Come join us to celebrate the release of Locus Magazine Issue 6!
Friday, September 4, 2009 / 7-9 pm
WindUp Space / 12 W. North Avenue, Baltimore 21201 / thewindupspace.com

Featuring artists: Emily C-D, Monique Crabb, Liz Ensz, Eamon Espey, Jordan Kasey, Andrew Liang, Alex Roulette, Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum, and Jonathan Trundle; a project by writer Michael Kimball; and an interview with Nudashank Gallery!

110 pages, full color, features a cover by Andrew Liang, and a surprise. as always, ZERO advertisements.

Locus is accepting submissions of art and writing for issue 6. The deadline for submissions is February 6, 2009. More information available here.

Locus Magazine is proud to announce the release of issue 5!

Issue 5 includes interviews with 8 emerging artists: Jennifer Grimyser, Dina Kelberman, Jessica Langley, David Linneweh, Katherine Mann, Jenny Mullins, Matt Porterfield, and D’Metrius Rice.

Thank you to all who came out for the Release Party held Saturday, September 20 at Maryland Art Place. Teenage Souls, Andy Abelow, Beans, and The Owls Go provided the entertainment. Special thanks to the bands, the artists and writers of issue 5, as well as Dave Chen, Phuong Pham, Meagan Zink, Tara Cellinese, Patrick Knowles, Shannon Young for all of their help at the party. Big thanks to Maryland Art Place for the lovely venue.

We hope you like issue 5! You can purchase it here.

Love,
Emily + Art + Emily + Neil

Baltimore Magazine names Locus Best Art Publication in their August 2008 Best of Baltimore issue.

“Locus, the local journal/exhibition space/magazine, exudes a sort of restless creativity that makes each issue surprising and satisfying. Smartly edited and beautifully designed, it showcases art infused with both passion and humanity. Locus doesn’t strive to be fashionable, trendy, or cool—just good.”

We are accepting submissions for issue 5 through June 30, 2008. More info on submitting work is available here.

An interview with Art and I appears in Gutter Magazine’s most recent issue: Youth Gone Wild. Cara Ober asks us about Locus, our favorite fonts, and the hardest part of “herding cats.” Photography by Zachary Handler. Check it out here.

Read It
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).