Contributors
Tom McGlynn is an artist, writer and independent curator based in the NYC metro area. His work is in the permanent collection of The Museum of Modern Art, NY, The Whitney Museum, NY, and the Fogg Museum at Harvard University, MA. He is currently a contributing writer to the Brooklyn Rail and curatorial director at www.beautifulfields.org.4 Articles
Paul Fitzgerald (also known as Fitz) is an artist, historian, curator, and a student. He also has a green thumb & a wicked Boston accent.4 Articles
Michael R. Spicher, PhD, is a philosopher of art and aesthetics in Boston. He works as an editor for the Leonardo Electronic Almanac published by MIT Press and for the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy. He teaches at Boston University and Boston Architectural College. He runs a website devoted to practical and theoretical issues in aesthetics called the Aesthetics Research Lab. And you may occasionally find him playing harmonica or slide guitar in Jamaica Plain.4 Articles
Mallory A. Ruymann is an educator, curator, and art historian based in Boston.4 Articles
Scout is an Editorial Assistant at BR&S, where she manages the artist-in-residence platform, Inside/Out. She graduated from the University of Vermont in 2012, where she studied English and art history. Since moving back to the Boston area, she has cultivated her interest in contemporary art and writing while working with such organizations as deCordova Sculpture Park & Museum, the Rose Art Museum, Boston Hassle, and the Peabody Essex Museum.4 Articles
Lisa Crossman is an art historian and the Koch Curatorial Fellow at the Fitchburg Art Museum. She holds a PhD from Tulane University, specializing in the modern and contemporary art history of Latin America. She comes to the Big Red & Shiny team with a range of professional experiences, including her recent work with the Cultural Agents Initiative at Harvard University.4 Articles
Caitlin Duennebier is an artist based in Boston, MA, where she creates work under the name "Oh Papa." She earned her BFA in photography at MassArt, and studied abroad on scholarship at University of the Arts London. Her work has been shown at Space Gallery, Boston Sculptors Gallery, Lincoln Arts Project and Thomas Young Gallery.4 Articles
Jim Kiely is a writer, jazz enthusiast, proponent of local artists and co-owner of 13Forest Gallery.4 Articles
Diana Jean Puglisi was born in Brooklyn, NY and works in Boston and New Jersey. She received an MFA from Massachusetts College of Art and Design in 2016 and was a Beker Family Scholar. In 2011, she received a BFA from William Paterson University and a Post-Baccalaureate from Virginia Commonwealth University. Diana was a 2015 Artist-in-Residence at Gallery 263 in Cambridge, MA, and this summer she will be an Artist-in-Residence at Vermont Studio Center in Johnson, VT.4 Articles
Katrina Umber is BR&S artist in residence for June 2013.4 Articles