Entries by ArtAscent

Marian Kaplun Shapiro

Visitation at Mid-Night Theyre rmm rmming around the livingroom, up- ending the magazine rack, pulling on the leaves of the dracaena I have nursed throughout the long northern winter. Light’s what we all needed, the sun rising late and cold,… Distinguished Writer of the ArtAscent Cold call for entry. To see the full body of […]

Merana Cadorette

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Santford Overton

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Teresa Denz

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Ayeh

Ode to my Grandmother Like a strong blizzard wind She reddens and blisters Whispers chill, like yellow fever, Sharp and plentiful in their quivers…. Distinguished Writer of the ArtAscent Cold call for entry. To see the full body of work, grab a copy of the ArtAscent Art & Literature Journal Cold issue.

Leanne Trivett

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John Laue

Dust Shall we celebrate the dawn when harps and pillars of light slope down waterfalls, pink the eyes of animals that twitch in their morning sleep?… Distinguished Writer of the ArtAscent Cold call for entry. To see the full body of work, grab a copy of the ArtAscent Art & Literature Journal Cold issue. https://www.facebook.com/john.o.laue

Rebecca Finley

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Larry Wolf

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Karla Linn Merrfield

Polar Diptych Too cold for mud turtles to haul up on the bank to bask rattled palms relay North winds cum vulture thermals… Distinguished Writer of the ArtAscent Cold call for entry. To see the full body of work, grab a copy of the ArtAscent Art & Literature Journal Cold issue. www.karlalinnmerrifield.org/

JC Hobert

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Theresa Gage

Cold Bloody Sauce Peter had a dilemma. He gazed at his son and his wife. Their raggedy clothes hung on them. They were barely surviving, and he had no idea how he was going to pay the mortgage on the farm. The bank refused a loan too… Distinguished Writer of the ArtAscent Cold call for […]

Matthew Usukumah

Before being a photographer, Matthew Usukumah is a storyteller. Through his actors’ bodies, postures, and clothing, he expresses the freedom and struggles to be who you are. The mise en scène of Matthew’s photographs is studied, but their aroused emotions are real. The photographer places his actors in contexts as if they were on a […]

Alex Steiner

Grading Diamonds “Diamonds wear the poorest people.” That’s what I told myself. Back then. Back when nothing made sense. Back then, that ring was as worthless to me as those that valued it. People carrying their worth on the very hands they used to introduce new liars…. Alex Steiner gives us a piece that, like […]

Andrew James McKay

Andrew James McKay—literal but also fictional—creates planes for his portraits’ imagined and lived experiences. Through his technique of layering pigment and graphite, he seals in the last bit of wonder with film ink and the vivid thoughts of the spectators. His paintings remind us of our active mind and physical connection to others in their […]

Gosia Machaczka

Photography is conventionally treated as an impeccable tool for casting the surface of a moment. Yet, artists like Gosia Machaczka rather see it as a way to peel off the layers of reality, revealing its complex structure. The featured series Hollow was born as a response to the artist’s experience of changing her milieu radically, […]

Gerald Alderman

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Norman Aragones

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Ashley Brunetti

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Désiré Betty

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