Racquel Ward: “Expo”

Artwork and Text by Racquel Ward, Copyright 2019 . This series entitled “Expo ” represents the rapidly growing body positive movement, which in recent years has challenged mainstream representations of beauty. In the U.S. and other western countries, thin white bodies served as the cornerstone for standards of beauty that most women, including many white … Read more

Jamie Hunter: Escuela Adelante – Nicaragua

. Text by Jamie Hunter, Copyright 2019 . ESCUELA ADELANTE . Who are we? . Escuela Adelante provides high quality, alternative education in Spanish and English to meet the diverse needs of San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua. We offer bilingual preschool, several levels of STEM-based ESL and bilingual coursework for elementary-aged students, and adult ESL … Read more

Rongrong Liu: Light

  Video and Text by Rongrong Liu, Copyright 2019 . LIGHT . This video art project is all about light. I started thinking of using light as my main subject when I saw the disco ball installation recently at the Institute of Contemporary Art. What’s most interesting about it is that what I am able … Read more

Bob Shell: Fighting Monsters

  Bob Shell: Letters From Prison #33 . Letters by Bob Shell, Copyright 2019 . FIGHTING MONSTERS . Friedrich Nietzsche wrote: “Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster.”. I’ve been fighting a monster known as The Commonwealth of Virginia since my life was disrupted in … Read more

Mikala Mikrut: The Best Way to Speak to a Monster is From a Distance

Text by Mikala Mikrut, Copyright 2019 . Artwork by Christopher Suciu, Copyright 2019 . The Best Way to Speak to a Monster is From a Distance . Humans have always feared the unknown. More often than not, it meant death. Throughout time, the term “monster” has been used to explain the inexplicable whether it was … Read more