Andrea Potyondy-Smith graduated in 2001 with an MFA in Creative Writing from Minnesota State University at Mankato. She has been published in journals such as Earth's Daughters, Inkwell, Sangam, and Main Channel Voices. She currently teaches English full time at Hennepin Technical College in the Minneapolis Metro area, where she lives with her husband and two feline children.
Jim Fuess works with liquid acrylic paint on canvas. Most of his paintings are abstract, but there are recognizable forms and faces in a number of the paintings. He is striving for grace and fluidity, movement and balance. He likes color and believes that beauty can be an artistic goal. There is whimsy, fear, energy, movement, fun and dread in his paintings. A lot of his paintings are anthropomorphic. The shapes seem familiar. The faces are real. The gestures and movements recognizable. More of his paintings, both in color and black and white, may be seen at www.jimfuessart.com.