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Mara Magyarosi-Laytner is an artist, educator, and curator in the Detroit area. Her artistic work pairs experimental lens based methods to explore identity through a symbolic and poetic lens. A graduate of both College for Creative Studies (BFA | Photography, 2012) and Savannah College of Art and Design (MA | Arts Administration, 2016, MFA | Photography, 2022), the artist and her work have been shown in many spaces across the United States and internationally, including the ScotiaBank CONTACT Photography Festival in Toronto, Canada, and exhibitions in Italy, France, and Hungary. Mara's artistic and curatorial projects have been featured in multiple articles and periodicals, including Complex, Detroit Metro Times, The Hand Magazine, and Aeonian Magazine.