Contributor Bios – November 2025
Chelsey A. Anderson (she/her) is a visual artist and scholar based in Montgomery County, Maryland. Working in painting, drawing, and printmaking, her practice investigates the interconnections between human beings, the environment, and the systems that shape collective experience. Anderson’s work often layers signifiers and personal narratives, creating spaces that invite viewers to reflect on transformation—both inward, as individuals, and outward, as catalysts for change within the larger community. She holds a Master of Arts Management (2015) and a Master of Fine Arts in Studio Art (2022) from American University in Washington, DC. Her work has been exhibited widely across the Mid-Atlantic region, including the American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center (Washington, DC), Maryland Art Place (Baltimore, MD), Pyramid Atlantic Arts Center (Silver Spring, MD), DISTRICT Arts (Frederick, MD), and the Delaplaine Arts Center (Frederick, MD). Through her evolving collections, Anderson continues to explore how systems overlap and how the individual is positioned within the collective, offering viewers a lens into the symbiotic relationship between body, spirit, and earth. See more of her work at https://www.chelseyanderson.com.
Maximillian Gregg is a college student majoring in visual arts at UMBC, while working for the independent DnD studio The Gregg Workshop. They’ve loved art since they were young, and are particularly inspired by surrealist, art nouveau and impressionist artists. When they’re not making art, they relax by playing Silksong, watching movies and playing with their 4 cats.
Marjan Khoshbazan is an Iranian poet whose work blends ekphrasis with a minimalist, image-driven approach. Her poems explore the inner life of objects, memory, and quiet landscapes. Her recent and forthcoming publications include The Ekphrastic Review and other international journals.
Barbara Krasner holds an MFA from the Vermont College of Fine Arts and a Ph.D. in Holocaust & Genocide Studies from Gratz College, where she teaches in the graduate programs. Her ekphrastic work has been featured in The Ekphrastic Review, MacQueen’s Quinterly, Laurel Review, and elsewhere, earning her multiple Best of the Net, Best Microfiction, and Pushcart Prize nominations. She is the author of seven poetry books, including the ekphrastic Poems of the Winter Palace (Bottlecap Press, 2025) and The Night Watch (Kelsay Books, 2025). She lives in New Jersey. See more of her work at www.barbarakrasner.com.
Timothy Nohe is an artist, composer, and educator engaging traditional and electronic media in civic life and public places. His work has focused on sustainability and place, and works for dance and performance. He holds a BFA in Photography from the Maryland Institute College of Art and an MFA in Visual Arts from the University of California, San Diego. He serves as an Associate Dean in the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences at UMBC. Nohe has presented his work in a range of venues: IMPAKT, Utrecht; Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin; the Louvre Museum; Centre Pompidou; ISEA; Ars Electronica; the Danish Institute of Electro-Acoustic Music; Museu da Imagem e do Som, São Paulo; the Centre for Contemporary Arts, Glasgow; the Irish Museum of Modern Art; the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney; the Oxfringe Festival; Fed Square, Melbourne; the Smithsonian Institution; Eastern State Penitentiary, Philadelphia; The Museum of Jewish Heritage, New York; the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and the Cinemateca do MAM, Musée d’art modern, Rio de Janeiro. He was the recipient of a Australian–American Fulbright Commission Senior Scholar Award and was awarded the Commission’s Fulbright Alumni Initiative Grant. Nohe has received five Maryland State Arts Council Awards.
Matthew Sisson’s poetry has appeared in journals ranging from the Harvard Review Online, to JAMA The Journal of the American Medical Association. He has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize, and read his work on NPR’s “On Point.” His book, Please, Call Me Moby, was published by The Pecan Grove Press, of St. Mary’s University, San Antonio, Texas.
