Team
CHRIS MUNKHOLM, Publisher & Editor
After a career in scientific research and management, Chris settled on Cape Ann where it was easy to re-engage in her passion for the arts. She founded a publishing label, Woolsthorpe Press, to produce books on historical science topics. And then Cape Ann COSMOS happened, out of her frustration in missing concerts and exhibitions. With COSMOS she is now well informed—and informing—on the rich Greater Cape Ann cultural scene and community. Chris’ formal education includes art studies at Parson’s School of Design and Pratt Institute, and degrees in chemistry from Salem State and Tufts Universities. Additional projects include Manchester-by-the-Sea Cultural Council and marketing her book Atlas Decrypted a forensic literary study. Chris was the Founding Executive Director of Gloucester Marine Genomics Institute (2013-2019).
Contact: office@capeanncosmos.com
MEREDITH ANDERSON, Director of Design & Technology
Meredith is a Gloucester-based independent graphic designer specializing in book and website design for arts-related organizations and individuals. She is a graduate of Hunter College in New York and has worked in publishing, fine art transport, communications, and as a jewelry designer. She is a practicing artist as time permits.
Contact: design@capeanncosmos.com
BING McGILVRAY, Feature Writer & Illustrator
Bing McGilvray has harvested a cum laude BA from UMass Amherst '76 and a summa cum laude MFA from UCLA '84; for those that like that sort of thing.
Contact: office@capeanncosmos.com.
PAUL ERICKSON, Science Editor
Paul trained in life sciences at Bates College and is a natural history writer, diver, and photographer. He worked at the New England Aquarium for 26 years and served as an on-camera correspondent for many programs, including ABC’s Good Morning America and WBZ-TV’s Eyewitness News, Evening Magazine. He has also worked as an educator at the Glen Urquhart School and aboard the Salem-based Sea Shuttle Endeavour. Paul has photographed underwater habitats in the Red Sea, Solomon Islands, Fiji, Belize, the Philippines, New England and Loch Ness, Scotland. His latest books, published by Tilbury House, are Don’t Mess with Me: The Strange Lives of Venomous Sea Creatures and The Pier at the End of the World. Paul lives in Ipswich.
Contact: office@capeanncosmos.com
JOY BUELL, Correspondent
Joy is a working artist. A longtime Gloucester resident educated at Yale, Tufts, and the Boston Museum School, she leads travel groups to draw and paint in Europe and Costa Rica. Joy teaches drawing and painting at UMBRELLA ARTS in Concord. A fabulous cook whose intimate salons are legendary, she is also a proud grandmother affectionately known as MoMa.
Contact: office@capeanncosmos.com