CONTRIBUTORS

EVE HILL-AGNUS is a writer, editor, and translator with roots in France and California. She has been a teacher of literature and journalism; an awardwinning dining critic in Dallas who also covers art and dance; and a freelance writer/ editor of nonfiction, fiction, and poetry. Her joy recently has been translation– of one language to another or of art into words. In these pages, she caught up with Danish artist Mie Olise Kjærgaard regarding the concurrent shows opening at Various Small Fires and the Karpidas Collection.

CHRIS BYRNE authored The Original Print (Guild Publishing, 2002) and the graphic novel The Magician (Marquand Books, 2013), within the Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Columbia University; Rare Book/Special Collections Division, Library of Congress; Ryerson and Burnham Archives, The Art Institute of Chicago; Thomas J. Watson Library, The Metropolitan Museum of Art. He is co-editing Frank Johnson: Secret Pioneer of the American Comic Book for Fantagraphics with Keith Mayerson.

PEGGY LEVINSON is a former design showroom owner who loves all things design and architecture, which makes her especially apt to profile interior design projects and the art of living. In the February/March issue, Peggy visits the newly designed home of good friend and award-winning designer David Cadwallader, one of the consummate creators of comely yet simple interiors that effortlessly enhance the art collections of his clients. Read about David’s own residence for aging in place in Out of the Quie t.

STEVE CARTER has been a Dentonbased freelance arts writer for the past 25 years, and a musician, bandleader, songwriter, painter, and factotum for even longer. In this issue he takes a look at the Nasher Sculpture Center’s Mark di Suvero: Steel Like Paper ; the blockbuster survey of the internationally acclaimed sculptor that runs from January 28 through August 27. The exhibition features both 3D and 2D works and provides seldom-seen peeks at his studio practice.

LAUREN

CHRISTENSEN has over two decades of experience in advertising and marketing. As a principal with L+S Creative Group, she consults with a wide variety of nonprofit organizations and businesses in many sectors, including retail, real estate, and hospitality. Lauren is a Dallas native and a graduate of SMU with a BA in advertising. Her clean, contemporary aesthetic and generous spirit make Lauren the perfect choice to art direct Patron

NANCY COHEN ISRAEL looks forward to this month’s exhibition openings. For the current issue, the Dallas-based writer, art historian, and Meadows Museum educator visited with Nic Nicosia as he prepared for his exhibition at Erin Cluley Gallery. Writing about In the Shadow of Dictatorship, opening at the Meadows Museum, Nancy was thrilled to have a sneak preview of works from the Museum of Abstract Art, located in the Spanish town of Cuenca.

SARA HIGNITE has worked in the arts for over 20 years at institutions including the DMA, Meadows Museum at SMU, Goss-Michael Foundation, and Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum in St. Louis. From 2020 to 2022, Hignite oversaw the Karpidas Collection, curating Texas’ first Richard Prince exhibition and editing the accompanying catalogue. She recently launched a consultancy, Hignite Projects, offering curatorial and strategic services to art organizations, collectors, and artists.

CHRIS PLAVIDAL is a Fort Worth–based photographer who specializes in still life imagery for a variety of local and national clients with an accommodating spirit. He is currently working on a series of 3D landscapes shot using an antique stereoscopic camera. In Sculpted Style, Chris Plavidal and his son, Henry, an aspiring filmmaker, investigate the relationship between spring’s handbags and shoes juxtaposed with sculpture and ceramics. Chris is represented by Sisterbrother Management.

ELAINE RAFFEL is a Dallas-based creative director and stylist. Elaine’s fashion prowess and years as a creative working for Stanley Korshak, Neiman Marcus, and Mary Kay bring an elevated edge to Patron. Want to instantly update your spring wardrobe? Start with the fabulous accessories featured in this month’s Sculpted Style. They’re even more irresistible paired with a swoon-worthy selection of sculpture and ceramics from Craighead Green, Conduit, and Galleri Urbane curated by Patron ’s editor in chief, Terri Provencal.

DARRYL RATCLIFF is an award-winning artist and poet with a writing and curatorial practice whose work engages communities and mobilizes social issues. Darryl builds complex, collaborative, durational cultural projects that help tell true community narratives, promote civic engagement, and increase community health. He is a Yerba Buena Center for the Arts 10 Fellow working on prototypes addressing climate change and racial equity and the founder of Gossypion Investments, which seeks to evolve the role of culture in society.

JOHN SMITH is a Dallas-based photographer who flexes his degree in architecture to photograph homes of distinction. Years of experience provide him with a unique appreciation for his clientele’s vision.

John photographed interior designer David Cadwallader’s home in Out of the Quiet, capturing the minimalism he is known for augmented by tone-on-tone conceptual art. He also captured artist Mie Olise Kjærgaard at the Karpidas Collection, where she will have a February show, as seen in Power Play

PUBLISHER | EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

Terri Provencal terri@patronmagazine.com

ART DIRECTION

Lauren Christensen

DIGITAL MANAGER/PUBLISHING COORDINATOR

Anthony Falcon

COPY EDITOR

Sophia Dembling

PRODUCTION

Michele Rodriguez

CONTRIBUTING WRITERS

Chris Byrne

Steve Carter

Nancy Cohen Israel

Sara Hignite

Eve Hill-Agnus

Peggy Levinson

Darryl Ratcliff

CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS

Ramiro Chaves

Grace Doyle

Exploredinary

Victoria Gomez

Jack Hems

Chelsea Hoy

STYLISTS/ASSISTANTS

Elaine Raffel

Kendel Bolton

Henry Plavidal

Archer Smith

Matthew Murphy

Brad Linton

Chris Plavidal

John Smith

Kevin Todora

Jesse Willems

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