photo by janice karam chung.
she/they
a writer and editor based in the kingston, ny.
they are the current and founding editor of The Amp at Asian American Arts Alliance, as well as the editor of Artlab Editorial. she is also a dining critic for Times Union covering the hudson valley.
previously, they worked as a managing editor for the 2026 edition of The Other Almanac. she was also an associate editor for Artsy, account coordinator for the PR firm Cultural Counsel, and co-founded the experimental environmental journalism platform Silica Mag.
in a previous life, they played in a shoegaze band called Teen Body.
she also runs an occasional food pop-up.
work status:
closed for freelance assignments
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photo by janice karam chung.
she/they
is a writer and editor currently based in kingston, new york (unceded lands of the Esopus peoples of Lenapehoking). they are the current and founding editor of The Amp at Asian American Arts Alliance, as well as the editor of Artlab Editorial. she is also the managing editor for The Other Almanac. their writing covers art, ecology, and asian diaspora. in particular, she is interested in cultural practices that reframe/reclaim our relationship to nature.
they are a co-founder of the experimental environmental journalism platform, Silica Mag and used to play in a band called Teen Body. she also cooks sometimes.
work status:
closed for freelance assignments
︎ shannyown@gmail.com
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