Greenroom Magazine (Issue #02 / Spring '14) | Page 6

CONTRIBUTORS

CIPRIANA QUANN
Cipriana Quann is the editor-in-chief of Urban Bush Babes, an online publication
exploring health, beauty and culture. During the photo-shoot to accompany her feature
in this issue (pg. 23), we made a great connection with Cipriana. She told us that if we
were ever in the city again, we’d have to meet up. Two months later, when we traveled to
NYC for the Lolawolf photo shoot, we met for drinks. At the mention of Lolawolf, she burst
out with an exclamation of her love for Zoë Kravitz. There was a second of silence, and
then we looked up at her and said, “Well, do you want to write the story then?” And there
you have it, not only is Cipriana featured in this issue as a subject, but also as a writer of
her first cover story (Lolawolf, pg. 30).

BRAD OGBONNA

TRICIA KHUTORETSKY

ALEXANDER “DJ RTC” FRUCHTER

Brad Ogbonna is a photographer
whose work has been featured in
VICE and BULLET Magazine, as well
as by Myspace and Diet Coke. Brad
recently self-published a photo
book titled Jisike, which chronicled
his journey to Nigeria for his father’s
funeral. The book led him to work
with DIESEL + EDUN on their
Studio Africa Project. He’s currently
working on a project entitled
Elasticity, an ongoing collection of
photos from his travels. Though he
now lives in Brooklyn he was born
and raised in St. Paul, Minnesota
and makes sure to maintain an
interest in what’s going on in
his home state, which includes
contributing to Greenroom.

Tricia Khutoretsky is the Curator and Director of
Public Functionary, an innovative contemporary
art space in Northeast Minneapolis. Growing up
overseas (Egypt/Thailand/Saudi Arabia) and
coming from a culturally-mixed background, her
motivation and personal agenda as an art curator
is to share art that educates, inspires and connects
people. Past experiences include working with
the Iraqi and American Reconciliation Project,
through which she produced three major exhibits
of contemporary Iraqi and American art that
reacted to the impact of the Iraq war, encouraging
dialogue for healing between Iraqi’s and Americans
through art. A graduate of Macalester College,
she continued her studies in Arts and Cultural
Management at St. Mary’s University of Minnesota
where she is currently an Adjunct Instructor in the
same program.

Alexander “DJ RTC” Fruchter
served as the editor-in-chief of
Chicago hip-hop website and blog
RubyHornet.com from 2008-2013,
where he helped propel the careers
of many of Chicago’s now nationally
recognized artists. Since stepping
down from the position at Ruby
Hornet in February 2013, Fruchter
has shifted his attention to Chicago
indie rap label Closed Sessions,
which he co-owns and operates
with sound engineer Michael Kolar.
A graduate of Indiana University,
Fruchter also serves as an Adjunct
Instructor at Columbia College
in Chicago and writes periodic
columns for Greenroom.

EDITOR’S
NOTE

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While plotting out an aim for the content of this
issue I had the idea to hit up my friend, Milo. I had
first become acquainted with him in October
2011, at a time when much of my energy was
spent posting music for a Minneapolis-based
hip hop b