visual art

This collection of paintings by San Antonio–based artist Anel I. Flores (they/she) intimately captures a lesbian subject’s journey from secrecy and shame to unabashed freedom. Flores pairs portraits of lesbian couples with the words “secret” and “amor prohibido”...

Memories become larger than life in Joy Reyes’s mixed-media collection, embodying familial strength and love passed down through generations. In a vivid display of color and texture, the Dallas-based artist marries iconic imagery from her Mexican heritage with...

The Ghosts of Future Trees The Ghosts of Future Trees expands upon a previous project, Epiphytic Memory (2022), where Finn built 3D-printed porcelain bio-scaffolds (or “plant homes built by plants”) from detailed scans of New Zealand’s remaining ancient rainforests....

Nia Simone In this series of self-portraits, Compton-based artist Nia Simone uses her surrealist style and the vivid colors of her oil paints to capture her interior life in striking detail. Set against lush landscapes or in narrow rooms, the shifting sense of scale...

Are there any literary works that have inspired you in your practice- whether they’re books about art, books you would want to illustrate, or books that have influenced the themes, topics, moods or colors of your work?Erin Gilbert The Many Difficulties 2: Writing,...

While searching for a visual throughline to direct the art we, the Art Directors, stumbled upon blue. Although typically associated with sadness, we did not find only misery in the color. We thought of ink, of handwriting, of Picasso’s Blue Period, of blue period...