furthered his study through classes at the Kansas City Art Institute and completed a business entrepreneurial course of study through Donnelly College, Kansas City, Kansas.  For nearly a decade Michael worked in the corporate world for GEHA Insurance helping to create the company's customer service department, handling 3500 calls a day with 75 customer service representatives. Michael left corporate life to develop his own business in the belief that, ”Art is a change-agent for society’s difficulties.”  Michael’s art form is “interactive community based art.”  You can see the murals Michael has coordinated…