A Box of Dreams

Denis Bell is a maker of both mathematical formulas and small fictions, which he believes, weirdly, that he draws from a common font. He was born and raised in London, England and studied at the Universities of Manchester and Warwick. His scientific work has been recognized by national funding, an Outstanding Scholarship Award from the University of North Florida and a Research Professorship at MSRI in Berkeley, California. Linguistically challenged in earlier life (as evidenced by three attempts to obtain an English O-level!), he started writing fiction relatively recently. His writing has been published in Grub Street, The Maine Review, Flash: The International Short-Short Story Magazine, Journal of Microliterature, Literary Orphans and many other print and online literary magazines and journals. Most of his ramblings, literary and otherwise can be found at https://www.unf.edu/~dbell.Louise Freshman Brown is a painter and mixed medium artist whose works have been featured in exhibitions in museums and galleries in the United States and Europe. Solo exhibits include Piirto Gallery, Helsinki, Finland, Everson Museum, Syracuse, NY, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL, The Deland Museum of Art, DeLand, FL, Monique Goldstrom Gallery, NYC, City Center Theatre, NYC, Albertson-Peterson Gallery, Winter Park, FL, Lufrano Intercultural Gallery, Jacksonville, FL, Hector Gallery, Gainesville, FL, Jacksonville International Airport, Jacksonville, FL Group exhibitions include Galleria Retro & Arte, Venice, Italy, Advice Konsthall, Sollentuna, Sweden, Jane Haslem Gallery, Washington, DC, Women’s Art Cooperative, Van Nuys, CA, The William Whipple Art Gallery, Marshall, MN, New York Academy of Art, NYC, Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, FL, Montgomery College, Rockville, MD, The Cummer Museum of Art and Gardens, Jacksonville, FL, Barbara Gillman Gallery, Miami, FL,Park Plaza Castle, Boston, MA, Childs Gallery, NYC, Linda Hayman Gallery, Boca Raton, FL, Polk Museum, Lakeland, FL, Arts on Douglas, New Smyrna Beach, FL, St. Johns Performing Arts Center, Orange Park, FL, Barbara Gillman Gallery, Miami, FL  Freshman Brown is from Oneida, NY and received her B.F.A. in Painting and M.F.A. in Painting/Printmaking from Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY. She is a Professor Emerita of Art at The University of North Florida, Jacksonville, FL where she has been regularly awarded for excellence in teaching, service and scholarship. In 2005 she received the Outstanding Scholarship Award and in 2007 the Distinguished Professor Award. In 2018 she received the Ann McDonald Baker Art Ventures Award. For the past 40 years, she has conducted workshops and lectures nationally and internationally.