Draft:Christine Stoddard (writer)

Christine Stoddard (born Christine Sloan Stoddard) is an American writer, multidisciplinary artist, filmmaker, academic, and the founder of Quail Bell Magazine. In 2023, Brooklyn Magazine acknowledged Christine Stoddard as one of Brooklyn's Top 50 Most Fascinating People. She also hosts the talk show Badass Lady-Folk.

In 2023, her play, "Mi Abuela, Queen of Nightmares" premiered at The Tank. She was also invited as the keynote speaker at the College of William & Mary's Diversity & Inclusion Symposium. Additionally, she took on the role of editor at the Brooklyn Downtown Star, the sister publication of The Queens Ledger. Christine's first feature film, "Sirena's Gallery" premiered at the Byrd Theatre in 2021 and became available for streaming. Her solo exhibition, "A Forest of Ancestral Dreams" was showcased at the Queens Botanical Garden, where she had previously exhibited with the AnkhLave Arts Alliance.

She has been recognized as one of FOLIO's Top 20 Media Visionaries in their 20s, showcasing her visionary contributions to the media industry. Throughout her career, Stoddard has held artist-in-residence positions at various institutions, including Annmarie Sculpture Garden, Brooklyn Public Library, Lenox Hill Neighborhood House, Woodlawn, and Pope-Leighey House. In 2020, she was an artist-in-residence at HeartShare Human Services of New York, where she created a series of 17 murals in group homes for adults with disabilities.

Stoddard's work has been widely published on Cosmopolitan, Bustle, Yes! Magazine, Teen Vogue, Native Peoples Magazine, and the University of Richmond's Digital America, among others. Her artwork has been exhibited in esteemed institutions, including the Elisabet Ney Museum, 1708 Gallery, the Poe Museum, and the Howard County Center for the Arts. Stoddard holds an MFA from The City College of New York, where she was a Jacoff Scholar. Notably, she graduated from the same program as Puerto Rican artist Lionel Cruet. She continues her academic pursuits at Columbia University.

She was also named Syosset Library Artist of the Month.