Chantel Schott is a self-taught abstract artist based in Queensland, Australia, who has worked on projects both collaboratively and individually since 2005. Last year she was a finalist in the 2009 Acquisitive Kath Dickson Art Award exhibition in Toowoomba, Australia and runner-up in the Rock the Art Vote competition at sweetriot in New York. Her artwork â&#x20AC;&#x153;At Seaâ&#x20AC;? appears on the cover of the 2010 McGregor Summer School brochure and she was the featured artist at Long Island Arts on-line gallery in New York. An exclusive collection of her greeting cards were stocked at the Darling Heights Post Office in Toowoomba and in 2010 Chantel will appear in several publications including, Kismet magazine, Fally Rag and Shady Side Review. Chantel will exhibit at Mooch Hair Workshop, Brisbane in February, participate in the Sketchbook Project exhibition tour beginning in Atlanta, have works on display at the Hampton High Country Festival, Sanctuary Cove Art Festival and take part in the Virion Digital Art Exhibition in Brisbane. Chantel enjoys working with acrylic, pastels and mixed media with her major focus on creating abstract art. She is inspired by fairy tales, fantasy and sea creatures. Megan Van Dyke will be graduating from UCLA with a B.A. in English this June. She writes fiction and journalism by day, and explores the many hidden corners of Los Angeles by night. She loves receiving emails about literature, music, art, or anything else incendiary: megg.van.dyke@gmail.com. Obsess with her about music at singtomebreathe<dot>blogspot<dot>com.
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