Examples of Good Contributor Statements
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Trang Nguyen is a Clark College alumna, now pursuing her BFA in Fiction at Portland State University. For her, the poetic and the prosaic are inextricable from one another. She spends most of her time writing or cooking, and enjoys the cozy and the Gothic.

Jonni Adair has never had a brush with the law, but they’re always peering over their shoulder to ensure that it stays that way. While they work primarily with digital media, they still find themselves experimenting with graphite, charcoal and ink. Creating pieces that range from colorful, to comical, to wonderfully absurd, Jonni seeks to explore all types of visual and thematic expression.

Malik Moussa is a student of life whose world is inhabited by film, books, and imagination while being immersed in the day-to-day emergencies of humans as an EMT. He finds meaning in his family, windsurfing, art, writing, and the mysteries of the human kingdom.

Skylar Ortiz finds analog photography to be tremendously rewarding, especially when the traditional processes inherent in the art form coincide with the contingencies of the photographic moment.