Speaking of the Arts

Each month the Missouri Arts Council features four artists on its website from a variety of arts genres, and on this week's show Diana Moxon checks in with the March artists: Columbia oil painter, Ken Nichols, whose artwork 'Sometimes It's a Door' won the 2021 City of Columbia poster contest; Ozarks story-sharer Kaitlyn McConnell who has written over 450 stories for her website, Ozarks Alive, documenting not only the past but also present day culture and people of her region; St Louis-based photographer, Ken Konchel, who aims to provocatively capture architecture in an abstract way; and textiles and performance artist, Karen E Griffen, aka E Lewis, in Kansas City, whose work tells the story of her ancestors. You can see the works of this week's guests on their websites: https://kennicholsartwork.com/; https://www.ozarksalive.com/; https://www.kenkonchelphoto.com/; https://artbyelewis.studio/. Thanks, as always, to guitarist Yasmin Williams (http://www.yasminwilliamsmusic.com/) for the show's opening and closing music entitled, 'Restless Heart'.

What is Speaking of the Arts?

Speaking of the Arts is mid-Missouri's only weekly arts show. The show is hosted by Diana Moxon, who chats with actors, directors, authors, musicians, festival directors, event organizers, arts curators, and artists about the events they are involved in and also about their own works and their influences. Whilst the show focuses mainly on the mid-Missouri arts scene, Diana's guests have included international composers, conductors, authors as well as artists, musicians, and performers from around Missouri.