Contributors

STEVE CARTER

is a Denton-based arts writer who had a good time writing about three southeastern galleries exhibiting at the Dallas Art Fair for 2022: Birmingham, Alabama’s Scott Miller Projects; Charlotte, North Carolina’s SOCO Gallery; and Athens, Georgia’s Tif Sigfrids. Scott Miller Projects is returning from the last fair, but the other two are embarking on their maiden voyages to the fair this April. “This year’s fair is looking really exciting,” Steve enthuses, “and these galleries are helping raise the bar.”

John Sutton Photography

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

is Dallas-based writer, art historian, educator at the Meadows Museum, and a Patron contributor. A history lover, for the current issue she was thrilled to speak with so many people whose stories have shaped the city. From artist Marty Ray’s recollections of educator and artist Octavio Medellín to the many graduates of Booker T. Washington High School from the 1960s with whom she spoke, she was inspired by their stories and grateful for their shared memories.

EVE HILL-AGNUS

Eve Hill-Agnus is a writer, editor, and translator. She has roots in France and California and has been a teacher of literature and journalism; as an award-winning critic she has covered dining, art, and dance; and she is a freelance art writer and editor of non-fiction, fiction, and poetry. Her joy recently has been translation, whether the translation of one language to another or of art into words. In The Body Abstracted, Eve investigated the oeuvre of 2022 Nasher Prize Laureate Nairy Baghramian.

DIANA SPECHLER

is a novelist and essayist who wrote the New York Times Opinion column Going Off. Last year, her short story, Reality, was featured on Selected Shorts. Her Substack newsletter, Dispatches From The Road, focuses on her life as a travel writer. The recipient of numerous writing awards and honors, including a Steinbeck Fellowship, a Yaddo residency, and the Orlando Creative Nonfiction Prize from A Room of Her Own Foundation, she was sought by Patron to profile Carbone and New Artisan Distillery.

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.

FRANK HETTIG

is Heritage Auction’s Vice President of Modern & Contemporary Art. Along with more than 20 years of auction experience, Frank has a well-regarded reputation as a curator, critic, and connoisseur of contemporary art. Trained as an art historian at the University of Amsterdam, Frank has advised on exhibitions and museum catalogues and lectured at universities across the globe. In Welcome the Emperor King, Frank interviewed Bart Keijsers Koning on his gallery.

BRANDON KENNEDY

is a backyard alchemy bibliographer, itinerant essayist, and seasonal book scout. He occasionally contributes to Fine Books & Collections magazine and is a regular contributor to these pages. In 2022 he will have an essay published in a book forthcoming from UT Press reflecting on the legacy of the late Texas writer and bookseller Larry McMurtry. In this issue, Brandon discusses Dallasbased, self-taught artist DavidJeremiah’s new work in Step Into This Ring.

PEGGY LEVINSON

caught up with Gonzalo Bueno, principal of Ten Plus Three, to investigate a stunning project the award-winning designer completed for his childhood friends from Monterrey, Mexico at the Residences at The Stoneleigh. In The Finish Line, Peggy flexes her years in the design industry to profile the pied-àterre, which boasts stunning views, attention to detail, inventive signature walls and surfaces, and custom furniture, designed to coalesce with an art collection.

LUIS MARTINEZ

is a Kim Dawson model/actor discovery from San Antonio currently based in Dallas who is equally adept as a fashion/ beauty photographer and videographer. Our go-to for fashion photography, in Spring Shifts in a Freeze Frame, Luis embraced the essence of movement in spring 2022’s greatest style hits. Luis also had a chance to meet and photograph Dallas-based artist David-Jeremiah in his Tin District studio prior to his show I Drive Thee at 12 26 in River Bend.

ELAINE RAFFEL

says everything about this month’s fashion shoot, Spring Shifts in a Freeze Frame, fell into place. She gives kudos to photographer Luis Martinez, hair/makeup artist Lisa Martensen, and Kim Dawson model Makayla Rogers for bringing their A-game— not to mention a major shout-out to Missie Allen for her hands-on (and much-appreciated) assistance. “There’s nothing like collaborating with a great team to remind you how much fun this work can be.”

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