Meet Skagit River Poetry Festival artists Alfred Currie and Anne Schreivogl, who created the Festival poster and cover for this year’s student anthology, respectively.

Lifelong artist Alfred Currier spent his formative years in southern Ohio. He received his formal education at Columbus College of Art and Design and the American Academy of Art in Chicago, where he earned his degree in fine art. He is an artist member of the prestigious Palette and Chisel Academy of Fine Art in Chicago.

Currier is noted for his use of brilliant color and texture, as well as his focus on the figure, specifi...