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CONTRIBUTORS A.L. ADAMS STEPHEN MARC BEAUDOIN A.L. ADAMS Taking "write what you know" to heart, A.L. Adams has been writing about Portland life and art in all its forms for more than ten years. Adams' hands-on experience includes producing music used by Nike and Oregon Public Broadcasting, presenting at Wordstock, performing as a solo musician and actor, helping found PDX Pop Now!, and working on animated feature film Coraline. STEPHEN MARC BEAUDOIN Winner of the Skidmore Prize and the Rob Delf Award, Stephen Marc Beaudoin is recognized as a next generation arts and culture leader in Oregon and beyond for his work advancing equity and inclusion in the arts, as well as his writing, organization leadership, advocacy and performance. Beaudoin is executive director of PHAME, an accomplished singer, and has contributed writing to Willamette Week, The Oregonian, Portland Business Journal, Portland Mercury and more. GRAHAM W. BELL Graham W. Bell is an art historian and arts writer living in Portland, Oregon. His research and interests lie in contemporary theory and practice, and new media. He teaches Contemporary Art and general MARTY HUGHLEY GRAHAM BELL art history survey courses at several local universities, and is also a frequent contributor to Oregon ArtsWatch where he acts as a visual arts critic and writer. He holds an M.A. in Art History from the University of Oregon. BRETT CAMPBELL Brett Campbell has been classical music editor at Willamette Week since 2008, Eugene Weekly’s music columnist since 1996, and a West Coast performing arts correspondent for The Wall Street Journal since 2000. He’s also a frequent contributor to San Francisco Classical Voice, Oregon Quarterly and Oregon Humanities, and a former editor of Oregon Quarterly and The Texas Observer. Campbell’s writing has appeared in The Oregonian, West: The Los Angeles Times Magazine, Salon, Musical America and many other publications. He has taught news and feature writing, editing and magazine publishing at the University of Oregon School of Journalism & Communication, and he currently teaches journalism at Portland State University. AMY GRAVES Amy Graves is a native of Portland, Oregon. She has always remaine