Appendix

Appendix Appendix

Contributors Contributors

Literature

Andrew Adams is a real human being and an English major at UNC Charlotte who writes poems and stories.

Alessio Zanelli is an Italian poet who writes in English and whose work has appeared in over 150 literary journals from 13 countries. His fifth original collection, titled The Secret of Archery, will be published in 2019 by Greenwich Exchange (London). For more information please visit www.alessiozanelli.it.

When Alexsis Luciano is not hanging

out with her husband and two kids, she is a senior at UNC Charlotte with a concentration in Creative Writing. Her passion for writing and reading stems from a very young age and is something she is excited to share with not only her children, but also other children in the classroom. Much of her work explores the beauty within the challenges and joys of different family dynamics and childhood experiences.

Amanda Liegh is a recent graduate from UNCC with a BA in English. She is currently working on her MA in library sciences. She has been published in literary journals such as Tipton, Askew, and Cultured Vultures.

Aaron Buchanan is a writer who teaches philosophy and Latin in Tampa to pay his bills. He is a Michigan native—an incongruous land that he features in his work. Aaron has a four-feet-square painting of David Bowie in his living room and loves that his kids think it’s completely normal.

Claire Scott is an award winning poet who has received multiple Pushcart Prize nominations. Claire is the author of Waiting to be Called and the co-author of Unfolding in Light: A Sisters’ Journey in Photography and Poetry. Now in her seventies, she finds she is drawn to writing about the final chapter of life, which includes writing about memory, nostalgia, regret, death, joy and pleasure.

D Ferrara’s work has appeared in many journals. His screenplay, Arvin Lindemeyer Takes Canarsie, won the Oil Valley Film Festival Outstanding Screenplay; and his play, Favor, won the New Jersey ACT Award for Outstanding Production Of An Original Play. Three additional screenplays have been optioned, and several other short plays produced. Many of his articles have been published in legal, technology, and other business publications.

Danielle Renee Walden is a freshman

studying Illustration. Danielle, an avid anime lover, enjoys creative writing, reading webcomics, doing yoga, and studying French. Her main goal is to create amazing stories to share with people in the hopes that they can be as inspired as she is when viewing others’ artworks.

Edison Angelbello is a writer,

filmmaker, and student at UNC Charlotte whose work often circles around topics of both childhood and mortality. He has worked with non-profits making

marketing media content, and he enjoys the process of telling stories—both real and imagined.

George Rawlins has been

published in Mudfish and in Spinning Jenny. Rawlins has an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of California, Irvine, where he studied with Charles Wright. He also attended the Honors Tutorial College at Ohio University, working with Wayne Dodd and Jon Anderson, specializing in English literature and earning a BA in English/Creative Writing. He attended the Iowa Writers’ Workshop for a year and is currently working on a poetry manuscript with the help of Roger Weingarten.

Jarrett Moseley will graduate from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte in May, 2019, where he studies Creative Writing. His poetry is influenced by surrealist and experimental poetry. He plans to begin a Creative Writing MFA program in the fall of 2019. He has compiled one chapbook of poems entitled Autumn Wants Dying and is currently working on a series of poems which addresses bisexuality as a misunderstood identity.

Kiera Haberberger, having just

turned eighteen, is someone who finds any which way to express herself. She writes poetry and short pieces, paints and sketches - willing to destroy any canvas in the hopes of finding that elusive ‘something’.

Madison Traina is twenty-two and a student at University of North Carolina – Charlotte. She is completing her junior year and is pursuing a degree in English with a minor in Biology. Her poems focus on compression of language and the use of line breaks for emphasis. In addition, her poems explore themes of heritage, interpersonal relationships, violence, and rejecting perceived perceptions.

Michél Claudio is a Latin

American poet and author. After attending UNCC, she completed the MFA in Creative Writing at Queens University. The author of several fiction titles, she spends the majority of her days entertaining imaginary friends in the suburbs of North Carolina.

Olaf Kroneman’s work has

appeared or is forthcoming in Broad River Review, Diverse Voices Quarterly, Forge, Hawaii Pacific Review, inscape, Oracle Fine Arts Review, paperplates, riverSedge, and Gemini Magazine. www.olafkroneman.com

Samantha Holt is a graduate student in the Children’s Literature program at UNC Charlotte. She loves poetry and can typically be found amidst a pile of books. She plans to become a professor of English and hopes to one day open an independent bookstore.

William Walker is a writer from Memphis, TN. He currently studies Creative Writing at UNCC, where he plans to graduate in December of 2018.

Art

Aba Hutchison is a UNCC

Computer Science alumni who does art when inspired. Aba draws faces that she knows will feel good to draw. Some faces just look very “drawable” and are invoking so she begins doing the lines. She sometimes finds herself drawing people who make a statement to or inspire her.

AlexZandria Evans is currently pursuing art, in all forms, at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. She has been drawn to art since a young age, inspired by her mother who would often come up with new projects to do together. She hopes her work can positively influence people.

Anna Johnson is studying to become a special education teacher at UNC Charlotte. She draws portraits of different celebrities and athletes in her free time. When not drawing, Anna can be found watching Kentucky basketball or the Chicago Cubs.

April Lin is a junior at UNC Charlotte pursuing a BFA in Graphic Design. In her free time she enjoys watching Netflix and begging her friends for food which has earned her the title “foodsnatcher.” One day she hopes to earn enough money and change her title to “foodgiver.”

Carolina Quintana Ocampo is a

Sophomore studying Illustration, digital media, and Japanese. When not at the studio working on awesome projects, Carolina indulges in one of her favorite hobbies: watching cartoons like Star vs the Forces of Evil and Voltron. One day she wishes to create a show that’ll make an impact just like the ones she loves to watch.

Clarke Armstrong is a painter who is inspired by nature and faith, as well as color and balance. She loves meeting new people, taking care of animals, and doing mission work while taking on all of the curveballs that art school has to offer. Dominic DiNardi- a New Jersey native- is a freshman at UNCC. A D1 student-athlete, Dominic is part of the XC and Track team at Charlotte. He enjoys photography and videography and hopes his art bring joy, happiness, or even an “oh that looks really cool” to peoples’ day.

Ethan Marano is a quiet student that keeps his head down and tries not to be noticed in daily life. His infatuation with the fantasy genre in media serves as inspiration for nearly all his pieces. Almost all of his work is done digitally, taking efforts to imitate traditional media while cutting corners to allow work to be done in a cramped dorm room.

Erica Fox is a second year art student at UNCC, and is just super happy to be here honestly. Originally from the Midwest and rural portions of NC, she currently inhabits the Charlotte area. As an illustrator, she attempts to explore elements of comic art, horror, humor, and text as a means of understanding the world at large. When she isn’t drawing, Erica enjoys cardio and (attempting) guitar.

Heather Scharding is a senior working on the last part of her junior year in her program, studying Graphic Design. She is a returning adult student seeking a degree after 25 years of working in the financial services industry. She loves to learn and has thoroughly enjoyed her program. Ultimately, she’s considering seeking a masters in industrial design with the intent to potentially design car interiors or do branding for car companies.

Ice Young is from Charlotte, NC, and is currently studying communications at UNCC. She wants to go into marketing to create work that has the ability to influence people and start conversations. She loves artwork because it gives an audience the opportunity to view a different perspective. She has practiced dance for 13 years and hopes to be a dance teacher one day for little kids. She works at Forever 21 and is also a musician.

Jamie Ku is a Korean American artist and student from Charlotte, North Carolina. She grew up in a Christian household. Because of this, she gets most of her inspiration from morals she learned from the bible and her own personal life. Her aim is mainly to reach the hearts of people in a more intimate way whether it be to

Jenny Dao is a senior art student double concentrating in Painting and Illustration at UNCC. Jenny enjoys working in traditional media and finding a good balance between intuitive abstraction and illustrative style. She is very drawn to exploration in art, discovering new techniques, and exploring foreign media.

Jessica Miller is pursuing a B.S. in Biology and a B.A. in Anthropology at UNC Charlotte. She loves everything to do with science, learning, spending time with family and friends—and of course her passion— art. She often finds that her friends stop listening to her when she talks about science. Jessica learned to play piano at a young age, the same time she went to her first rodeo. At her second rodeo, she told everyone it was not her first rodeo.

Justin Hicks is currently a junior in the UNCC Bachelor of Fine Arts program with a concentration in llustration. Justin loves comic books and is a huge advocate for sequential storytelling. He believes there is much power in being an artist, claiming, “it’s like we are superheroes depicting the world, different stories, and conceptual thoughts in a way no one else can.”

Karina McMillan is a sophomore Art major concentrating in Illustration. Even as a young child, Karina was always very fond of drawing and art in general. She has since won a variety of different art awards and continues to create art everyday.

Malik J. Norman is from Mineral Springs, North Carolina. A sophomore at UNCC, he is pursuing a BFA with a concentration in Photography. His work is derived from selfreflection. He finds himself contemplating art in a conceptual manner which gives his work a clear direction on how he wants to approach and develop a series. He has the backing of ethos, pathos, and logos that drives his work.

Mekayla Johnson was born in

Jacksonville, NC. Mekayla enjoys all mediums, but is most knowledgeable about photography. When not in class, she is obsessing over all things Marvel. Along with art, Mekayla is passionate about sustainability, fitness, and reading. Melody Songer is a senior studying Graphic Design, Photography & Journalism at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Melody believes that a positive and tenacious mindset as well as a kind and empathetic heart can create a strong foundation for opportunity spreading change and empowerment. Melody also enjoys immersing herself in others’ cultures, truly getting to know individuals and helping them embrace their diversity, beauty and talents.

Michael Kasey is a current junior at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Majoring in Photography, he mainly focuses on fashion photography and portraiture.

Mirelys Colon is a senior Illustration BFA student at UNCC. She works digitally and traditionally to pursue her interest in narrative illustration and sequential art. With a forte in watercolor and gouache, she also dabbles with markers, acrylics, and paper craft. Indie comics, cartoons, and video games inspire her while a focus on complex characters drive the sci-fi and fantasy narratives she crafts.

Misty Morin is a fourth year English and Spanish student at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Born and in raised in Western North Carolina, she chose to leave her closed-minded hometown (Hayesville - population 432) and set her sights on something bigger. Misty is fond of travelling, photography, and of course, writing.

Myrthe Biesheuvel is an art

student born in The Netherlands. In 2016, she was offered the chance to spend an extended period of time in the USA. Wanting to take full advantage of this exciting opportunity, she applied and was accepted at UNCC. Here, she has been pursuing a Bachelor of Fine Arts with a concentration in Painting for the last two years. Wanting to take full advantage of this exciting opportunity, she applied and was accepted at UNCC.

Nancy Christine McGuire loves to experiment

with a variety of mediums but has a strong passion for illustration. She finds inspiration

from clothes, travel, and fellow artists around herself. She also hopes to inspire young artists in the classroom in the future to explore and develop a good sense in aesthetic and creativity.

Natalie Flinchum is currently a freshman at UNC Charlotte majoring in Art, Digital Media and minoring in Music Performance on flute. Most of her time is spent drawing, playing flute or ukulele, watching cartoons, and wishing she was getting more sleep. In the future, she plans to pursue a career in the animation industry and compose short songs to go along with her animations. INSTAGRAM:@natalieflinchum.art

Natasha Morehouse is a Junior at UNC Charlotte. She is a BFA major with a double concentration in Graphic Design and Digital Media. She enjoys photography as well and mainly focuses on living creatures as her subject.

Born in Charlotte, NC and raised in Durham, Philip Cherry is an artist who works to combine the playfulness of imagination and the importance of culture through his work while hiding subliminal statements on social issues using complex imagery and symbolism.

Sheree Davidson is a confident, highly creative artist who is self-motivated and takes great pride in creating visually stunning designs. Sheree’s passion for art and design began when she was young, and she’s continued to develop her skills since. She is also currently a student at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte pursuing a Bachelor of Art.

Sierra Miles is a freshman at UNCC majoring in Art Education and intends to minor in Mathematics. She works with a range of mediums and most enjoys creating installation pieces. Sierra enjoys spending time soaking up the world and watching interactions among people. She often spends her afternoons outside placed upon her pink and orange tie-dye cloth letting the time fly and the people pass around her. Stephen Garza is a student attending the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. He is currently interested greatly in photography, specifically large format film. Traveling and capturing people and their experiences is one of his favorite topics, as well as remarkable landscapes showing simple and poetic nature. He was recently published in Photographer’s Forum - Best of College & High School 2018 as a finalist.

Teresa Lopez is a senior at UNCC pursuing a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Illustration and a minor in Art History. She enjoys illustrating animals and nature as well as doing fun, stylized work aimed towards younger audiences. She is currently trying to learn how to play the banjo.

Yesika Sorto Andino is a junior

studying political science, public health, children’s literature and childhood studies. An aspiring United Nations diplomat, Yesika hopes to one day work in Geneva to combat injustices occurring throughout the world. When she is not contemplating the complexities of life, she is watching The West Wing while eating chocolate and drinking sweet tea.

Literature Judges

Amy Bagwell is a poet and mixed-media artist. Her poems are recently/ forthcoming in the following publications: storySouth, The Eyewear Review, where is the river, Terminus Magazine, and Vallum: Contemporary Poetry. She co-directs the nonprofit Wall Poems mural project and Goodyear Arts residency program in Charlotte, where she also teaches English at Central Piedmont Community College.

Elizabeth R. Miller (Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison) is an associate professor in the Department of English at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Her research has explored the intersecting influences of identity, agency, power relations, and language ideologies on adult immigrant learners of English as well as issues related to identity, agency and emotions among language teachers. She has published a research monograph, numerous journal articles and chapters, and co-edited several edited volumes and special issues.

Christopher Davis is a professor of creative writing in the English Department at UNC Charlotte. He is the author of three books of poetry, The Tyrant of the Past and the Slave of the Future, The Patriot, and A History of the Only War. His poems have appeared in many journals and anthologies.

Art Judges

Lauren Harkey, as owner and director of Hodges Taylor, an art gallery founded in 1980, Lauren is committed to building appreciation for contemporary art and artists. A Charlotte-native, Harkey serves on the board of several community organizations including the Mint Museum of Craft and Design. Lauren earned her master’s in contemporary art from the University of Glasgow and her undergraduate and law degrees from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Mark I. West is a Professor of English and Chair of the Department of English at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, where he has taught since 1984. He has also served as the Acting Chair of the Department of Art and Art History. In addition to performing administrative duties, he regularly teaches courses on children’s and young adult literature. He has written or edited sixteen books, the most recent of which is Shapers of American Childhood: Essays on Visionaries from L. Frank Baum to Dr. Spock to J. K. Rowling, which he co-edited with Kathy Merlock Jackson. His articles have appeared in various national publications, such as the New York Times Book Review, Publishers Weekly, Americana, and British Heritage, as well as many academic journals. Before entering academia, he worked as an early childhood educator and professional puppeteer. Ashley York was born in Lincolnton, North Carolina where the rural landscape in which she was raised has continued to inspire and inform concepts in her work. She received her MFA in Ceramics from Tyler School of Art and earned her BFA in Sculpture from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. She returned for an exhibition entitled Verve and a lecture of her work. York has been exhibited nationally in venues including Katzen Art Center in DC, The Clay Studio of Philadelphia and the annual National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts conference. For two years she served as the Ceramics Emerging Artist in Residence at Millersville University of Pennsylvania. Her work, research, and writings have been featured in several publications, including Photography: History and Theory by Jae Emerling. In 2018, York began teaching Introductory and Advanced Ceramics at Rutgers University of New Jersey. York currently lives and works in Philadelphia, PA where she teaches Digital Fabrication at Moore College of Art and Design and manages the development, curriculum and integration of Digital Technology.

Staff Biographies Staff Biographies Staff Biographies

Editor-in-Chief: Melissa Martin Junior.

English, psychology, linguistics, and cognitive Science. When not reading books for class, Melissa can be found reading books for fun. She aims to work for Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit behind Sesame Street, researching bestpractices for educating children through media.

Lead Designer: Ashley Jung Junior.

Illustration and painting. If not in her studio painting, then you can find her running around, drinking copious amounts of coffee. One day in the distant future, she would like to become some kind of artist.

Content-Editor: Austin Demeglio

Junior. English and diverse literatures and cultures. Austin hopes to one day be a published novelist; until then, he spends a lot of time reading, playing video games, and being in tune with the universe.

Associate Editor: Sierra Beeler Senior.

English, film, and women’s and gender studies. Sierra aspires to one day monopolize an entire weeknight with her own slew of TV shows more popular than anything Shonda Rhimes could ever make. They will most likely be cartoons similar to Steven Universe.

Designer: Carolina Quintana Ocampo

Sophomore. Illustration, digital media, and Japanese. When not at the studio working on awesome projects, Carolina indulges in one of her favorite hobbies: watching cartoons like Star vs the Forces of Evil and Voltron. One day she wishes to create a show that’ll make an impact just like the ones she loves to watch.

Designer: Danielle Renee Walden Freshman.

Illustration. Danielle, an avid anime lover, enjoys creative writing, reading webcomics, doing yoga, and studying French. Her main goal is to create amazing stories to share with people in the hopes that they can be as inspired as she is when viewing others’ artworks.

Content-Editor: Andrew Walker Watson

Sophomore. International studies. Andrew loves Brazilian rap music, discovering useless facts, and, naturally, writing. If he could ever stop staring out into space, he would like to start a global movement to change the world and guest host Saturday Night Live.

Content-Editor: Meenakshi Sathish

Sophomore. English and women’s and gender studies. She is pretty much your neighborhood Gilmore girl with the amounts of coffee and books she imbibes on a daily basis. She aspires to be a hot-shot lawyering it up like Amal Clooney or working for a publishing company.

Promotions Coordinator: Sydney Wall

Sophomore. Art history and French. Sydney loves binge watching Friends, traveling around the world, and talking about art for hours. She aspires to own an art gallery in New York City that is known for their specialty hot chocolates.

Intern: Daviana Fraser Senior. Communications, Africana studies, and journalism. Daviana is a North Carolina native and spends her free time binge watching Netflix series, surrounding herself with friends, and painting. Yellow is her favorite color to look at, but not to wear.

Intern: Patrick Ryan Bowman Junior.

Illustration and art history. Patrick has a passion for drawing and making deals. Although he is only a pizza delivery-man, or “Delivery Expert,” he spends his spare time making money on the side. If he is criticizing an art piece, it will likely be his own.

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