Winter Issue - January 2022 | Page 6

Contributors ...

Kevin Gin

Kevin Gin, a Senior Strategic Partner in the Institutional Effectiveness and Research Department of California State University-East Bay, examines the effect of racialized aggression and provides recommentations for change.

Ptolemy Mann

Since 1997 Ptolemy Mann has been running her own studio practice. Her unique approach to hand-dyeing and weaving wall-based art works has become the basis for a modern-day Bauhaus philosophy of art making underpinned with intelligent colour theory. She has completed many site specific art installations and has exhibited worldwide, including Tate Modern in London. She is represented by Taste Contemporary in Geneva, Gallery Lau In Munich, and Findaly Galleries in the USA.

Karolina Merska

Karolina Merska is a pajaki chandelier maker and art historian. She is also owner of Folka, a shop located in Stoke Newington, London, that specialises in objects of modern craft, folklore, and one-of-a-kind pieces with a focus on handmade work from around the world.