Summer of Joy in Art New England

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I have been writing for Art New England for many years. They are one of few surviving art magazines that relies on print distribution to their largely subscriber-based audience. They do have a website where only a limited selection of articles can be found. The bulk of the articles are printed on glossy, full-color, large format pages. There is something to be said for being a hold out but as a result most of what I write for them is unavailable online. In the July/August issue I wrote a feature on the Vermont cartoonist Ed Koren known for his frequent appearance in the New Yorker. Ed died this April at age 87 but You'll have to buy the magazine to read it. I also wrote a short piece on Cold Hollow Sculpture Park in rural Enosberg, Vermont for ANE's Summer of Joy focus on stuff to do this summer in New England. That you can read here: https://artnewengland.com/summer-of-joy/    

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Cynthia Close

Armed with an MFA from Boston University Cynthia plowed her way through several productive careers in the arts including instructor in drawing and painting, Dean of Admissions at The Art Institute of Boston, founder of ARTWORKS Consulting, and president of Documentary Educational Resources - a nonprofit film distribution company. She now claims to be a writer.

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To support this claim, she is a contributing editor for Documentary Magazine and writes regularly about art, cinema, and culture for, Artist’s Magazine, Art & Object, Pastel Magazine, Art New England, Vermont Woman, and formerly for Professional Artist Magazine. Her creative non-fiction appeared in the 2014, 2016, and 2017 anthology The Best of the Burlington Writers Workshop. Her essays have been published in various literary journals including 34th Parallel, Across the Margin, Adelaide, Agni, Bacopa Literary Review, The Black and White Anthology, Blood and Bourbon, The Brooklyn Film Arts nonfiction prize finalist, From Whispers to Roars, The Longridge Review, Montana Mouthful, Orson’s Review, The Seasons of Our Lives, Swallow Press, The Twisted Vine, Wagon Bridge Press, and The Woven Tales Press, among others. She has read publicly at many venues including the Cornelia Street Café in NYC. She was the inaugural art editor for the literary and art journal Mud Season Review launched in 2014.