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john kirsch

mexico city

I’m a former newspaper reporter living in Mexico City. My photographs have been published in The Adirondack Review, The Ofi Press Magazine, and Buffalo Almanack.

It’s difficult for me to say exactly why I photograph billboards. It’s probably related to the fact that I started out as a painting major in college and have never stopped seeing the world as a collection of colors, shapes and textures. So when I see a particularly striking arrangement of those things, as I often do in billboards, I record it with my camera. My view is that the people who put advertising images up on billboards, and take them down, are great unacknowledged artists. They probably don’t even think of themselves that way, which makes their unintentional creations all the more fascinating.

—John Kirsch

baily hazzard

idaho

@bailyhazzard

Baily Hazzard has been sketching since she was a young girl. It was never a professional pursuit, always a hobby. She likes to draw trees and other aspects of the natural world because it is a calming and relaxing experience. She graduated from the College of Western Idaho with an Associate of Arts degree in English, and is currently pursuing a degree in English Literature at Boise State University. Though she enjoys sketching and other art forms, her professional focus is currently in higher education. When imagining her future, Baily thinks she will stay in the field of higher education while continuing to pursue her art and writing as hobbies. When not studying or working, Baily enjoys reading all sorts of books and short stories, with a particular fascination for magical realism and dystopian novels. She credits her love of writing as a by-product of her love of reading. Baily has been awarded first place in CWI’s President’s Writing Awards in the critical analysis category for the essay titled “Volpone’s Fables and Allegories.”

amanda richards

boise, idaho

Amanda Richards was born and raised in Boise, Idaho, with eight other brothers and sisters. Being from a large family has had a great impact on her desire to travel the world and find out who she is as an individual. It was while traveling that she discovered her love for photography. As a photographer, her goals are not only to show the beauty of this wide world, but also to reveal the beauty found in the ugly, something often looked over by other lenses. When not traipsing the globe, Amanda attends College of Western Idaho, where she plans to graduate with a degree in Liberal Arts. She spends a great amount of time with her family and is considered by her nieces and nephews to be the favorite aunt.

karen boissonneault-gauthier

stitsville, ontario

kcbgphoto.com

Karen Boissonneault-Gauthier is an internationally published writer and visual artist. She has been a Wild Musette, Vine Leaves Literary Journal, Gigantic Sequins and Gateway Review cover artist and featured in Dek Unu Magazine, New York’s Calliope Magazine and WebSafe2k16, Toronto’s The Scarborough Big Arts Book and New Prose Mill, New South Wales’ Long Exposure Magazine, Los Angeles’ The Lunch Ticket and A Caged Mind. She also designs for San Francisco’s VIDA, supporting ‘Literacy for Life’. Visit her website www.kcbgphoto.com and follow @KBG_Tweets.

eva steicher

idaho

As a budding illustrator, wannabe fine artist, and comic book enthusiast, I see only endless possibilities for engaging forms of communication. Where some see immaturity and lack of sophistication, I traverse the growing universe of comic books with an extreme sense of wonder. My goal is to simply tell a good story, draw a good drawing, and perhaps liberate a smile or two.

robbie masso

robbiemassoart.com

I am a published poet, photographer, and abstract artist. My work has been seen in Philadelphia galleries and on RobbieMassoArt.com.

kendra mattson

boise, Idaho

@kendraroophotography

I have been an artist since my first drawing class in high school five years ago. My interests have been drawing, design, ceramics and more recently, photography. All of which I took classes of during high school, and reached the highest level course I could in them. Throughout high school, I was a member of Art Club for three years and the President of the club for one year. For three years, I was also a member of Student Council. In college, I am taking various studio art classes, such as drawing and introduction to 3D design. I am attending College of Western Idaho for a Studio Arts degree and will then transfer to Boise State to obtain a Bachelors of Art Education. Sharing the love of art is what I aspire to do with my life, and I hope I can accomplish this dream to the best of my abilities. Visit Instagram @kendraroophotography.

bill wolak

new jersey

Bill Wolak has just published his fifteenth book of poetry entitled The Nakedness Defense with Ekstasis Editions. His collages have appeared recently in Naked in New Hope 2016 and The 2017 Seattle Erotic Art Festival.  Mr. Wolak teaches Creative Writing at William Paterson University in New Jersey.

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