Found Art: A Journey Through Connection and Creativity

The April edition of Corridor is ready for print. Copies will go out during the first two weeks of April. If you find one, take a photo and I will share it with the group. Below is a sample of some of the photos we’ve received over the years. Found art is modest, magical, and mysterious. A conversation started and completed by two bodies and minds that do not know each other in a traditional way, yet connect in the area of the abstract. Art does that. Sometimes holding a conversation over decades. It is there. It is a sentence and a whole story at the same time. It is a swirl on a rock you notice while on a hunt. It is a colorful staple-bound paper book on the windowsill at a restaurant. Hearing does not require an audible voice. Please consider donating a poem or art to this exciting project.

This month, one of our regular contributors, Kathleen McKeever, reached a significant landmark in her art creation. During the COVID shutdown, she began to make “tiny art” collages from old magazines and books. She diligently numbered each complete work. In March 2025, she completed piece #1000! Congratulations Kathleen! A photo of the work is in the collection below. An interview with her about this accomplishment was posted on Instagram here: Little Free Gallery

BIOS BIOS BIOS
Linda Conroy, a Bellingham poet, and author of two poetry collections, likes to write about the complexities of human nature and our connection to the natural world.

Naomi Stenberg’s poems and essays have appeared in more than a dozen
publications, including The Sky Island Journal and Knee Brace Press. She lives in Seattle.

Shoshana D. Kerewsky is the author of “Cancer, Kintsugi, Camino: A Memoir” and “50 Days in May: Reflections Along the Camino de Santiago.”

Candice James is a visual artist, poet, musician and songwriter. She is a League of Canadian Poets and Royal City Literary Arts Society member and the author of 21 books.

Elizabeth Jane Pryce is a poet, “Wild Child”, (2010). Author of an early
childhood memoir, “Chosen”, (2022). She currently writes a blog:
bluebottleswritingstudio.com

J.I. Kleinberg lives in Bellingham, Washington, where she tears words out of magazines and stares at them until they turn into poems. Find out more at https://chocolateisaverb.wordpress.com or on Instagram @jikleinberg.

Taya Sanderson Kesslau believes that beauty will save the world, and poetry, cookies, and kindness. She lives in Fairhaven with her sweet husband and their many 4-legged creatures.

Jeffrey Hanson and his wife, Marilyn, left Ohio in 2019 where he taught for Hocking College and Ohio University. He’s retired now and lives in Sudden Valley.

Mary Gillilan says “the characters I write bear my DNA — and poetry — in my
dissolving bones. I live in the Pacific Northwest with my little tail-wagger, Betty Bananas.”

Shannon Laws is the publisher of Corridor. Her new poetry book “Tongue in Ink” will be released in 2025. Find out more on Instagram @shannon.chickadee

ARTISTS
Michelle Ballou is a poet and artist living in Bellingham, Washington. She likes to play with ink, paper, and words. The American Robin is her spark bird.

Kathleen A. McKeever has published two books of poetry, available at Village Books or Bellingham Washington Public Library, “Lightbound” and “Body/Today.”

Jessica Pfundt is a local photographer who enjoys capturing PNW landscapes and the people within them. Her poetry is inspired by our human connection to our environments.