Writing
Brad Ogbonna goes Inward
This self-taught photographer is tapping into his personal style.
“I used to be very politically engaged, but now I'm just tired and I want to focus on beauty.”
DALE ZINE: The Miami-based platform brining artist’s visions to life
“When I moved to Miami, it didn't matter what culture you're from, you knew what ‘dalé’ meant.”
Lillian Banderas and Steve Saiz want artists to get started on their next project—and they’re here to help.
The Red Bulletin, 2022.
Mission Crit’s race for community
The Red Bulletin, 2022.
After a two-year hiatus, the fixed-gear race, Mission Crit, returns to the streets of San Francisco—and with it comes a new wave of racers expanding the WTFNB and BICPOC bike scene in the Bay Area.
We Need More Creatives in Politics
Hyperallergic. November 2020.
The soft power of creative expression has often proven effective to invigorate support behind a common cause or candidate.
This essay features artist and elected official, Jonathan Gardenhire, For Freedoms, Brooklyn Liberation, and Marty Preciado.
Image by Edward Rivera
Soft Power Vote, October 2020.
Zenat Begum is a first-generation Bengali-American born and raised in Brooklyn. She opened Playground Coffee days after Trump was elected President in 2016, which motivated Begum to create a safe, creative, and community-oriented space.
Level Up is a multimedia series for Soft Power Vote on NYC’s eclectic cast of creatives and local electeds.
Jose Campos’ Studio Lenca: Creating Salvadoreño Visibility in the UK
Image: Studio Lenca. Historantes, 2019. Image provided by the artist.
NYU’s Latinx Project. July, 2020.
How do you connect to your homeland when isolated from it? Jose Campos is a Salvadoran artist-teacher based in London and the neighboring seaside town of Margate who works under the umbrella Studio Lenca, a creative confluence of photography, performance, and pedagogy. Our conversation explores how the arts provided a place of refuge as a child adjusting to the United States and how he’s using his creative practice to reconnect to his heritage.
A selected essay to be featured in the forthcoming Latinx Project book.