Meet the Fall 2023 Issue 6 Contributors

  • Creative Director - Gulnaz Turdalieva

    (she/her) is a visual artist and founder of Art Create Learn, an art magazine that highlights Windsor Essex artists for both artists and enthusiasts. She creates contemplative artwork in various media that elicits a response from viewers. To stay updated on her art, follow her on Instagram @bluefloret or visit gulnazturdalieva.com | info@gulnazturdalieva.com

  • Copy Editor - Cat Turner

    (she/her) is a writer, editor, researcher and teacher. Her passions are art, literature, film, architecture and nature. Whenever possible, she likes to travel beyond the page. caroleturner1559@gmail.com

  • Katrina Rutter

    (she/her) is a visual Artist (Acrylic & Watercolour Paintings) & the owner of Beatnik Art Supplies Store

  • Olga Klekner

    (she/her) is a poet and an abstract artist.

  • Laura Tucker

    (she/her) manages Bergeron Art + Frame, a familyowned- and-operated custom framing boutique in Olde Riverside. Bergeron Art + Frame provides a discount to local artists on supplies and custom jobs. https://bergeronart.com

  • Deborah Kloos

    (she.her)

  • Dennis Smith

    (he/his)

  • Julie A Bell

    (she/they)

  • Gisele Bick

    (she/her)

  • Niharika Bandaru

    (she/her)

    Niharika, President of Windsor of Change, is a sustainability analyst and Climate Reality Leader in Windsor, Ontario.

  • Anna Karch

    (she/her)

    Anna Karch, Managing Editor of Windsor of Change, is a student working towards her MA in Creative Writing at UWindsor.

  • Lupita Amaya G.

    (she/her)

  • Christy Litster

    (she/her) is visionary artist and illustrator.

  • Marian Drouillard

    (she/her)

  • Nora Harvey

    (she/her)

  • Linda Heise

    (she/her)

  • Steph Mason

    (she/her) is an oil painter who loves to explore colour through depictions of animals and landscapes. Her work can be found at Nancy Johns Gallery and Framing in Windsor ON. Follow her on Instagram @art_by_steph_mason or visit her website: https://www.stephmason.ca

  • Debbie Kay

    (she/her)

  • Vivian Klinck

    (she/her)

  • Leona MacIntyre

    (she/her) is a visual artist, teacher and mentor and owner of Ugly Art Studio - both a gallery and creative studio space where she delivers lectures and painting workshops for beginners. Her primary work and teaching style is based in nature depicting landscapes and seascapes in both watercolour and acrylics. You can stay up-to-date by visiting the Ugly Art Studio at 1156 Wyandotte Street East (near Hall), link to her website https://www.uglyart.ca or email her at leona@uglyart.ca

  • Christine Paris

    (she/her)

  • Katherine Roth

    (she/her)

  • Maryam Safarzadeh

    (she/her)

  • Laurel Storey

    (she/her)

  • Bobbi Wagner

    (she/her)

  • Jodi Green

    (she/her)

    Jodi Green is an owner of Levigator Press, a printmaking and book arts studio in the Walkerville neighbourhood of Windsor, Ontario, Canada.

  • Lisa Silvestre

    Lisa Silvestre is a Windsor based textile artist and curator of asil; where the beauty inherent in organic materials transform the mundane into the extra ordinary

  • Stéphanie Doucet

    Stephanie Doucet is a member of The Windsor & Essex County Plein Air Society

  • Carol Was

    Carol Taylor Was, a Detroit native and Wayne State University alum, is a poet whose work has been featured in the journals like The Gettysburg Review, The Southern Review, Natural Bridge, and more. She has also earned nominations for Pushcart and Best New Poets. Currently residing in Plymouth, MI, she balances her passion for writing with daily walks.

  • Christopher Menard

    Christopher Menard, Supervisor, Community Programming – Cultural Affairs, City of Windsor