PA Issue 87 | August 2017
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PUBLISHER | E.I.C. | CURATOR Didi Menendez CURATOR Sergio Gomez MANAGING EDITOR and WRITER Lorena Kloosterboer DIGITAL SUBSCRIPTIONS Magzter PRINT-ON-DEMAND and PDF Blurb and Magcloud INTERVIEWERS Erin Anderson Daniel Maidman Grace Cavalieri Heidi Elbers POETRY Alexis Rhone Fancher Dulce Maria Menendez Grace Cavalieri Lauren Redding
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CONTENTS ANA MENENDEZ
Legendary poetry icon Grace Cavalieri interviews journalist, author, and poet Ana Menendez.
MARIA BRITO
Artist and contributor to the Woman as Warrior Exhibition, Erin Anderson interviews Designer, Collaborator, and Art Consultant to the stars, the fabulous Maria Brito.
RACHEL CORBETT
Artist, author, and contributor to the Huffington Post, Daniel Maidman interviews the author of You Must Change Your Life: The Story of Rainer Maria Rilke and Auguste Rodin, Rachel Corbett.
E L I S A B E T H R A M FJ O R D
Artist and contributor Erin Anderson interviews Art Collector and Gallery owner extraordinary Elisabeth Ramfjord.
CHRISTINA VAZQUEZ
Artist and contributor Heidi Elbers interviews multimedia journalist and a Deputy Director at PAMM, the vibrant Christina Boomer Vazquez.
WOMAN AS WARRIOR NATASHA KERTES STEPHEN WRIGHT YUNIOR HURTADO TORRES ASTRID RITMEESTER JENNIFER BALKAN DONNA BATES LEEANNA CHIPANA NATALIA FABIA DEBRA LIVINGSTON SHANA LEVENSON DEBRA BALCHEN FELICE HOUSE GARY JUSTIS MARCO GALLOTTA RAYMOND THORNTON VICTORIA SELBACH CARMEN CHAMI SYLVIA MAIER MATTHEW CHERRY SUZANNE ANAN ERIN ANDERSON EVA MUNDAY PAOLA ESTRELLA ANA KANE HEIDI ELBERS MICHAEL VAN ZEYL ALIA EL-BERMANI OMALIX NATALIE HOLLAND ELIZABETH CLAIRE OSPINA DANIELA KOVACIC JUDY TAKACS NICOLE ALGER RICHARD PRICE JANICE BOND NINA COVINGTON BRETT HARVEY DANIEL MAIDMAN KRISTINA SAFONOVA