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Writings

Currently writing, Imposter, a Memoir of Seduction by Love and Art. 

Publication List

During my career as a writer, I focused primarily on ‘informational’ writing as a source of income. Since 2014, memoir, and creative non-fiction are my primary foci.

Books

  • Making Art Safely: Alternatives in Drawing, Painting, Printmaking, Graphic Design and Photography, with artist Merle Spandorfer, and toxicologist Jack Snyder, MD (1993) New York, Van Nostrand Reinhold; acquired by John Wiley & Sons, 1998.

  • Introduction to Visual Literacy, A Guide to the Visual Arts and Communication (1987) Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Prentice-Hall; acquired by Pearson, 1996.

Articles (selected 
from more than 300 published)

  • “April 14, 1950” in The Quill Times, (2022): https://www.thequilltimes.com/post/april-14-1950

  • “Going Nude” (2014). Toteson, H., ed. Creativity & Constraint, Universal Table / Wising Up Press, Decatur GA

  • Multiple articles at https://independent.academia.edu/DeborahCurtiss

  • “Bringing Beauty to Life while Optimizing Conditions for Creativity,” (2011) a chapter in Perspectives on Creativity II, L. DellaPietra, ed. Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Newcastle-upon-Tyne

  • “Some Dreams Come True: Greene Street Artists Corporation/Cooperative,” (1997/1998) 
    Art Matters, December/January

  • “Book for Every Artist,” (1997) Art Matters, May

  • “Small Scale Sculpture” (1984) New Art Examiner, Chicago, IL, March

  • “Third Annual Franklin Town Sculpture Show” (1984) New Art Examiner, Chicago, IL, February

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