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SAMANTHA CUSHMAN | PRESCRIBED, UNTITLED

Samantha Cushman is a senior majoring in fine arts and secondary education. Her concentration is printmaking
and she hopes to one day be a high school art teacher. Samantha was awarded the Adrian Tinsley Grant this past
summer and through this grant was able to build a collection of artworks based on mental illness. She hopes to bring
visual representation to mental illnesses and help non-sufferers gain a better understanding of mental illnesses
through her work.

NICOL M. DA SILVA | INTERGALACTIC, PASSION

Nicol M. Da Silva is a double major in art and social work. When she starts working in her field she wants to use art
as therapy to help children heal from traumatic events. Her main focus in art is abstract painting, which pushed her
out of her comfort zone and inspired her to let the paint do its thing.

ALEX DICKEY | COMMUTE, ECO

Alexzandra Dickey is a senior elementary education and art education double major with a minor in studio arts at
Bridgewater State University. Concepts of self-reflection as well as contemporary issues and real-life experiences
influence a lot of her artwork. Her favorite medium to work with is paint, but she has recently had the opportunity
to experiment in bookbinding arts. She hopes to one day teach and inspire a love of art in young artists.

SHAY DUCHAINE | THE VERY THINGS THAT HARM US, YOU AND I

Shay Duchaine is a writer and a Massachusetts native. Her work primarily consists of fiction and poetry. When she
isn’t playing video games or reading a good book, she often frequents local coffee shops and cafes. She is an alumna
of Bridgewater State University, where she majored in English with a writing studies concentration, and psychology.
She is beginning her MA in English in the spring of 2019.

PIERRE DUMOULIN-MINGUET | COME WHALE AWAY

Pierre Dumoulin-Minguet was born and raised in France, and he came to the United States when he was 19 to go to
college. He has always had a passion for drawing. Pierre really enjoys working with graphite and finds whales to be
very graceful animals, which he never gets tired of drawing.

DOMINIQUE “MO” DURDEN | BLOOD, IN RETROGRADE

Mo is a 21-year-old poet studying psychology with a double minor in Middle East and African American studies. She
has been writing for almost 8 years, and has been featured in many online media outlets such as Repp Magazine,
Affinity Magazine, Cauldron Anthology, and Umbel and Panicle. She hopes to use her platform as an artist to speak
for those who are unheard and to create social change. She believes that as an artist, it is her duty to respond to the
world around her, the good, the bad, and the ugly.

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