A few of the Aorta Collective folk took part in the Allied Media Conference in Detroit (as recently as 4 days ago) and we were blown away by the presence of various independent publications and the spirit of the conference. The people who participated in this event strongly believe that art is a vehicle for change and a part of social justice movement. We feel invigorated by this experience and want to bring this spirit back to our project. Here are some awesome organizations and collectives from the AMC 2010… Read the rest of this entry »
Artists, designers, illustrators
Hey Artists!
We are now looking for folks to try their hand at layout and doing awesome stuff with hand lettering, photographs, custom illustrations for the magazine. If you are interested in gaining experience in working with an art magazine, you are looking to have your work published and are comfortable working with some creative direction then you are the one for us! Read the rest of this entry »
so soon
Aorta is the new moniker of ArtXX Magazine. Welcome!
If you’ve landed here, you’re probably just as eager to see the new Aorta site as we are to reveal it to you. The countdown is on. Issue #3 will be released in the first week of March, concurrently with the unveiling of the new website.
Dig around, or go look in on Marci Washington, creator of our new cover.
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