Dennis Formento

Dennis Formento (New Orleans poet, 1954– ). Currently living in the “Florida Parish” of St. Tammany, Bayou Bonfouca watershed, with artist & yogini wife Patricia Hart. He’s been published recently in Lummox Anthology and his latest book, Cineplex, was published by Paper Press. He teaches English at Delgado Community College.

Margaretta Gilboy

Life is But A

Margaretta Gilboy’s paintings and drawings are in many private and public collections including The Denver Art Museum, The University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado Collection, The Philadelphia Museum of Art, Woodmere Museum, and the State Museum of Pennsylvania.

She is represented by Goodwin Fine Art, Denver, and currently teaches at the Art Students League Denver.

Life is But A, 30×40 inches. Watercolor and charcoal on resin board.

Joseph Somoza

Joseph Somoza retired from college teaching (New Mexico State) some years ago to have more time for writing and living. He lives in Las Cruces with wife Jill, a painter.

Phoebe Farris

Absegami
(The Lenape name for Absecon Island)

These photos are from my Absegami series and were taken on the Atlantic City shoreline after Hurricane Sandy in 2012. They document some of the damage to boardwalks, piers and pilings. Water, which we need for life, has become a threatening force due to environmental damage caused by humans not properly taking care of Mother Earth.

Absegami is the Lenape name for Absecon Island, the location of present-day Atlantic City. Efforts should be made by contemporary residents, native and non-native, to care for Absegami water and land in a more respectful, sustainable manner.

Phoebe Farris has six intertwined careers, stretching the concept of interdisciplinary and transnational research. She is the arts editor of Cultural Survival Quarterly, a licensed CCR/DUNS art curator/dealer, a registered art therapist, documentary photographer, professor and author.

As an award-winning independent curator, photographer, author, professor and art therapist, Farris explores issues involving race, gender, indigenous sovereignty, Native American studies, the environment, peace and social justice from multiple perspectives. Her books, Voices of Color: Art and Society in the Americas, Women Artists of Color: A Bio-Critical Sourcebook to 20th Century Artists in the Americas and Art Therapy and Psychotherapy: Blending Two Therapeutic Approaches, create dialogues about the intersections of social activism and the arts.

A member of the Powhatan-Renape Nation with expertise on contemporary Native American art and culture, Farris has consulted for the Smithsonian Institute’s National Museum of the American Indian and the Eiteljorg Museum of American Indian Art.