Airline to Heaven, Part I
Annie Heckman, Matthew Dal Santo, Terri L. Russ
Annie Heckman, Matthew Dal Santo, Terri L. Russ
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co-authors Annie Heckman, Matthew Dal Santo, Terri L. Russ
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Annie Heckman co-author/artist, Airline to Heaven, Part I, 2008 Annie Heckman is an artist based in Chicago, Illinois. Her work explores mortality and afterlife ideologies through diverse media, incorporating sculptural animation installations and works on paper. Her exhibitions include work at New York Studio Gallery; the Hammes Gallery Notre Dame, Indiana; the South Bend Regional Museum of Art; the International Print Center New York; and the F.U.E.L. Collection in Philadelphia. Her writing practice has included experimental poetry as well as art writing and editing for exhibition catalogs, and she founded StepSister Press in late 2007 to promote discourse on emerging international art, literature, and critical theory projects. Her work is available online at annieheckman.com. |
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Matthew Dal Santo co-author, Airline to Heaven, Part I, 2008 Matthew Dal Santo earned his MA in writing from DePaul University, Chicago, and his BA in art and design from Columbia College Chicago. As of late, he is interested in dreams—the shapes they take and the sensibilities that they tend to defy. He lives in Santa Monica with his girlfriend and their two cats. His poetry, along with chapters from his in-progress children's novel, can be found at www.bergamatt.blogspot.com. A sample of Matthew's work with Spry Magazine can be found here. Matthew wrote the first portion of Airline to Heaven, Part I, a series of seven short prose works based on dreams. |
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Terri L. Russ author, Bitchin' Bodies: young women talk about body dissatisfaction, 2008 co-author, AIrline to Heaven, Part I, 2008 Terri L. Russ holds a PhD from Purdue University in communication studies, as well as a JD from DePaul University. A former practicing attorney, she has worked with a number of community organizations involving issues pertaining to girls and women. She is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication Studies, Dance, and Theatre at Saint Mary’s College in Notre Dame, Indiana, where she continues to explore expectations for female beauty in her teaching and scholarship. Her book Bitchin' Bodies: young women talk about body dissatisfaction is being released by StepSister Press in September 2008. Learn about Terri's upcoming writing process (and more) on her blog at bitchinbodies.blogspot.com. |
