- Born in Warren, Pa. in 1952.
Moved to Tucson, Az. USA at 2-1/2 months old due to mother's asthmatic condition. Mother, Father and one sister also living in Tucson. - Attended University of Arizona starting in 1970. Switched majors
from English to Drug Rehabilitation in junior year, then
switched to general Rehabilitation, receiving Bach. of Science
degree at in 1978: Major--Rehabilitation; minor--Psychology.
- Worked for the State of Arizona for ten years in the field of
Mental Retardation/Physically Handicapped in charge of
Alternative Language Communication for two districts in Arizona,
including Sign Language and electronic language boards.
Additionally, was assistant to Occupational, Physical, Speech,
and Audiological Therapists during that time.
Teamed on a book for Sign Language usage for MR population in
cooperation between three state-wide institutions.
Left the field of human services in the '80s and went into
the business field, where the author is currently still
working.
Publications and Creations
- authored storyboard and script, produced, directed, and video-edited a cable t.v.
documentary
production (won first place in 1989 Tucson Oasis
Awards in the
category of Best Documentary);
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consultant and co-editor for a documentary promotional (won first place in 1991 Tucson Oasis Awards for Best Promotional);
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designed and co-video edited "Patagonia" a multi-tape video presentation for Patagonia Library in 1993 documenting life in a small town, based on a five-year research grant;
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published the short story, "The Company" in runner-up position in Society of Southwestern Authors anthology in 1995;
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rec. Honorable Mention from ByLine Magazine for "The Dog's Name was Damnit" poem in 1995;
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published the poem, "Apache" in Poetry in Motion Summer 1996;
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published illustration "Favorite Sleeping Spot" in Poetry in Motion, Summer 1996;
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"Roadrunner" illustration appeared in the annual publication of the Stoneflower Journal Spring 1997;
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"Unexpected Beauty" poem appeared in PIM Spring 1997;
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"Writers' Post" cartoon illustration appeared in PIM Spring 1997;
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"Spider" illustration appeared in PIM Spring 1997;
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designed art cover for "Green Pages" for a gardening group on the Web;
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published on the Net the short story, murder mystery, "The Gazebo Murder";
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designed and edited Gazebo Garden Calendar 1997 for gardening group on the Web;
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"Boak", a mixed media art piece is not longer being held for consideration with PIM. It is being published as hoped for in Poetry in Motion's October quarterly publication along with the accompanying poem, "All Hallows Eve March."
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"A Future Garden" poem paired with a friend's illustration in poetry magazine Summer 1997 .
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Programmed and illustrated art-oriented web site-- http://www.geocities.com/~kasinhunter/ Kasin Keep.
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Published "A Good Thing" as an advertisement for Poetry in Motion in Summer 1997.
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"Roadrunner" and "Writer's Post" cartoons showcased on "Nick's Page".
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The art piece, "Dali Interpreted", made the cover of "Apocalypse Playground", an art magazine showcasing dark Gothic pieces in July, 1997, issue eight. The publisher of the 'zine, Dylan Kinnett, had this to say, "Kasin Hunter, cover artist about the cover: this piece, entitled "Dali Interpreted" is a digital rendering, selected from Kasin's Internet portfolio. This is the first outside submission to appear on the cover of this 'zine." (Thanks, Dylan. A special place for a special piece.)
-----Kasin Hunter's gourd art has been featured in a Chicago on-line magazine called Chicago Living at this URL.
-----AGS, The Gourd -- Journal of The American Gourd Society, Vol. 28,No4, Fall 1998. An article on "How to Make Christmas Ornaments" appears on page 6.
In same publication, a Two-Page pictorial spread on the 1998 Ohio Gourd Show appears, taken from the Kasin Keep web site. Photos courtesy of Mark Middlemountain (Gourdmad).
-----AGS, The Gourd -- Journal of The American Gourd Society, Vol. 29,No1, Winter 1999. Kasin's Festive Bowl is featured on the front cover.
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Kasin's gourd art and gourd collectibles were featured at the Tucson Public LIbrary for the entire month of November, 2001. SAGA members also showed their pieces. Go here to see the show online.
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In 1999 Kasin founded SAGA, Southern Arizona Gourd Association, now meeting in Tucson, Arizona and invites anyone interesting in gourds. Email for details. or go here to see the main SAGA Web page, gallery, and more.
- Associations: the HTML Writers Guild, the National Poet's Association, Native Seed
SEARCH, the Humane Society of Southern Arizona, SAGA, and is a card-carrying member of
the American Gourd Society.
- Current interests include beading, gardening, designing gourd art for sell, working full time in retail,
Bear the Chow Mix--Kasin's four-legged "baby", plus Blacky and Hope (black Lab/Doberman
mixes), Deliverance (Del) a rescued puppy, Rascal, his sister Princess and his other sister, Salsa are the latest additions to the yard. Five dogs and six chickens!
082707 Sadly, both Bear and Del are now passed away. They are sorely missed.
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