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Although she studied education in college, Judith
Toy began her teaching career as a visiting poet in the schools
while still raising two daughters and two stepsons. Prior to that,
she and her husband, Philip, ran their own public relations firm
for ten years. While Judith was teaching as a visiting poet, she
also studied puppetry with the world-renowned Peter Schumann, of
Vermont's Bread & Puppet Theater, a specific art form that set
Judith on fire.
She has made her living as a writer and editor, as crew on a whale
watching boat in the North Atlantic, and as a columnist. She has
been a fellow at the Virginia Center for Creative Arts, won the
Dylan Thomas Award at the New School for Social Research in NYC,
and was nominated for the prestigious Pushcart Prize in literature.
Judith has been the recipient of many grants. She worked for ten
years as a museum teacher, taught college poetry courses and graduate
workshops for teachers, taught art to orphaned children in Romania,
organized a giant puppet show for a Full Moon Festival in the South
of France, has edited 30 books of children's poetry and prose, founded
the Gifted Young Writers' Summer Conference, taught full time, K-2,
in North Carolina, and worked with folks of all ages. Judith feels
that she brings all of her talents to bear on the joyful project
of Open Art.
Art Director Theresa Coté studied commercial
and fine art in college and then went on to be a founding member
of Colourfield Art and Design Studio. A proficient artist in print,
digital and traditional media, she is widely traveled and has works
in private collections in Michigan, Washington and Alaska.
Web Designer Deborah
Ellington, of Durham, NC, graduated from UNC-Chapel Hill
in August of 2002 with a BA in Journalism and Mass Communication,
specializing in Multimedia and Web Design. Deborah was a visual
journalism fellow at The Poynter Institute for Media Studies last
year, and is currently employed as a Multimedia Developer for Elon
University.
Special Thanks and continuing hurrahs to Marilyn Sobanski, Mary
Lounsbury
and and Judith Bush, who, with Judith Toy and Theresa Cote, founded
Open
Art.
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