Sheila Squillante is a mixed media artist living in the Hazelwood neighborhood of Pittsburgh. Her work has been part of solo and group exhibitions in the region since 2023, and has been featured in several literary journals including Brevity, Mid-American Review, Asterales, A-Minor and Dogwood. A widely published poet and essayist, and author of nine books, she directs the MFA program in creative writing at Chatham University. During the pandemic, six months after the death of her mother, she got serious about making visual art after a lifetime of appreciation and play. Now, she finds that, beyond being a space for solace and healing from grief, painting compliments and feeds her writing (and vice versa) in unexpected and meaningful ways. You can see more of her work at www.sheilasquillante.com and at https://sheilasquillanteart.etsy.com. Connect with her on Instagram at @sheilasquillante_abstract_art
