SHAYNA FONTANA
A Chicago transplant and an inspired
fashion and interiors
photographer, Shayna
Fontana now calls
Dallas home. In this
issue she explored the
studios and work of
Dallas artist and designer George Sellers.
Using Sellers’ white
flora and fauna sculpture as a backdrop,
she turned her lens to
highlight jewels of the
season in An Urban
Woodland.
CONTRIBUTORS
NANCY
COHEN ISRAEL
Art historian Nancy
Cohen Israel has
enjoyed a busy fall. In
addition to presenting
a lecture series about
Francisco Goya at the
Meadows Museum,
she also had the privilege of profiling t wo
extraordinary women
for this issue, Barbara
Hines and Lekha
Singh. Though their
work is radically different from one another, each is a fascinating
artist of international
renown.
LAUREN
CHRISTENSEN
With more than 16
years of experience
in advertising and
marketing, Lauren
consults with clients
in art, real estate,
fashion, and publishing through
L. Christensen Marketing & Design. She
serves on the boards
of the Christensen
Family Foundation and Helping
Our Heroes. Her
clean, contemporary
aesthetic and generous
spirit make Lauren the
perfect choice to art
direct Patron.
GUEST
CONTRIBUTOR,
FRANK DUFOUR
Frank Dufour is Associate Professor and
Director of Graduate
Studies in the Arts &
Technology Program
at The University
of Texas at Dallas.
Frank, in solo or with
Agence5970, the independent laboratory
dedicated to interactive artistic experimentation and research,
designs audiovisual
works exhibited in
numerous artistic and
cultural institutions
and lately, at the Dallas
Contemporary in fall
2014. It is within this
framework that Frank
had the immense
pleasure of exchanging
with Loris Gréaud,
interviewed in this
issue.
GUEST
CONTRIBUTOR,
LEE CULLUM
At one time a regular
commentator on The
PBS NewsHour and All
Things Considered on
NPR, Lee Cullum is
a journalist who has
spent a lot of her time
on politics, public policy, and foreign affairs,
and, more recently,
business. However,
she has a passion for
opera and is thrilled
to be writing about
three world premieres
commissioned by The
Dallas Opera and
opening in 2015 at
the Winspear Opera
House in Dallas.
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STEVE CARTER
In this issue, arts
writer Steve Carter
visits with photographer Maxine Helfman,
whose Forefathers series
is featured. A telling
and timely photo essay
on racial inequality in America, it’s a
thought-provoking
piece. Elsewhere, Carter profiles five players
on the area’s performing arts landscape:
crooner Ricki Derek,
the Cliburn, Dallas
Black Dance Theatre’s
April Berry, Dallas
Theater Center, and
Booker T. Washington
High School for the
Performing and Visual
Arts in the news. It’s a
healthy scene.
JOHN SMITH
Smith has spent the
last 20 years bringing
out the art of architecture in his photography. He consults with
architects, designers,
and artists to bring
their vision to light.
“For this issue I
had the pleasure of
photographing Lekha
Singh, a fine artist
that has captured images from around the
world.”
PAUL CONANT
With over 19 years of
editing experience,
Paul lends his vast
knowledge to magazines, books, dissertations, and beyond.
In addition to work
on local and national
publications, other
clients include Francis
Collins (Seashell Prisoners), Victor Shane (In
God We Trust), and
Brenda V. Johnson
( Transitional Journey).
He also enjoys editing
the details of Patron.
CAROLINE TRUE
London photographer
Caroline True is a
multi-talented creative.
She was selected as
the photographer for
George Michael’s most
recent tour and has
recently been commis-
sioned to photograph
Pearl Lowe, Anna
Friel, Joanna Lumley,
Evgeny Lebedev,
Judi Dench, and Meg
Matthews to name
but a few. In this issue
she captured London-
based contemporary
conceptual artist
Michael Craig-Martin
known as the “God-
father of the Young
British Artists.”
Patricia Mora was edu-
cated in the U. S. and
abroad and was the
recipient of a 2010 Art
Writing Workshop from
the Creative Capital/
Warhol Foundation. She
has provided art com-
mentaries for the Dal-
las Morning News, the
National Endowment
for the Humanities,
and the International
Association of Art
Critics. In this issue,
she examines the work
of Michael Craig-
Martin in anticipation
of his upcoming trip
to Dallas for MTV
RE:DEFINE.
