ALL Magazine November 2015 | Page 36

Rick Hunt, (B : 1955, Littleton, New Hampshire), studied with internationally known artist, Kenneth Westhaver, privately and at Franconia College as a teen before attending Massachusetts College of Art in the early 1980’s. Rick’s art has been shown in such places as galleries and museums and has been published in books and magazines. Together, with his wife, Carolyn Hunt, they have been performing as storytellers known as “Laughing Couple”, (http://www.laughingcouple.com/ ) while traveling all over New England, New York, and New Jersey and performing in schools, colleges, and museums. They can be seen at cultural events, powwows, and events such as Burlington, Vermont First Night. Laughing Couple has even had the honor of sharing a stage with the Vermont Symphony Orchestra. Currently, Rick is working on co-curating Twisted Path III for the Abbe Museum in Bar Harbor, Maine, is Co-Hosting, “The Angie Bowie Barnett Show,” on Blog Talk Radio, where she describes them as a “creative duo”, and is also designing illustrations and paintings for various musicians projects (ie: Angie Bowie, Jeff Slate and Birds of Paradox [a band consisting of ex-members of Paul McCartney’s Wings and John Lennon’s Elephant Memory Band]). Rick Hunt’s art is featured in private collections worldwide and can be viewed at the Abbe Museum in February 2014.