Photo Essay: Night at Mills Park.
Every month, Artborne Magazine hosts a release party to celebrate the release of a new issue. This month, there was an exception. Instead of releasing September’s issue 3, management decided to produce a limited edition (130 total copies were printed and handed out) to celebrate Read More …
Doris Salcedo. Art Does Not Give Answers
I was first exposed to Doris Salcedo’s diverse oeuvre while working toward my art history minor in college. It was during a Latin American art history course, taught by the insightful and passionate Cyriaco Lopes, where I became acquainted and enamored with the talent of Read More …
Artist Spotlight: Pedro Brull
Pedro called himself an “old man” no fewer than three times while we spoke last week, and I kept telling him it wasn’t so. If it were a self portrait, he might include wrinkles the rest of us can’t see, but more likely he’s settling Read More …
Shayna ‘Simba’ Castano. Local Poet & Teacher, Exodus United
The first time I saw Shayna “Simba” Castano, her shine stole the light from the room. I watched her win the Women of the World poetry slam qualifier with strong pieces about social justice issues. Nearly two years have passed, and she has since represented Read More …
First Contact: Death, Love, and the Creative Impulse
Stanley Almodovar III, 23 / Amanda Alvear, 25 / Oscar A Aracena-Montero, 26 / Rodolfo Ayala-Ayala, 33 / Antonio Davon Brown, 29 / Darryl Roman Burt II, 29 / Angel L. Candelario-Padro, 28 / Juan Chevez-Martinez, 25 / Luis Daniel Conde, 39 / Cory James Connell, 21 / Tevin Eugene Crosby, 25 / Deonka Deidra Drayton, Read More …
From the Desk of Pat Greene Detroit: Returning to the Scene
Dear Boys and Jan, I really miss all of you. I’m glad to be able to be serving our country in a time of need. I’m in a supply unit that is a support unit to some of the posts in Vietnam. It’s a different Read More …
Wanda Raimundi-Ortiz
Wanda Raimundi-Ortiz was born in the Bronx and raised by a Puerto Rican mother and father. Naming herself a ‘Nuyorican’, she has struggled with her identity as a first-generation American born into a country founded on immigrants. She is a walking contradiction in her struggle Read More …
Suede Pews, Gospel Blues
“Fly. And maintain your spirituality your way, young man.” – Mother, Athena Lark Two spaces that shaped the beginnings of my positionality as a child: The tabby slave house at the Kingsley Plantation, and the southern Baptist church I went to upon my arrival Read More …
Raul Del Castillo “Respect for the Rights of Others Means Peace”
For the average person, clothing is just a necessity. However, for many of the designers behind the clothes we wear, each item is a masterpiece that tells a story. This is the case for Raúl Del Castillo, a designer from Acapulco, Mexico, now residing in Read More …
Julian Chambliss
Dr. Julian Chambliss is a professor who is very good at what he does. And that is to profess. With little prodding he can lay a plethora of interesting, thought-provoking knowledge and opinions out for you. Dr. Chambliss serves as coordinator of the Africa and Read More …
