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By John Lewis

“When this local arts magazine launched two years ago, I was impressed by the curatorial skill and overall thoughtfulness it exhibited. I didn’t want to get too attached though, because this sort of non-commercial publication often has a life span shorter than your average housefly. But Locus not only survives, it thrives, as this issue makes clear. As in previous installments, the photography is particularly strong in #4, which has a “Vernacular” theme. Andrew Laumann, an Essex native, shows compositional flair in his shots, D.B. Stovall channels William Eggleston, and Fred Scharmen finds beauty in urban rubble and decay. Don’t be surprised if you find yourself lingering over Seth Adelsberger’s sprawling and vibrant “Psychoscapes” paintings and puzzling over the “Monkey Rider” trading card inside the back cover. Mine shows Hothead the monkey riding a dog.” (Baltimore Magazine, May 2008)

From Saturday March 1st Release Party/opening at Metro Gallery: http://www.flickr.com/photos/locusmagazine

Thank you to everyone for another amazing party! The turnout was great, the performances were amazing, and I hope that everyone had a great time-we did! Thanks to The Offering, Anup Kishore Pradhan, Baby Venom, and The Up Set who seriously ruled the stage and to all of the participating artists and writers for issue 4: Vernacular. And a big shout to Sarah Williams and Guy of Metro Gallery. The event was a huge success– meaning that there will be an issue 5! As long as the community supports us in this way, we will continue to do what we can for the art community.
Thanks again, we love you.

p.s- Pictures from the event will be posted very soon. And Issue 4 will be made available for purchase through our website and at Atomic Pop in Hampden within the next few days. If you haven’t had a chance to see the exhibition (or you’d like to see it again, without so many people in the way) it will remain up at Metro Gallery through March 22 during their normal gallery hours (Monday-Wednesday 2pm-7pm; Thursday-Friday 4pm-8pm).

Release Party & Exhibition opening: 8pm, March 1, 2008 @ Metro Gallery
Exhibition Dates: March 1 – March 22, 2008

Locus Magazine will release Issue 4: Vernacular on March 1, 2008 with a Release Party at 8pm at Metro Gallery in Baltimore. A $10 cover includes a copy of the magazine, as well as a night of live music. Performers for the event include: The Offering, Baby Venom, The Up Set, and Anup Kishore Pradhan.

Locus Magazine Issue 4: Vernacular features ten local artists, whose works draw upon a common language of everyday experience. Featured artists include: Seth Adelsberger, Ramsay Antonio-Barnes, Michael Benevento, Rachel Bradley, Luca Dipierro, Andrew Laumann, A.D. Loveday, TJ Proechel, Fred Scharmen, Alexandr Skarlinski, and D.B. Stovall. Each full-color magazine will include one original trading card by Baltimore artist Lillian Bayley Hoover. Issue 4: Vernacular is printed in a hand-numbered limited edition of 300, and remains, as always, advertisement-free.

Locus Magazine is also very proud to be producing an exhibition to accompany the release of issue 4: Vernacular. The exhibition of the same name will feature works by issue 4 artists, and will open simultaneously on March 1st at Metro Gallery. The exhibition will be open to the public from March 1 – March 22, during Metro Gallery’s normal gallery hours (Monday-Wednesday 2pm-7pm; Thursday-Friday 4pm-8pm)

Metro Gallery is located at 1700 North Charles Street, across from the Charles Theater, in Baltimore’s Station North Arts District. For more information on Metro Gallery, please visit their website at www.themetrogallery.net

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Funding for this project was made possible in part by Mayor Sheila Dixon, the Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts, and the Maryland State Arts Council.

For more information, please contact: Emily Hunter, Editor and Publisher: emily@locusartmagazine.org

We know, we know, it’s been a while. WELL, Locus is back, and putting out a fourth issue. Not only that, but this time we are putting together an exhibition as well. The Release Party and art opening are happening MARCH 1st at Metro Gallery in Baltimore. So save that date, and we’ll post details very soon!

Here at Locus, we are all blushing deeply after receiving “Best Little Magazine” in City Paper’s Best of Baltimore.

Here is what they had to say:
“In only three issues Emily Hunter and Arthur Soontornsaratool’s Locus magazine has carved out a healthy niche for itself. The back pocket-sized, perfect-bound glossy focuses on emerging local contemporary artists, which could mean anything from current MICA undergraduates such as Rebecca Nagle or younger artists currently living in Baltimore such as Christine Buckton Tillman. Both appeared in issue No. 3, alongside works from Jon MacNair, Adriane SantaCroce, Justin Storms, RL Tillman, and Christine Tran. And the advertising-free Locus offers high-quality reproductions of the work, presenting the featured artists better than newsprint or the web can. We’d like to see a more strident production schedule, but given that Locus is a self-financed labor of love for Hunter and Soontornsaratool, we understand that they put it out as often as their lives and finances allow.”

Locus is now accepting submissions to issue 4! Guidelines and application are available here.

Locus Magazine Issue 3 Release Party: Saturday, June 23, 8p, at Load of Fun

Locus Magazine will release its much-anticipated Issue 3 on Saturday, June 23, 2007 with another great party. The release party will take place at Load of Fun Studios, located at 120 W. North Avenue, in Baltimore’s Station North Arts District.

Issue 3 will feature artwork by: Christine Buckton Tillman, Jon MacNair, Rebecca Nagle, Adriane SantaCroce, Justin Storms, RL Tillman, and Christine Tran, and texts by Emily Hauver, Emily Hunter, and Ding Ren. An eclectic mix, Locus spotlights seven Baltimore artists, including text and interviews for an in-depth examination of emerging contemporary art in Baltimore. Locus continues its investigation into the magazine format in issue 3, with a special project by artist RL Tillman.

Issue 3 is to be printed in a limited, hand-numbered edition of 300. Magazines will be first available at the Release Party on June 23, and available on our website and at Atomic Pop beginning June 24, 2007.

The event will feature performances by: Wheatie Mattiasich, Justin Storms, Greg Rago, and Renton Cannon.
$10. at the door.

Load of Fun is located at 120 West North Avenue, at the corner of Howard and North Ave.
Parking is either street (on North Ave.), or in Load of Fun’s parking Lot, located in back of the Load of Fun Building. To park in the lot, you may enter the MARYLAND AVE entrance between 19 1/2 and 20th Street. For more information on Load of Fun, please visit the website: www.loadoffun.net

We are now accepting submissions for our next issue, Issue 3, to be released May 2007. Please visit our Submit page for more details. We hope to hear from you!