Matthew Rangel is a fine artist whose original lithographic prints and drawings are centered on the ways in which human constructs of land influence our experience of place, and his perceptual inquiry of places embodies physical aspects of land through personal narrative. While Adjunct Drawing and Painting Professor at College of the Sequoias, Matthew also mentored Project Puente, served as a board member of Arts Visalia and the Sequoia Natural History Association, and was the founder and chief coordinator of the annual Kaweah Land and Arts Festival. His website is www.rangelstudio.com. In 2013, Matthew moved to Albuquerque for a tenured teaching position at UNM.