Jonathan Blackwell (writer)

Duke University declared Visual Art as a Major in 1997, auspiciously the same year Jonathan Blackwell arrived as a freshman. Since graduation in 2001 he has cultivated his company Lineaist Enterprises, LLC as a bridge between Duke and Durham through art with an international focus. Lineaist watched with anticipation as the Nasher was built as a monument to those same values. He enters an MBA program in Australia in 2009 to build an international bridge through arts and culture with his ETA Cafe & Calendar projects. His Lineaist artwork can be seen at the 202 Lounge, Centerfest, and Durham Artwalk.

J Caldwell (writer)

J Caldwell is a freelance photographer and is also an author, a DJ and a scientist. Currently he is working on a concept photography project, Kissing Strangers: Because We’re All Family, with New York-based producer/author/photographer and long-time friend, Alexis Stember. J also has a radio show from 9-10 AM on Wednesdays on WXDU 88.7 FM in Durham. He can be reached at jason.caldwell [at] duke.edu or through Facebook.

Juline Chevalier (writer)

Juline Chevalier is the Curator of Education at the Nasher Museum where she enjoys the opportunity to share her love of visual art with people of all ages. Juline has a BA in Art History and French from the University of Virginia and an M.Ed. in Arts in Education (with a concentration in Museum Education) from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. In her spare time, she knits too much.

David Colagiovanni (writer/designer)

David Colagiovanni works in New Media and Video and is currently a visiting professor at Ohio University. His work has been screened and shown in group and solo exhibitions nationally. He creates the Nasher’s youtube video series and redesigns this blog from time to time. His work can be seen at colagiovanni.net, and his new research blog.

Jertin Crosby (writer)

Jerstin Crosby is an interdisciplinary artist who has recently relocated from Raleigh to Hillsborough, NC. He produces and curates a cable access video art series on Raleigh Television Network 10 called Acid Rain Production, and writes for several art-related blogs. Crosbys’ work has been exhibited both nationally and internationally over the last four years. www.jerstincrosby.com, www.acidrainproduction.com.

Harrison Haynes (writer)

Harrison Haynes is an artist, musician and a co-founder of Branch Gallery. He lives in Durham, NC.

Wendy Hower Livingston (writer)

Wendy Hower Livingston has been the manager of marketing and communications at the Nasher Museum since April 2004. She has a B.A. in journalism from Northwestern University. At the Nasher Museum, Wendy edits the newsletter and annual report, works with journalists and directs the museum’s website and on-line social networking projects. Wendy was a newspaper reporter for 15 years, most recently at The News & Observer. She is married with two children.

Libby Lynn (writer)

Libby Lynn is a college student at NCCU in downtown Durham. Her first degree was a BA in Radio, TV and Film from Auburn University. After 15 years of working in marketing, she decided to give up a lucrative career to study fine art. Her personal blog is rollertrain, and she can be reached at rollertrain@gmail.com.

Trevor Schoonmaker (writer)

Trevor Schoonmaker is Curator of Contemporary Art at the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, where he has organized the traveling exhibitions Barkley L. Hendricks: Birth of the Cool (2008-2010), and Street Level: Mark Bradford, William Cordova & Robin Rhode (2007-2008). Prior to joining the Nasher he was organizer of numerous exhibitions including The Magic City (2000), Black President: The Art and Legacy of Fela Anikulapo-Kuti (2003-2005), DTroit (2003–2004), Propeller (2005), and The Beautiful Game: Contemporary Art and Fútbol (2006). He is also the editor of Fela: From West Africa to West Broadway (2003).

Stacy-Lynn Waddell (writer)

Stacy-Lynn Waddell is a multimedia artist and writer of The Watched Pot-a monthly Raleigh News and Observer food column. She lives in Chapel Hill, NC.

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