Claire Bain has been a filmmaker/artist/writer since 1989, when she graduated from the San Francisco Art Institute. Her films have shown in the San Francisco Bay Area at Pacific Film Archive, San Francisco Cinematheque, Southern Exposure, and other venues. She has several murals in San Francisco, and one in Albuquerque, New Mexico, her home town. She was contributing editor for the book entitled "Street Art San Francisco: Mission Muralismo," which also includes her essay, "Hell in Playland." She also published an essay on Gunvor Nelson's film "Red Shift" in the film journal, "Release Print." She currently teaches art, architecture, and creative writing in Bay Area schools, grades K - 12. She is a library page in San Francisco Public Library's Fiction collection at the Main Library, and is at work on a social media fiction project called "Nova Avon" (thenovaavon.blogspot.com).