Looking to add an illustrative approach its winter alumni magazine, the CalArts alumni office approached us to create a portrait of two women from the CalArts community. Writer/educator Maggie Nelson and writer/alumnus Allie Rowbottom discussed the life of a writer and the impact of teaching on the process. Magazine design by Joseph Prichard.
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