Entries by ArtAscent

Nick Currass

Portrait: Imagined Daughter Copper and an arc of yellow pirouettes round her left-hand eye. Chartreuse diamonds speckle, with a hint of viridian and myrtle for her right. But the sweet shop licorice of her pupils glistens, a tear or two falling, leaving contrails of salt in their wake… Distinguished Writer of the ArtAscent Future call […]

Robin Ay

Distinguished Artist of the ArtAscent Future call for entry. To see this in more detail and the full exhibition, grab a copy of the ArtAscent Art & Literature Journal Future issue. www.RAconcepts.com

Rosetta Dorsa

City Rhythm Listen to the rhythm of our city, Hear it in the pounding of the street congo player’s drums. Listen to the street soprano’s hum as she sings a song… A song of a life of joy, that slowly turns to pain… Distinguished Writer of the ArtAscent Future call for entry. To see the […]

Taria Karillion

On the Road to Who Knows Where You don’t see me, back there, do you? In your Armani and Cartier and Italian leather shoes. To you, I’m just a part of the scenery—no more worthy of conversation or recognition than any other feature of this gleaming limousine. There are mere milimeters of bulletproof glass between […]

Aaron Krone

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Tom Gannon Hamilton

Going Forward While one doting preset is tenderly making the future continuous with itself, elsewhere, an equally loving present takes up arms for a different future… Distinguished Writer of the ArtAscent Future call for entry. To see the full body of work, grab a copy of the ArtAscent Art & Literature Journal Future issue.

Ljubica Simovic

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Suzanne Miller

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Karla Linn Merrifield

DIPTYPH: Of Humanity and Geology I read the news today, then consulted the Tarot. seeing myself in the Major Arcana’s High Priestess of unknown secrets… Distinguished Writer of the ArtAscent Future call for entry. To see the full body of work, grab a copy of the ArtAscent Art & Literature Journal Future issue. www.karlalinnmerrifield.org/

Yvette Young

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Yiwei Leo Wang

How exciting and, at the same time, wistful can a party be? The disco ball is still spinning. However, the lights are on, and the party is over. Yiwei Leo Wang investigates these dizzy peaks of emotions through visual arts. Imagine a long night of partying in a club. What mixed emotions flow as we […]

Karla Linn Merrifield

Simply Maybe he’s simply afraid of becoming just one more poem in some book’s collection. Maybe he’s simply leery, doesn’t want to be numbered sixty-three in her in-progress opus… Some poets can perfectly delineate suggestive images to tell an emotion. They put powerful narratives on paper that can evoke or deconstruct a mishmash of feelings. […]

Justyna Orlowska

Justyna Orlowska is a bold and sensitive artist. Her work is touching many souls through the medium of video and performance art. She inspires herself by observing individual experiences, and she creates a hyper-personal space for herself and her audience. The link between environmental ideas and social consciousness drives Justyna’s work. Justyna’s piece, Haircut, evolves […]

Barbara Weidell

There could hardly be any topic vaster than emotions. Very often, it substitutes the whole content of an art piece, dumping on us the avalanche of intimate experience. But Barbara Weidell demonstrates profound aspects of human emotions in her sculptures. Edward Munch claimed, “I do not believe in an art that is not forced into […]

Nikhail Asnani

Distinguished Artist of the ArtAscent Emotions call for entry. To see the full body of work and exhibition, grab a copy of the ArtAscent Art & Literature Journal Emotions issue. www.nikhailasnani.com

Kesja Dabrowska

Fire You’re my volcano of love and the waterfall of pain extinguishing my attempts of evolving the trust between us as I’m yearning to tell you more, confess it all… Distinguished Writer of the ArtAscent Emotions call for entry. To see the full body of work, grab a copy of the ArtAscent Art & Literature […]

Jenna Ataras

Distinguished Artist of the ArtAscent Emotions call for entry. To see the full body of work and exhibition, grab a copy of the ArtAscent Art & Literature Journal Emotions issue. https://www.instagram.com/thefruitpunchshow/at

Andrea London

Distinguished Artist of the ArtAscent Emotions call for entry. To see the full body of work and exhibition, grab a copy of the ArtAscent Art & Literature Journal Emotions issue. www.andrealeslielondonphotography.com

Theresa Gage

Mixed Emotions The sky filled with smoke, and I wondered if there was to be a wedding after all. My nephew Floyd had waited until the COVID years were over to get married to his girlfriend, and now a fire at the wedding chapel? His honeymoon had been postponed already due to a fire that […]

Suzan Mandla

Distinguished Artist of the ArtAscent Emotions call for entry. To see the full body of work and exhibition, grab a copy of the ArtAscent Art & Literature Journal Emotions issue.