John R Kemp Author & Editor

John R. Kemp, Diamondhead, Mississippi, USA writes about southern artists for numerous regional, national, and international magazines and covers the New Orleans art scene for the New Orleans public television show Steppin' Out. The New Orleans native and former deputy director of the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities has written and contributed to more than a dozen books about Louisiana artists and history, including A Unique Slant of Light: The Bicentennial History of Art in Louisiana, available from University Press of Mississippi.