ArtJoanna ValenteMalgas Mashego, art

Art by Malgas Mashego

ArtJoanna ValenteMalgas Mashego, art
Art by Malgas Mashego
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Malgas Mashego is a 29-year-old mix-media female artist currently residing in Gauteng, South Africa. She predominantly use various water media paints, edible products, textiles materials and other matters when painting. She obtained training from SewAfrica in the Johannesburg Cbd with Fashion Design and Pattern Cutting,  Centre for Conveyancing Practice in Pretoria with a Basic Diploma In Conveyancing Practice, Law Society of South Africa with some Legal Secretary courses. Mashego  is currently working towards completion of a Bachelor of Education (B.Ed) Early Childhood Education with the University of South Africa (UNISA).

Special FeatureJoanna ValenteChristine Stoddard, photography, special feature

Christine Stoddard: Mortem et Virginiana

Born and raised in Arlington, Virginia, Christine Stoddard is a Salvadoran-Scottish-American writer, editor, and artist now based in New York. Her work has appeared in Marie Claire, Cosmopolitan, Bustle, Native Peoples Magazine, The Feminist Wire, the New York Transit Museum, the Condé Nast Building, The Huffington Post, and beyond. In 2012, the Puffin Foundation honored her with a national emerging artist grant in photography. That same year, she debuted her documentary film, The Persistence of Poe, at the Poe Museum and on PBS-Richmond/Charlottesville. In 2014, Folio Magazine named Christine one of the media industry's top 20 people in their 20s for founding Quail Bell Magazine. Her book, Images of America: Richmond Cemeteries, which she co-authored with Misty Thomas. also came out that year. This year, The History Press published her book, Hispanic and Latino Heritage in Virginia. 
 

Special FeatureJoanna ValenteChristine Stoddard, photography, special feature
Christine Stoddard: Mortem et Virginiana
Special FeatureJoanna ValenteAshley Mares, special feature, poetry

Ashley Mares: Unclean Hands

Ashley Mares is the author of Maddening Creatures (Aldrich Press, forthcoming), The Deer Longs for Streams of Water (Flutter Press) A Dark, Breathing Heart (dancing girl press), and Killer (Ghost City Press, forthcoming). Her poetry has appeared or is forthcoming in Stirring, Whiskey Island, Sugar House Review, Glass Poetry Press, Prelude, PANK, and others. She is currently completing her J.D. in Monterey, Ca, where she lives with her husband. Read more of her poetry at ashleymarespoetry.wordpress.com and follow her @ash_mares2. 

Special FeatureJoanna ValenteAshley Mares, special feature, poetry
Ashley Mares: Unclean Hands
ArtJoanna Valenteart, ted chevalier

Roosevelt Island Man

Ted Chevalier lives in Brooklyn, New York. He currently works as a Senior Multimedia Designer at Sales Graphics, where he manages projects for companies such as A&E Networks, Western Union and Disney. He received his BFA in graphic design at School of Visual Arts, with a minor in motion graphics. Ted is also the Web Editor and Digital Designer for Yes, Poetry. He often freelances design and illustration projects, having worked for musicians such as The Slackers and 100dBs.

ArtJoanna Valenteart, ted chevalier
Roosevelt Island Man
Special FeatureJoanna ValenteNatalie Solmer, poetry, art, special feature

Visual Poetry by Natalie Solmer

Natalie Solmer grew up in South Bend, Indiana. She is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of The Indianapolis Review. After 13 years of working as a grocery store florist, she now teaches composition and writing in various institutions all over Indianapolis. Her work has been published in journals such as Willow Springs, Glass: A Journal of Poetry, Cimarron Review, MidWest Review and forthcoming from North American Review. More of her work can be found at www.nataliesolmer.com.


Special FeatureJoanna ValenteNatalie Solmer, poetry, art, special feature
Visual Poetry by Natalie Solmer