CONTRIBUTORS

Shane Baker

- THEY/THEMShane Baker is a Philadelphia-based illustrator making silly stories and portraits on commission. They enjoy board games, video games, and adventuring with friends (on the tabletop or irl). Inspired by artists like Luke Pearson and Carey Pietsch, they try to instill a little whimsy and humor into whatever piece they’re working on.

IG: @Shane_Illustrations | shaneillustrations.com

Faith Costa

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Faith Costa is a New Jersey-based artist who focuses on painting. Featuring flowers, landscapes, abstracts, animals, and more, Faith’s work aims to brighten your day and make you feel. Her acrylic miniature and full size paintings on canvas are bound to transport you to a magical place. As a lifelong painter and maker, her original artwork comes from the heart.

@faithcosta_originalartwork | faithcosta.com etsy.com/shop/faithcostaartwork

Matthew Goldberg

Matt Goldberg is a writer, teacher, and content designer whose fiction has appeared in various literary journals, including The Normal School, Porter House Review, SmokeLong Quarterly, Philadelphia Stories, and many others. Matt earned his MFA in creative writing from Temple University and lives in Philadelphia with his partner.

twitter: @mattmgoldberg backyardwriters.org/matthew-goldberg/

Jaime Massey

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Jaime is a Philadelphia artist who paints the streets around her.

IG: @ronni.lynne.art

Ziania NarvaezGarcia

- SHE/HERZiania is a Philly-based, first-generation Mexican American artist from South Texas. Her artwork is a form of selfcare and a means to photograph her emotions or memories. She draws inspiration from loved ones, the outdoors, and her peers. Having grown up in a house where each space was divided by different colored walls, she likes to give credit for her artwork’s color palette to her Mom and family trips to Mexico.

IG: @z_alwayz