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ARTBORNE
Volume 2 : Issue 5
magazine
Founder / Publisher
Jonathan Yubi
Founder / Creative Director
Matt Duke
Lead Design / Senior Photographer
Jason Fronczek
Editor
Stephanie D’Ercole
Publisher’s Note
Identity is complicated. As a kid, I identifi ed as a New Yorker, pinning
the badge of The Bronx proudly on my chest, assuming it served as
an indicator of my life’s story. Somewhere along the way, I traded my
New York blood for the Gulf Coast Shores. Today, I fl ip a coin before
answering the question, “Where are you from?” This, of course, is the
most shallow example of identity I could muster. Simple and easily
relatable, it lacks the acute degree of examination that sexual, racial,
and socio-economic identities bring up.
Last month, I had the opportunity to drive down to Fort Myers for the
opening exhibition of James Franco & Kalup Linzy: Collaborations.
I had only recently met Linzy, a few weeks prior. During our team’s
research on his practice, we came across a 2005 review in The New
York Times by Holland Cotter that began with, “A star is born…”
The works of Kalup Linzy, Dawn Roe, and Richard Minino range
in the spectrum of ideas and style, yet uniformly identify the soul of
creativity. As we continue pushing towards our one year anniversary
of ARTBORNE, equal parts fear and joy consume me, as I think of
what we’ve accomplished with such few resources, and consider what
seem to be some insurmountable obstacles ahead. Like the birthing of
stars, creating and rearing a magazine is no easy feat either.
Creative Assistant
Mariana Mora
Columnists
Patrick Greene
Charlie Griffin
Mary McGinn
Contributing Writers
Brian Downes, Adrienne H. Lee
Ariel A. Leigh, Jaime Margary
Leah Sandler,
Halee Sommer, Rex R. Thomas
Contributing Photographers
Ashley Inguanta, James Lown,
Mary McGinn, Mariana Mora
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