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One pair sits on their knees, another grasps their mouth, one pair sits by their waist, and the last pair holds the back of their head. https://heldmagazine.ca/letter-from-the-editors daily 0.75 2022-02-07 https://heldmagazine.ca/issue1 daily 0.75 2022-01-29 https://heldmagazine.ca/issue1/letter-from-the-editors monthly 0.5 2021-07-11 https://heldmagazine.ca/issue1/harriet-tubman-liberty-by-komi-olaf monthly 0.5 2020-11-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3492caba276b3c6dbfa9fb/1603488075589-8F1T9HEZG06OYUHAR1QV/1.+harriet+tubman-liberty.jpg Issue #1: Systems in Revolt / Systems in Renewal - Harriet Tubman Liberty by Komi Olaf Harriet, Komi Olaf, 2020 https://heldmagazine.ca/issue1/for-colton-by-nickita-danielle-longman monthly 0.5 2020-11-09 https://heldmagazine.ca/issue1/pressure-by-alicia-k-harris-elizabeth-mundenyo monthly 0.5 2020-11-06 https://heldmagazine.ca/issue1/trans-atlantic-bodies-in-crisis-redemption-by-daze-jefferies-violet-drake monthly 0.5 2020-10-31 https://heldmagazine.ca/issue1/cycles-by-althea-balmes-elizabeth-mudenyo monthly 0.5 2020-10-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3492caba276b3c6dbfa9fb/1604090636706-LS9ED434T19ZDT0VBL3P/Mudenyo%2526Balmes-HELD%2BSubmission%2B%25281%2529-2.jpg Issue #1: Systems in Revolt / Systems in Renewal - Cycles by Althea Balmes & Elizabeth Mudenyo Cycles, Althea Balmes (illustrator) Elizabeth Mudenyo (poet), digital illustration, 8.5 x 11 in, 2020 https://heldmagazine.ca/issue1/kare-kare-by-patrick-cruz-jane-cheng monthly 0.5 2020-10-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3492caba276b3c6dbfa9fb/1604121668426-GT5Z4NQJM0LOR4GAQ5DB/KareKare_image_Held_2020.jpg Issue #1: Systems in Revolt / Systems in Renewal - Kare Kare by Patrick Cruz & Qian Cheng https://heldmagazine.ca/issue1/haka-by-kyra-shaughnessy monthly 0.5 2020-10-31 https://heldmagazine.ca/issue1/eternal-by-janine-carrington monthly 0.5 2020-10-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3492caba276b3c6dbfa9fb/1603995694465-5ENW3MGB9S0IW3DDQQ8L/Eternal1.jpg Issue #1: Systems in Revolt / Systems in Renewal - Eternal by Janine Carrington Eternal, Janine Carrington, digital illustration, 2020 https://heldmagazine.ca/issue1/freedoms-flight-erica-violet-lee monthly 0.5 2020-10-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3492caba276b3c6dbfa9fb/1604090486710-NO4SBLN59QMC2NTXLLZX/Mito+watercolor+by+Erica+Violet+Lee.jpg Issue #1: Systems in Revolt / Systems in Renewal - Freedom’s Flight by Erica Violet Lee Mito, Erica Violet Lee, watercolour painting, 2020 https://heldmagazine.ca/issue1/ashes-in-my-mouth-by-jonina-kirton monthly 0.5 2020-10-30 https://heldmagazine.ca/issue1/revolution-the-electric-palace-by-maggie-chang-chlo-st-amand monthly 0.5 2020-10-30 https://heldmagazine.ca/issue1/one-sentence-thirty-two-lives-lookthismess-by-liam-siemens-gabrielle-fourstar monthly 0.5 2020-10-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3492caba276b3c6dbfa9fb/1603778509464-5KPACZ1KOEJIOUUAP6EA/OneSentence_Held_2020.jpg Issue #1: Systems in Revolt / Systems in Renewal - One Sentence, Thirty-Two Lives & look@thismess by Liam Siemens & Gabrielle Fourstar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3492caba276b3c6dbfa9fb/1603778568978-YY1VP9D9IKL1UTU1JF5Y/G%2BL+HELD.jpeg Issue #1: Systems in Revolt / Systems in Renewal - One Sentence, Thirty-Two Lives & look@thismess by Liam Siemens & Gabrielle Fourstar https://heldmagazine.ca/issue1/the-immigrants-reassessment-by-saher-shaikh monthly 0.5 2020-10-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3492caba276b3c6dbfa9fb/1604022247425-63Z6GE7APFJ6R8CAO224/Jalebies+Painting.jpg Issue #1: Systems in Revolt / Systems in Renewal - The Immigrant's Reassessment by Saher Shaikh Jalebies, Saher Shaikh, painting, 2018 https://heldmagazine.ca/issue1/like-sudan-by-rushongoza-begumya monthly 0.5 2020-10-30 https://heldmagazine.ca/issue1/tell-me-a-story-ill-go-first-by-clarissa-ma monthly 0.5 2020-10-30 https://heldmagazine.ca/issue1/my-fathers-face-by-melanie-mah monthly 0.5 2020-10-30 https://heldmagazine.ca/issue1/recipe-for-black-girls-by-gloria-blizzard monthly 0.5 2020-10-30 https://heldmagazine.ca/issue1/where-are-the-windows-where-does-the-light-come-in-the-gorge-by-hei-lam-ng-dayna-mahannah monthly 0.5 2020-10-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3492caba276b3c6dbfa9fb/1604041264234-UJMIN56KU42HFVXQU0JN/WherearetheWindows_Held_2020_crop.jpg Issue #1: Systems in Revolt / Systems in Renewal - Where are the windows? Where does the light come in? & the Gorge by Hei Lam Ng & Dayna Mahannah Untitled, Hei Lam Ng, 2019 You smell the plants in the breeze, it tastes like misty daybreak. You hear the clattering of the ground as you walk on it. The plants you smell are the fibre that make up the organic carpet underneath your feet. They rustle, but you know that they are not fallen leaves. They brush your ankle gently as you walk, you know that they are a micro-forest of their own. They intertwine to form this soft webbing which you discover rolls out for a distance of a few minutes as you continue to walk. Your toes hit the end of the carpet; it feels coarse and solid. You sense a difference in temperature at the bottom of the structure, it radiates heat slightly. This ambience of warmth spreads along the edge, to the left and to the right, and to infinity. It resembles a sensational experience you had before. It smells like the dust drifting in the air; it tastes like a chewy bubble; it sounds like a low hertz from a muted television; it feels like being touched gently by something lively. You recall that it is “light.” [The break down of a sensory pilgrimage, the genesis of making sense. —DM] https://heldmagazine.ca/issue1/the-disabled-become-panthers-by-vardit-goldner monthly 0.5 2020-10-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3492caba276b3c6dbfa9fb/1603488361739-6X8MYCX62FZ8W9L8DGG3/11+%281%29.jpg Issue #1: Systems in Revolt / Systems in Renewal - The Disabled Become Panthers by Vardit Goldner Police officers keep a disabled person from escaping, Vardit Goldner, digital print, 2020 In Israel, disabled people who are unable to work receive a monthly allowance from the government. This allowance is supposed to provide them with enough to live in dignity. However, since 2003 the benefits have eroded. Recently, the benefits were valued at 2,342 NIS (approximately 665$), less than half of the minimum wage and far below the poverty line. The disabled have begun to use their only "weapons" - blocking major roads and strategic places in protest. These actions have greatly damaged the state economy and the public, and as a result, the struggle of the disabled has made headlines and been widely reported in the media. So far the government has refused to improve the benefits and agreed only to an extremely small raise. Our struggle is not over yet. “The Disabled Become Panthers” is the name of one of the groups of the disabled. https://heldmagazine.ca/issue1/epicentrum-by-rasiqra-revulva monthly 0.5 2020-10-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3492caba276b3c6dbfa9fb/1603783436891-I1XP7Q01YXO036Y334PP/Epicentrum+-+Rasiqra+Revulva.jpg Issue #1: Systems in Revolt / Systems in Renewal - Epicentrum by Rasiqra Revulva Epicentrum, Rasiqra Revulva, 2020 https://heldmagazine.ca/issue1/emote-by-emzy-shadows monthly 0.5 2020-10-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3492caba276b3c6dbfa9fb/1603490483599-0BR873C04TGCFSFC1R5O/emzyfinal.jpg Issue #1: Systems in Revolt / Systems in Renewal - Emote by Emzy Shadows Emote, Emzy Shadows, acrylic painting on canvas, 16 x 20 in, 2020 Emote carries with it the weight of the year that just passed. I became disabled in May of last year. Chronic extreme pain followed me ever since. Emote is an expression of my pain, my disability, everything I have learned through going through what I went through. I needed to express what was going on internally... I call this one of my many Pain-tings. Sometimes we have to express visually what we can't in words. This was my way of reaching out to the universe and asking for help... Finally, I am in renewal. https://heldmagazine.ca/issue1/k-blue-r-divine-the-dirt-by-roxanna-bennett-khashayar-mohammadi monthly 0.5 2020-10-30 https://heldmagazine.ca/issue1/adura-by-emmanuel-ayo monthly 0.5 2020-10-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3492caba276b3c6dbfa9fb/1603486395407-Z1Y3MNH8QVHAZTZ5TG3D/ADURA.jpg Issue #1: Systems in Revolt / Systems in Renewal - ÀDÚRÀ by Emmanuel Ayo ÀDÚRÀ, Emmanuel Ayo, oil and acrylic on canvas, 40x40 in, 2019 “ÀDÚRÀ” in my Nigerian language (Yoruba) is the term used for prayer. In such a time of uncertainty and possibly the beginning and end to come – as some presume, I couldn’t help but find it deep in my heart to speak on what could be done. This piece is a representation of a desperate cry and dependency on God, to become the source of our joy, patience, and hope during this time. The plain yellow background yells hope for better days as we live in fear of the unknown. https://heldmagazine.ca/issue1/the-revolution-is-an-asymptote-by-jasmine-gui-grayson-lee monthly 0.5 2020-10-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3492caba276b3c6dbfa9fb/1603765514091-X1VZQSZ7HJHCZ33P30KN/1_2+Jasmine_RevolutionAsymptote.png Issue #1: Systems in Revolt / Systems in Renewal - The Revolution Is An Asymptote by Jasmine Gui & Grayson Lee https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3492caba276b3c6dbfa9fb/1603765554461-QTVE8DGX94D2BPNYZQ8H/2_2+Grayson_RevolutionAsymptote+%282%29.png Issue #1: Systems in Revolt / Systems in Renewal - The Revolution Is An Asymptote by Jasmine Gui & Grayson Lee The Revolution Is An Asymptote, Jasmine Gui & Grayson Lee, poetry & mixed media collage, 2020 https://heldmagazine.ca/issue1/since-that-pink-night-by-melika-saeeda monthly 0.5 2020-10-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3492caba276b3c6dbfa9fb/1603642795085-ULLPPSMJNC67XGJU1GJQ/MelikaSaeeda-Making+Meaning.jpg Issue #1: Systems in Revolt / Systems in Renewal - Since That Pink Night! by Melika Saeeda Since That Pink Night!, Melika Saeeda, digital illustration, 11 x 8.5 in, 2020 https://heldmagazine.ca/issue1/conquering-the-world-one-wheel-and-paw-at-a-time-by-liza-worsford monthly 0.5 2020-10-30 https://heldmagazine.ca/issue1/conversations-about-survival-by-lauren-morris-fallan-curtis monthly 0.5 2020-10-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3492caba276b3c6dbfa9fb/1604039040038-KUIKLLMPIJ0RHRKLB0D9/Lauren+and+Fallan+1-1.jpg Issue #1: Systems in Revolt / Systems in Renewal - conversations about survival by Lauren Morris & Fallan Curtis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3492caba276b3c6dbfa9fb/1604039265518-HH3TIV0P334A6DGAQ0NJ/Lauren+and+Fallan+2-1.jpg Issue #1: Systems in Revolt / Systems in Renewal - conversations about survival by Lauren Morris & Fallan Curtis https://heldmagazine.ca/issue1/plans-for-sinking-the-replica-of-the-santa-maria-by-migueltzinta-solis-kylie-fineday monthly 0.5 2020-10-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3492caba276b3c6dbfa9fb/1604076959885-7SAQ5J18RMFDF5USLQVJ/Migueltzinta%252BSolis%252Band%252BKylie%252BFineday%252BPage%252B1.jpg Issue #1: Systems in Revolt / Systems in Renewal - Plans for Sinking the Replica of the Santa Maria... by Migueltzinta Solis & Kylie Fineday https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3492caba276b3c6dbfa9fb/1604076987565-62GWM6CDQ4OPYMHLNRIC/Migueltzinta%252BSolis%252Band%252BKylie%252BFineday%252BPage%252B2.jpg Issue #1: Systems in Revolt / Systems in Renewal - Plans for Sinking the Replica of the Santa Maria... by Migueltzinta Solis & Kylie Fineday https://heldmagazine.ca/issue1/after-the-war-some-are-still-singing-by-sneha-subramanian-kanta monthly 0.5 2020-10-30 https://heldmagazine.ca/issue1/of-love-and-stealth-by-emma-babikwa monthly 0.5 2020-10-30 https://heldmagazine.ca/issue1/resisting-arrest-by-usman-dauda monthly 0.5 2020-10-30 https://heldmagazine.ca/issue1/tools-of-the-trade-by-leslie-thompson monthly 0.5 2020-10-30 https://heldmagazine.ca/issue-generations daily 0.75 2022-01-29 https://heldmagazine.ca/issue-generations/letter-from-the-editors monthly 0.5 2022-01-28 https://heldmagazine.ca/issue-generations/generations-jeremy-sarah167-mom-me-by-elizabeth-king monthly 0.5 2021-07-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3492caba276b3c6dbfa9fb/1625812046289-61YEH30KUI3RKVAAGI3O/generations.jpg Issue #2: Generations - Generations, Jeremy, Sarah-167 & mom & me by Elizabeth King - Make it stand out A fair-skinned, senior man with balding white hair sits in a white chair. He laughs and looks down at a young child with curly, blonde hair in a dark blue dress and white tights in the bottom right corner of the frame. The child looks back at the man and laughs. The room in the background is different shades of purple, with a doorway sitting on the left side of the frame. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3492caba276b3c6dbfa9fb/1625812233818-E25UOSJHO8QFLGAY48SJ/Jermemy.jpg Issue #2: Generations - Generations, Jeremy, Sarah-167 & mom & me by Elizabeth King - Make it stand out A white, shirtless man holds a sleeping baby with their cheek pressed against his chest. The background is a deep black, and both their skin is warm red and yellow tones with a bright white highlight on the man’s chest and the top of the baby's head. The man looks down at the child with a slightly concerned look on his face. The man’s back is cut off by the right side of the frame, while the bottom cuts off his waist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3492caba276b3c6dbfa9fb/1625812353263-0OYO9W2S4MP1MG97AZ4O/sarah-167_orig.jpg Issue #2: Generations - Generations, Jeremy, Sarah-167 & mom & me by Elizabeth King - Make it stand out Three girls pose for a picture. The girl in the centre, who appears to be the youngest, has shoulder-length primary blonde hair half up in a ponytail and blue eyes. She is riding a rocking horse with her knees at either side of its face. The horse is a cream colour. The girl to the left is a bit taller than the centre girl and leans their heads together. She has wavy, long blonde hair falling just past her shoulders and blue eyes. The girl on the right is slightly shorter and leans her head on the middle girl’s shoulder. She has long, brown, straight hair and blue eyes. One strand of hair falls across the right side of her face below her eye. The other two girls have small smiles while having a big grin that shows most of her teeth. They are all wearing black long-sleeved shirts. In the background of the image is a long, skinny, brown wooden table. There is a drawer to the left with a golden ring-like handle. On the right, it holds a lamp with a cream lampshade that looks orange from the light and a golden stand with two words stacked on top of each other. There are five decorative family photo frames with back and white photographs inside the table’s left side. The wall is a light blue with patches of light in the middle and by the lamp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3492caba276b3c6dbfa9fb/1625812479063-VUFB0L8JFVB1CTD72PVB/mom+%26+me.jpg Issue #2: Generations - Generations, Jeremy, Sarah-167 & mom & me by Elizabeth King - Make it stand out A mother gives her baby with short, brown hair and brown eyes a bath with their backs to the viewers, and you can see their faces reflected in the bathroom mirror. Behind them are the sink and white counter with blue square tiles on the wall above and below it. A soap bar is in the top right corner lying next to the sink faucet, and a hairbrush sits to the left of the sink with a white cloth bundled above it. https://heldmagazine.ca/issue-generations/gary monthly 0.5 2021-07-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3492caba276b3c6dbfa9fb/1625775203043-WQ9N598Y3J2TXCE42OS6/IMG_3334.JPG Issue #2: Generations - Ancestral Memory by Gary Uchikura - Make it stand out A black ceramic vessel is centred in the photograph with a round bottom and small flared opening. The opening on the top has a bend on one side to spout. The finish is shiny back with brown spectacles. Small bumps run across the vessel, and a large matte brown patch on the bottom reveals the clay underneath. The backdrop is beige. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3492caba276b3c6dbfa9fb/1625775410124-GQNSUHD1NE0BUCOXGMI8/IMG_3492.JPG Issue #2: Generations - Ancestral Memory by Gary Uchikura - Make it stand out A small white ceramic cup with a shiny finish sits in the centre of the photographic documentation. It is round with a wavy edge. The waves around the top edge of the cup twist around the body to the bottom. The backdrop is black. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3492caba276b3c6dbfa9fb/1625775245393-9HIWB94FKMZQCI9O8422/IMG_3361.JPG Issue #2: Generations - Ancestral Memory by Gary Uchikura - Make it stand out A circular, dark brown ceramic pot is in the centre of the photograph. The bottom is small, but the top flares out dramatically until the top looks similar to the bell end of a trumpet. The top and inside are shiny, while the bottom has matte pointed brown patches that twist around the bottom end. The backdrop is beige. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3492caba276b3c6dbfa9fb/1625775516391-UA9NQY6NYL8VPOJQNJ9B/IMG_3526.JPG Issue #2: Generations - Ancestral Memory by Gary Uchikura - Make it stand out A circular white cup sits in the middle of the photo documentation. The bottom is small, and it slowly rounds out until it is wider at the top. A small band at the bottom is a matte cream colour. Red splatters with indented cream drips flowing upwards from the cream band reveal the bottom glazed layer below. The backdrop is black. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3492caba276b3c6dbfa9fb/1625775465874-WWJQV4HQIKQEVCH94J4I/IMG_3505.JPG Issue #2: Generations - Ancestral Memory by Gary Uchikura - Make it stand out A brown matte pot with tiny brown speckles sits in the centre of the photo documentation. It is tall and curves in and out inconsistently. The top of the pot flares out a little bit and tips to the side slightly. The inside is grey and shiny. The backdrop is beige. https://heldmagazine.ca/issue-generations/iggin-roots-and-stripping-cedar-how-the-animals-and-birds-got-their-names-by-levi-nelson monthly 0.5 2021-07-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3492caba276b3c6dbfa9fb/1625672413039-91TBXV6J402AMIM4P94P/diggin+roots+and+stripping+cedar.jpg Issue #2: Generations - diggin roots and stripping cedar & how the animals and birds got their names by Levi Nelson - Make it stand out The painting is a forest scene made of solid coloured shapes with black outlines. The pine trees are bright greens with skinny trunks of pink, browns, blues, and greens with roots spreading across the ground. A yellow sun with a thick orange outline pokes out from behind a silhouette of lime green mountains seen through the trees. Kneeling by the large tree with a green trunk, a woman kneels and digs by the roots. She wears a light blue bandana with white polka dots, a red shirt, a purple apron, purple-blue pants, and brown lace-up boots. Her pants match her long braid that hangs down to her knees. A brown and yellow basket sits behind her. Behind her, on the right side of the frame, a woman strips a long piece of wood from a brown trunk to reveal a pale yellow colour beneath. She wears a green dress with blue, red, and yellow stripes on the bottom and high up on the sleeves. She has a dark blue braid that hangs over her chest to her waist. Lastly, she wears a brown hat with a large brim angle down with a blue outline. She also has a brown and yellow basket sitting behind her. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3492caba276b3c6dbfa9fb/1625672497854-0T45QVF8CV0JUFLLRMUE/how+the+animals+and+birds+got+their+names.jpg Issue #2: Generations - diggin roots and stripping cedar & how the animals and birds got their names by Levi Nelson - Make it stand out The painting is of a mountain landscape made of solid, brightly coloured shapes with black outlines. Pine trees of bright greens and teals line the outer sides. In the middle of the scene, slightly to the right, is a red dome with four people on the left and a dark blue bird over them. In the left side of the dome, are four people holding circular drums. A purple bird shape surrounds them. This purple bird shape also has a circular human-like face of bright blue and purple. A squirrel sits on the dome, and fish swim underneath in a bright blue stream. A black, dark blue, and red bear reaches for a fish in the bottom right corner of the frame. Other animals like rabbits, a porcupine, a woodpecker, and moose surround the dome. In the background are grey and dark teal mountains with a striped sunset or sunrise of yellow, orange, pink, red, blue, and purple. https://heldmagazine.ca/issue-generations/far-from-the-shore-at-the-foothill-by-sonali-roy monthly 0.5 2021-07-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3492caba276b3c6dbfa9fb/1625603857955-AAP64J62I3QRGCQLO7QD/Far+from+the+shore.jpg Issue #2: Generations - Far from the Shore & At the Foothill by Sonali Roy - Make it stand out This photograph depicts the river Damodar in the Garh-Panchakote area in India. The photograph’s perspective overlooks the deep blue river and is taken near a wooden dock, located in the image’s bottom left-hand corner. In the foreground on the right-hand side, sticking out of the river, are blades of green grass. In the centre of the photograph and the middle ground is a dark, mid-sized boat carrying passengers aboard. Some of the passengers are wearing white short-sleeved shirts. In the far distance, an out-of-focus landscape spans the width of the photograph and fades into the light blue sky. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3492caba276b3c6dbfa9fb/1625604450548-H06MEWZAAZTITV75W2FU/At+the+Foothill.jpg Issue #2: Generations - Far from the Shore & At the Foothill by Sonali Roy - Make it stand out This photograph depicts the landscape at Panchet Hill, Neturia, Purulia, West Bengal, in India. In the foreground of the image is dry, sand-like soil with sticks gathered and piled in the left-hand corner on the ground. In the middle ground is a small raised hill of sparse vegetation and dry soil. On top of this small hill are the remains of four old temples and palaces, spaced apart and spanning the length of the photograph. The remains are made of clay, stone, wood, and mixed materials. In the background is a hazy blue sky, and far in the distance is a large mountain with dense green vegetation. https://heldmagazine.ca/issue-generations/rocky-green monthly 0.5 2021-07-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3492caba276b3c6dbfa9fb/1625602838623-3EPK4QAT4PZT28PGCCWP/IMG_0673_1+%282%29.jpg Issue #2: Generations - Up home by Rocky Green - Make it stand out A painting of a father and son depicts their bodies and home behind them, rendered in greens, yellow, red, and blue. In the right-center of the painting, they are seated in bright green grass with their legs extended outward, with the son, a small child, sitting in the father’s lap. The father wears a red button-down style shirt, and the son wears a white, blue, and red striped shirt with black shoes. The father is looking down towards the son, arms in front of him, holding his son's legs together as he sits on his lap. The son is looking forward and off to the left. In the background is a home painted red, rendered with a white door and two white windows. On the left side of the painting, to the side of the red house, sits a blurry figure sitting on porch steps. The figure is rendered softly with yellow hair and white and blue clothes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3492caba276b3c6dbfa9fb/1625602795308-S3AYBPG5DU2ZEZPXG5CN/IMG_0676.jpg Issue #2: Generations - Up home by Rocky Green - Make it stand out A painting of a mother and son sitting on a bed is rendered in grey, yellow, blue, red, and white. To the left of the painting, the mother, with her blonde hair tied up, is wearing a short-sleeved yellow shirt and a long, loose blue skirt. Her figure takes up almost the entire width of the left side of the painting, as she is seated on the white bed, which is the length of the painting. While she sits, her knees are bent, head down and to the right, with her left hand extended and caressing the top of her son’s head. Her son, a young child, is to the right of the frame. He has short, blonde hair and is wearing a short-sleeved white t-shirt with red and blue stripes. He lays on the bed on his stomach, with his arms folded under his head. His torso extends out of the left side of the painting. His body and his face are slightly turned, and he looks off towards us. In the background is a bedroom wall, painted in shades of grey and blue. As the viewer, we are positioned as if we are sitting directly across the room, with the mother and son. https://heldmagazine.ca/issue-generations/new-portfolio-item monthly 0.5 2021-07-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3492caba276b3c6dbfa9fb/1625600521576-ONZYOP3TSZP2CIBSIW9Y/Cheung_Skylar_Cheung_2021.jpg Issue #2: Generations - Empowered by the Thread by Skylar Cheung - Make it stand out The illustration is done in black and white depicting a hand holding up a polaroid of a family, with the Chinese character denoting a surname scribbled on the margin. In the photograph, there is a woman with a child standing to the left of her. There is a cat’s tail and ears popping up from the bottom of the photograph’s frame. You can see the edge of a white tabletop in the bottom of the image underneath the hand with books and lines like wood grain running across it. The background is solid black. https://heldmagazine.ca/issue-generations/feeding-the-children monthly 0.5 2021-07-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3492caba276b3c6dbfa9fb/1625593995155-FL0QEKY72KZLVEM7ERNO/Pagano_Aurora_Feeding+the+Children_Cover.jpg Issue #2: Generations - Feeding the Children & Forever Nostalgic by Aurora Pagano - Make it stand out A mixed media portrait with photographs, paintings, drawings, and text depicts a grandmother holding their grandchild. Their light-coloured skin and dark hair are in grayscale. In their photograph, placed in the centre of the work, the grandmother is standing, wearing a light-coloured sleeveless top and looking at the camera. Arms extending outward and to the left, the grandmother holds their grandchild up in the air with both hands. The grandchild, smiling at their grandmother, is looking to the right. The child is dressed in light-coloured flowing fabric. Behind them is a brick wall. Surrounding their portrait and overlapping the photograph is grey-coloured text on the left side. The text writes “uno per papa,” “uno per mamma,” and “Sorellina”. Below the portrait are two small bowls painted beige inside with a decorative white and red pattern on their exterior. In the bowl on the left, there are three buttons painted brown, pink, and blue. On the bowl to the right, there are two buttons painted teal-green and yellow. To the farthest right of the portrait is a drawing of a silver spoon with an ornate handle. Behind the tip of the spoon is a circle of gold leaf. The background of the work is painted silver on the right and light blue on the left. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3492caba276b3c6dbfa9fb/1625594201276-HP7R7C6IYC2XSW3QTLWV/Pagano_Aurora_Forever+Nostalgic_Cover.jpg Issue #2: Generations - Feeding the Children & Forever Nostalgic by Aurora Pagano - Make it stand out A surrealist-style painting depicts a figure with light skin and long brown hair, tied back with an elastic. The figure is wearing a loose, tea-length red dress that is down to their calves. They are sitting in the foreground of the painting, turned away from us, with their back facing the viewer. They lean on a spring-loaded decorative horse, painted blue with white hair and a red and brown harness, stemming from dark coils in the ground. The decorative horse resembles those from merry-go-round rides. The figure’s head is tilted slightly up and towards an impression of a sun painted in the background, with their hands placed to the horse’s backside. In the background and throughout the painting are washy, loose, and mixed brushstrokes of yellow, orange, and brown. https://heldmagazine.ca/issue-generations/carbamazepine-wellbutrin-latuda-by-leanne-toshiko-simpson monthly 0.5 2021-07-09 https://heldmagazine.ca/issue-generations/under-water-tree-poem monthly 0.5 2021-07-08 https://heldmagazine.ca/issue-generations/inheritances-by-john-grey monthly 0.5 2021-07-08 https://heldmagazine.ca/issue-generations/heirloom-seeds-by-jade-wallace monthly 0.5 2021-07-08 https://heldmagazine.ca/issue-generations/the-book-of-souls-by-saheed-akeem-abolaji monthly 0.5 2021-07-08 https://heldmagazine.ca/issue-generations/snooping-by-kim-june-johnson monthly 0.5 2021-07-08 https://heldmagazine.ca/issue-generations/garlic-by-sarah-sassoon monthly 0.5 2021-07-06 https://heldmagazine.ca/issue-generations/jamaluddin-aram monthly 0.5 2021-07-11 https://heldmagazine.ca/issue-generations/chitra-gopalakrishnan monthly 0.5 2021-07-11 https://heldmagazine.ca/issue-generations/veronique-darwin monthly 0.5 2021-07-11 https://heldmagazine.ca/issue-generations/rachamim-farnworth monthly 0.5 2021-07-08 https://heldmagazine.ca/issue-generations/t-war-powers-tilden monthly 0.5 2021-07-08 https://heldmagazine.ca/issue-generations/fiona-raye-clarke monthly 0.5 2021-07-11 https://heldmagazine.ca/issue-generations/barbara-lucas monthly 0.5 2021-07-08 https://heldmagazine.ca/issue-generations/debra-lee monthly 0.5 2021-07-08 https://heldmagazine.ca/issue-generations/laura-mota monthly 0.5 2021-07-09 https://heldmagazine.ca/issue-generations/iris-leona-marie-cross monthly 0.5 2021-07-11 https://heldmagazine.ca/issue-generations/patricia-dreyfus monthly 0.5 2021-07-11 https://heldmagazine.ca/issue-generations/project-six-p9dj4 monthly 0.5 2021-07-08 https://heldmagazine.ca/issue-generations/project-five-3r896 monthly 0.5 2021-07-08 https://heldmagazine.ca/issue-generations/project-four-8recn monthly 0.5 2021-07-08 https://heldmagazine.ca/issue-generations/project-three-kpx82 monthly 0.5 2021-07-08 https://heldmagazine.ca/issue-generations/project-two-3h3ns monthly 0.5 2021-07-08 https://heldmagazine.ca/issue-generations/nimra-bandukwala monthly 0.5 2021-07-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3492caba276b3c6dbfa9fb/1625503911760-UHJ95B81QLT58FAL2TDX/Bandukwala_Nimra_Retellings_Cover.jpg Issue #2: Generations - Kahaniaan by Nimra Bandukwala In this watercolour painting, two pairs of hands put two necklaces on a woman in yellow clothes. One of the necklaces is a cylindrical shape with blue stones embedded in it. The other necklace is the hamsa or hand symbol. The background includes colourful floral motifs, including lotus flowers, leaves, pomegranates, and Keri or paisley shapes on a black background. https://heldmagazine.ca/issue-generations/nada-elshaarawi monthly 0.5 2021-07-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3492caba276b3c6dbfa9fb/1625540788231-NX2L38NA16L61AID7J1S/IMG_1580.jpg Issue #2: Generations - The "Self" Series by Nada Elshaarawi - Make it stand out A floating self-portrait of the artist cut off just below the shoulders with the face and hand cut out to reveal the Egyptian vegetal patterns in the yellow background. The figure is wearing a black shirt and headscarf with a thick red, blue, and gold necklace. The pattern in the background is a grid of squares with two alternating square patterns like a checkerboard. One of the patterns has the four sides of every square made of small green ovals attached at each end to make a chain. Each corner has a flower with a red oval bottom and three blue triangular petals coming from one side. The middle of the square is a white outline of a flower with slender, pointed, white petals. The other square pattern has a circular orange flower with a yellow middle in each corner and small rounded petals. On each side between the orange flowers are three pick flowers. A sizeable flower with blue outlined petals with a smaller blue flower in its centre is in the middle of each square. The cut out face and hand are filled with white vines growing dark orange and light pink flowers and dark green leaves. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3492caba276b3c6dbfa9fb/1625541179164-EZXLZ9H5UQW7HSP4DO8B/IMG_1579.jpg Issue #2: Generations - The "Self" Series by Nada Elshaarawi - Make it stand out A floating photographic self-portrait of the artist in a black shirt and headscarf is cut off just below the shoulders. The face of the figure is cut out to reveal the pattern in the background. The figure is reflected and flipped, so it hangs upside down above the bottom figure. The light blue background is a large square Egyptian vegetal pattern that stretches to the long horizontal edges of the frame and leaves a negative rectangular space above and below. A repetitive pattern of four green circles that intersect in the middle makes up the outside of the square. A thick green square, lines the inner edge of this pattern. The figures' heads turn slightly with a large flower behind the back of the head. The flower has two large, dark blue, oval petals on the bottom and six light blue petals fanned in-between. There are three red tulips in the square corners with two pink cloud shapes above the tulips in the bottom right and top left corners. There are two teal and two yellow tulips above the red ones in the bottom left and top right corners. Between the two figures' heads is a line of five blue flowers with eight petals. The middle three flowers are small, and the two flowers on either end are more prominent with a white spiral in the middle. Three green clouds line the outer edge of the large flowers. The white flowers with pointed petals in the centre with similar green flowers above and below and brown petals poking in from the cut out edge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3492caba276b3c6dbfa9fb/1625541345920-2AFGKKR2MR72VX1YI9WV/IMG_1578.jpg Issue #2: Generations - The "Self" Series by Nada Elshaarawi - Make it stand out A floating photographic self-portrait of the artist in a black shirt and headscarf with a thick striped blue, red, gold, and white necklace with round beads of the same colours hanging off the edge. The figure is cut off at the waist, and the face is cut out. The background is red with Egyptian vegetal patterns. Large light pink flowers poke out from behind the bottom of the figure, with a yellow flower flowing out from either shoulder. Next, small light blue petals poke off from behind the figure's arms. Finally, two blue flowers with eight petals and white outlines float on either side of the figure's head. In the area of the cut out face are four small pink flowers that surround a blue diamond shape that crosses at the bottom and continues until the bottom edge of the face. Within this blue diamond, are yellow circles with a red dot in the centre and are surrounded by green leaf-like shapes. In the very center of the diamond is a yellow diamond with two swirl shapes on either side outlined in the same red as the background. https://heldmagazine.ca/issue-generations/summer-lu monthly 0.5 2021-07-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3492caba276b3c6dbfa9fb/1625542777955-1BZRAP8KZUEPMZYZHQ86/Summer_Lu_+Home+away+from+home_+2020+.jpg Issue #2: Generations - Home Away From Home & Reminiscing by Summer Lu - Make it stand out This image is an overhead shot of someone cooking a pancake. The countertop is yellow with a stovetop with four burners cut off slightly by the top right corner of the frame. The person is cooking the pancake over the bottom left burner in a black, round frying pan. They hold the frying pan’s handle with their left hand and begin to flip the pancake with a wooden spoon in their right hand. The pancake is round and centered in the pan. It is a deep brown with round, yellow buttery patches, and a light cream edge. The stovetop is silver with open flames and four round dials in a horizontal line in the bottom right corner. The burners consist of black square grates that surround each burner. The grates point inwards towards the burners from the four corners of each grate. There is the corner of a white square plate in the top left of the image, and in the left edge of the frame, you can see the top of half a glass of water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3492caba276b3c6dbfa9fb/1625542934242-AIMOUM19CIVTMA827GLU/Summer_Lu_+Home+away+from+home_+2020+jpg.jpg Issue #2: Generations - Home Away From Home & Reminiscing by Summer Lu - Make it stand out In the second image, you see the full view of the woman with black, straight hair just below her shoulders and brown eyes cooking in her kitchen. She wears a lilac t-shirt with a teal apron wrapped around her waist to just below her knees. She flips the pancake in her left hand and holds the wooden spoon in her right. The counters are flat against the back until the middle of the image. In the middle, they meet a corner and angle towards the bottom right of the frame. The stove and oven lay in the middle of the counter, and the woman stands in front of them. Next to the stove on the right, the ingredients for the pancake include salt, sugar in a clear jar, a cup, syrup, and a few leftover berries. Half of the sink is in view before it gets cut off by the bottom edge of the painting’s frame. On the back counters is a jar of utensils with a chopping board in front of it with oranges, peppers, and eggs on top. There is a toaster oven in the corner with a plant and a pink mug sitting on the top. You can see the bottom half of the top cupboards along the top side of the frame, and on the left side of the frame, you can see the edge of a long cupboard door. Between all the cupboards, white tiles cover the walls. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3492caba276b3c6dbfa9fb/1625543233637-MAV50433YA6PPYRYMY5I/Summer_Lu_+reminiscing_2020+copy.jpg Issue #2: Generations - Home Away From Home & Reminiscing by Summer Lu - Make it stand out In the background, a purple fence takes up a third of the frame, with a pink lattice fence on top. A light blue door with three glass panels makes up the left side of the background. A dark green wooden chair sits in the bottom left corner with a dark blue cushion with leaves on the front sitting on the chair. Next to the chair, many pink flowers take up the rest of the bottom of the frame. They have pink petals with orangy yellow highlights. The bunch makes a triangular shape with one large flower at the bottom and three flowers making both the corners at the top. Dark green leaves surround the bottom two sides of the flowers, and a trail of leaves follow a branch from the top side of the flowers to the top of the frame over the solid purple fence in the background. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3492caba276b3c6dbfa9fb/1625584688536-5MYT7MVG39TADVOX7F4F/Summer_Lu_+reminiscing_2020.jpg Issue #2: Generations - Home Away From Home & Reminiscing by Summer Lu - Make it stand out The corner of a coffee table pokes up from the middle of the bottom side of the painting. The top of the table looks like glass with slight reflections seen in the top, and a magenta fern-like plant sits in a blue pot with a brown rim on the coffee table. Aligned with the right side of the table's corner is a yellow, gold folding chair. The chair's back is round with a vine pattern connecting the outer edge to the crosshatched centre, and the seat is a mosaic made out of cream brown and blue horizontal diamond shapes. The chair on the left side of the table is the edge of a couch with a blue frame and pinky cream cushions. The background is the outside wall of a house made of dark blue horizontal panels with a silver star with a white star in the middle hanging on the right side. Against the wall is a slim decorative table. Two birdhouses sit on the table right next to each other. The birdhouse on the left is taller, with large openings on each wall. The smaller house on the right has four small windows at the front and solid walls. There is a tall, grassy plant next to each birdhouse and a small dark brown box in front of them with a rounded lid. https://heldmagazine.ca/issue-generations/stephanie-dsouza monthly 0.5 2021-07-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3492caba276b3c6dbfa9fb/1625544743909-JX2C9HG359H51VRNKNVU/D%27Souza_Stephanie_Visual.jpg Issue #2: Generations - Generations by Stephanie D'Souza - Make it stand out A hand-cut collage with portraits of an elder, a young girl and a baby of East Asian ancestry. The portraits are photographs cut out and layered above the other, starting with the elder, placed vertically from top to bottom. There are flowers collaged behind the elder and the baby, and the young girl in the centre holds a small bundle of flowers. The background of the collage is a galaxy. https://heldmagazine.ca/issue-generations/maneesa-veeravel monthly 0.5 2021-07-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3492caba276b3c6dbfa9fb/1625545310593-6GKSAHDGL68C3559VW1S/Veeravel_Maneesa_for%28e%29bearer_2021..jpg Issue #2: Generations - For(e)bearer by Maneesa Veeravel - Make it stand out This illustration depicts a person with dark brown skin and hair styled in braids, wearing a circular, red pottu (bindi) as well as a circular, gold earring and gold necklaces. Their figure is placed in the centre of the illustration, facing us with their head slightly tilted to the right, showing their entire face and upper torso. They wear a colourful saree draped across their torso, with details of a butterfly, spider, three faces of family members, shapes, symbols, and a golden border along the edge of the garment. Their saree blouse has tiger stripes and ladybug spots on the upper left shoulder. The background is primarily bright lime green. There is an illustration of a river running through on the top left, many pink flowers, leaves, blood cells, a pink shell in the middle, and a stomach attached to a colon on the top right. https://heldmagazine.ca/issue-generations/angela-walcott monthly 0.5 2021-07-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3492caba276b3c6dbfa9fb/1625546027062-N0TLA0QRMNATYXRVGZYP/Walcott_Angela_Connections+Through+Community_Cover.jpg Issue #2: Generations - Connections through Community by Angela Walcott - Make it stand out This painting consists of overlapping brushstrokes of colour and line. The brushstrokes are washy and textured like a palette knife made them. The colours of the paints are bright sky blue, navy, and reddish-brown on golden yellow and white background. The work depicts expressive and dynamic abstract figures facing different orientations. At the top of the painting, a large figure is turned to its side, its cheek to us. Another figure, a duplicate of the first, is in the upper right-hand corner. In front of these two figures is another body in the mid-ground of the painting. The figure’s torso is turned, with its back to us. Its form takes up the lower right side of the painting. To the lower left-hand side of the painting is a small, juvenile-appearing face outlined in dark blue paint. https://heldmagazine.ca/issue-generations/june-yeo monthly 0.5 2021-07-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3492caba276b3c6dbfa9fb/1625547026021-DSLQ6W1S63VFN6TPR533/T_ship_magic_carpet.jpg Issue #2: Generations - SHIP 2.2 by June Yeo - Make it stand out A film still of a rocky beach shore depicts an overcast day and grey-blue water and a damp, dark beach of pebbles and stones. In the foreground and draped in the center of the beach is a collection of semi-transparent bright blue and white plastic sheets overlapping each other and twisted together to form an organic-shaped mass. Underneath the sheets are decayed wood pieces, pebbles, and stones from the beach shore. The sheets are wet, wrinkly, and weighed down by water droplets. Further from view and closer to the shoreline, some white sheets have red and pink flower petals and green leaves placed on top and rolled within the plastic. In the background and behind the sheets is the shoreline with an incoming wave. https://heldmagazine.ca/issue-generations/despy-boutris monthly 0.5 2021-07-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3492caba276b3c6dbfa9fb/1625547587193-YOCZ650KTT3AT9EE0420/20210328_130728_0001.jpg Issue #2: Generations - Untitled Collage by Despy Boutris - Make it stand out In the foreground of the collage is a large, naturalistic-style illustration of a light-skinned, blonde-haired woman looking upward. Half of her face is visible, and we can see that she has thin eyebrows, long dark eyelashes, flushed skin, and red lips. She is turned to the side, and her body cuts off at her shoulders, which extend to the bottom of the collage. The woman’s blonde hair is shoulder length and styled with loose curls. She is wearing a black collared shirt with red stripe details down the top of the sleeves. Her eyes point upward to the top of the collage, which is painted a golden yellow. The top of the collage is covered in small stars drawn with a black sharpie. In the top centre of the collage is a circle, outlined with a sharpie that resembles a moon. The circle is white. https://heldmagazine.ca/issue-generations/ivor-samuel-mubiru monthly 0.5 2021-07-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3492caba276b3c6dbfa9fb/1625698382152-W6XT2HETCZK8N4ZOPGTM/Copy+of+Mubiru_Ivor_Free+At+Last_2021.jpg Issue #2: Generations - Free at Last, Malayika, He Has Escaped, Study of an Atom, The Deep Dive by Ivor Samuel Mubiru - Make it stand out A black and white illustration of a galaxy with small black stars, and clusters of planets marked by small dots. The galaxy flows across the entire page. Orbs that resemble planets in different colours are placed sporadically across the galaxy. There are pastel purple, pink, yellow, blue and green planets. Some of the planets have thin, black rings around them. Some have a singular ring, while others have up to seven. A stream made of many thin black, wavy lines and thicker black round fluid shapes waves across the page from the top left corner to the right, down to the bottom of the page. The stream looks like it is coming from a white circle with a thick black outline centred in the bottom quarter of the frame. Within the stream, which is illustrated with bold, black wavy lines, are black birds in the shape of doves. In the centre of the drawing are two dancing figures. The figures are illustrated in black and in an abstract manner, made of overlapping organic shapes. When the two figures intersect each other, elements of their bodies (such as legs, arms, and hands) are illustrated in pastel yellow, purple, and pink. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3492caba276b3c6dbfa9fb/1625779452580-7CWXDFHYCAEWFOLGCGLP/Copy+of+Mubiru_Ivor_Malayika_2021.jpg Issue #2: Generations - Free at Last, Malayika, He Has Escaped, Study of an Atom, The Deep Dive by Ivor Samuel Mubiru - Make it stand out In this illustration, a black figure is centred and the main focus, as they sit in a meditative and prayer-like pose. The figure wears a light brown bandeau and skirt, black hoop earrings, a golden crown with the word “Malika,” a white peace-sign necklace, three white shell necklaces, three white shell armbands three white shell body chains around their waist. Sitting with their legs crossed, the figure’s long arms extend above them, and their hands are put together, reaching to the sky. Above the figure’s hands is a bright yellow orb. The orb streams black and yellow rays of light that flow around the figure in an oval shape. Within the rays of light are two large fish. On the right is a blue fish with long fins, with its head and body pointing downward. On the left is an identical green fish, with its head and body pointing upward. The fish on the left has “ABAANA N’ABAZZUKULU” written across it. The green fish has “OMUZIRO MMAMBA” written across it. On the bottom of the illustration and surrounding the figure is sea-like imagery, with illustrations of colourful blue, green, and purple pebbles, and brown-orange coral, and green seaweed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3492caba276b3c6dbfa9fb/1625779497572-KG4RVMBBC20IF09SZK8X/Copy+of+Mubiru_Ivor_He+Has+Escaped_2021.jpg Issue #2: Generations - Free at Last, Malayika, He Has Escaped, Study of an Atom, The Deep Dive by Ivor Samuel Mubiru - Make it stand out This illustration shows a small figure climbing through a maze with giant steps to the sky, where a windmill-like tunnel shines down upon him. At the bottom of the illustration is the maze, made of several large, purple walls that look like they are made of stone. The centre is a figure illustrated in black, with one hand and leg raised, in a running motion. The figure is running towards a beam of white light, which is coming from the sky above. The sky is storm-like and illustrated in yellow, purple, and red. Within the sky are several black flowing lines that resemble wind, cascading in a chaotic way across the page. In the centre of the sky is a windmill-like tunnel made of two circles. The outer rim of the orb is a patterned ring with colourful triangles, half-circles, and dots. The patterns are coloured in yellow, blue, green, red, pink, and purple. Within the second inner circle is a brown hand that reaches towards the light that stems from the windmill-like shape, which is white. Between the maze and the tunnel in the sky are two dancing figures on the left and right sides of the illustration. The figure on the left has a flowing blue skirt and three thin necklaces. The figure to the right has a striped headdress with blue, pink and yellow stripes and two black stripes in between each of the colours. They wear a yellow dress with a thick back outline that has a layer on the shoulders and two layers on the bottom. The bottom of the skirts around the knees on both figures meet the top of the maze. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3492caba276b3c6dbfa9fb/1625779574900-KRUTP8D464A85HJE5VL3/Copy+of+Mubiru_Ivor_Study+of+an+Atom_2020.jpg Issue #2: Generations - Free at Last, Malayika, He Has Escaped, Study of an Atom, The Deep Dive by Ivor Samuel Mubiru - Make it stand out The focus of this illustration is two female figures, illustrated in white with black outlines, in the centre of the image. They are framed in the centre of the image by two circles outlined in white, with a colourful pattern inside the negative space where the circles intersect. The two female figures embrace each other from the side, shoulder to shoulder and hip to hip, with their backs to us. Within the white form of their bodies are planets and stars. The figure on the left has a large afro hairstyle, and the figure on the left has long braids that extend down the length of her back. In colour, surrounding the two figures are three flowing lines that are organic in form, that look like water and fire. A yellow stream flows across the shoulder of the figure on the left, a blue stream flows across the shoulder of the figure on the right, and a red stream circles the waist of both figures. Within the streams are tribal masks illustrated in black. The background of the illustration is black with rainbow stripes. In each corner of the is a circle with an abstract motif. In the upper left is a red circle, the lower left is a green circle, the upper right is a blue circle, and the lower right is a purple circle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3492caba276b3c6dbfa9fb/1625779667848-EMCU28K4QJN2D0D1O0NT/Copy+of+Mubiru_Ivor_The+Deep+Dive_2020.jpg Issue #2: Generations - Free at Last, Malayika, He Has Escaped, Study of an Atom, The Deep Dive by Ivor Samuel Mubiru - Make it stand out The focus of this illustration is a figure diving face-first into the water, meeting a round, oblong mirror at the bottom, where the figure sees its reflection. At the top of this illustration are black, light blue, and dark blue flowing lines that are ripples at the top of the water’s surface. Here we see the figure, illustrated in white and light blue with black outlines, diving into the water. The figure is bald, and their facial expression appears peaceful, with closed eyes and lips. The figure has long legs and long hoop earrings, and arms placed straight at their side. Wrapping and cascading around the figure in a circular motion is a red, yellow and purple stream. The stream follows the figure into the water and consists of colourful dots, black stars, and big fish with large fins and gaping open mouths. At the bottom of the illustration, the figure meets its reflection in a round, oblong mirror. The background of the mirror is black, with illustrations of a galaxy or alternate universe within. From the mirror beams, white rays of light, reaching upward toward the surface of the water. The reflection is a different version of the figure, with open eyes, long eyelashes, and hair. https://heldmagazine.ca/issue-3-the-body daily 0.75 2022-01-28 https://heldmagazine.ca/issue-3-the-body/five-ways-of-knowing-the-body-as-a-teenager/nathan-long monthly 0.5 2022-02-06 https://heldmagazine.ca/issue-3-the-body/irregularities/hege-a-jakobsen-lepri monthly 0.5 2022-01-29 https://heldmagazine.ca/issue-3-the-body/the-divine-desire-called-inner-peace monthly 0.5 2022-07-02 https://heldmagazine.ca/issue-3-the-body/monster/david-salazar monthly 0.5 2022-01-29 https://heldmagazine.ca/issue-3-the-body/the-theory-of-the-thing/nupur-shah monthly 0.5 2022-01-29 https://heldmagazine.ca/issue-3-the-body/svant-1-and-poppy-3/june-yeo monthly 0.5 2022-01-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3492caba276b3c6dbfa9fb/18d6526e-a61e-494c-8bc7-e640018f1ead/T_svant_picnic_nap_1.JPG Issue #3: The Body - SVANT 1 and Poppy 3 by June Yeo - Make it stand out its sunny at the beach; we're just lounging draped in neo-romantic kimono, spending our lazy afternoon, doing completely nothing & feeling content in our intero-ception. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3492caba276b3c6dbfa9fb/5d484c4e-ed53-4596-8296-dd1b4ee197bf/Image+from+iOS.jpg Issue #3: The Body - SVANT 1 and Poppy 3 by June Yeo - Make it stand out Poppy takes a nap during a lazy afternoon on a fuzzy mustard yellow blanket. Her stuffed animals are also taking a nap surrounded by flowers like the secret garden. https://heldmagazine.ca/issue-3-the-body/the-wax-doll/megan-vaz monthly 0.5 2022-01-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3492caba276b3c6dbfa9fb/ea31ac06-d1c6-4a18-85e7-f83b0504c387/Vaz_Megan_The+Wax+Doll_2021.jpg Issue #3: The Body - The Wax Doll by Megan Vaz - Make it stand out A person lies on a grey couch as their hands and feet melt and drip to the floor. The wall in the background is white and covered in tally marks in groups of five. https://heldmagazine.ca/issue-3-the-body/boundaries-by-kaela-murphy monthly 0.5 2022-01-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3492caba276b3c6dbfa9fb/ccf22769-4adf-4bb4-9967-5137ebb8e90a/Murphy_Kaela_NotAPettingZoo_2021.jpg Issue #3: The Body - Boundaries by Kaela Murphy - Make it stand out The first layer is a self portrait of the artist in black ink, and layered over top the portrait first in white then red are the words "I am not a petting zoo.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3492caba276b3c6dbfa9fb/822446d2-d1db-4aea-85c1-a75110d85802/Murphy_Kaela_DoNotCallMeAMutt_2021.jpg Issue #3: The Body - Boundaries by Kaela Murphy - Make it stand out The first layer is a self portrait of the artist in black ink, and layered over top the portrait first in white then red are the words “Do not call me a mutt." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3492caba276b3c6dbfa9fb/0e64bb0e-3687-4b7f-9aa3-4a05b842fc04/Murphy_Kaela_NotYourHalfCocoBeauty_2021.jpg Issue #3: The Body - Boundaries by Kaela Murphy - Make it stand out The first layer is a self portrait of the artist in black ink, and layered over top the portrait first in white then red are the words “Not your Half Coco Beauty." https://heldmagazine.ca/issue-3-the-body/sensing-fruiting-bodies/leya-tess-anderson monthly 0.5 2022-01-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3492caba276b3c6dbfa9fb/401813e5-21ba-41b3-999f-c01bda3c6808/leyatess_sensing__fruiting_bodies.jpg Issue #3: The Body - Sensing Fruiting Bodies by Leya Tess - Make it stand out Mycelium running from facial sinus of a face embedded in the earth, surrounded by the scent of Matsutake mushroom, rose, truffle and poo. https://heldmagazine.ca/issue-3-the-body/liquid-luck/division/ainslie-harriman monthly 0.5 2022-01-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3492caba276b3c6dbfa9fb/0e227c04-f2fd-4a37-8abb-392ba8b8daae/Harriman_Ainslie_Liquid+Luck_2021.jpg Issue #3: The Body - Liquid Luck and Division by Ainslie Harriman - Make it stand out The vibrant orange colour styled chaotically begins with the woman's hair, representing the burning passion for change. A fire has been ignited in her and is exploding from her being. The exaggerated eyes and eyelashes captivate the attention of all who look at her. Intense pink tones are displayed on the high cheekbone of her face. Femininity expressed through makeup, I believe, can take many forms; CAMP-like or neutral. It is the dripping lips that are a deep cherry red that commands the room. Allowing the wet-like detail to flow down the canvas in whichever way it pleases was this feature's goal. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3492caba276b3c6dbfa9fb/40052b68-f3bd-4e87-ba80-7a87a183288d/Harriman_Ainslie_Division+of+Self_2021.jpg Issue #3: The Body - Liquid Luck and Division by Ainslie Harriman - Make it stand out 'Division,' although simple in appearance, emphasizes a woman figure through the use of colours most often associated with femininity. https://heldmagazine.ca/issue-3-the-body/only-donor-kind/zy-yang monthly 0.5 2022-01-29 https://heldmagazine.ca/issue-3-the-body/sight-sound/evelyna-ekokokay monthly 0.5 2022-01-29 https://heldmagazine.ca/issue-3-the-body/bitterskinned-with-okra/preeti-kaur-dhaliwal monthly 0.5 2022-01-29 https://heldmagazine.ca/issue-3-the-body/athens-fucks-a-friend/james-collier monthly 0.5 2022-01-29 https://heldmagazine.ca/issue-3-the-body/some-theories-of-atonement/scott-jackshaw monthly 0.5 2022-01-29 https://heldmagazine.ca/issue-3-the-body/be-quiet/sarah-azizi monthly 0.5 2022-01-29 https://heldmagazine.ca/issue-3-the-body/ecdysis/talya-jankovits monthly 0.5 2022-01-29 https://heldmagazine.ca/issue-3-the-body/body-is-a-bridge-to-july/ami-xherro monthly 0.5 2022-01-29 https://heldmagazine.ca/issue-3-the-body/cornflower-girl/chisaraokwu monthly 0.5 2022-01-29 https://heldmagazine.ca/issue-3-the-body/as-i-am/dani-coates monthly 0.5 2022-01-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3492caba276b3c6dbfa9fb/1f09e87a-c9e6-4565-89d6-ed0e6057d782/Coates_Dani_As+I+Am_2020.JPG Issue #3: The Body - As I Am by Dani Coates - Make it stand out A purple figure sits cross legged in the centre of the frame surrounded by a black background. Four sets of arms in different shades of purple protrude from the shoulders. One set sits on their knees, another grasps their mouth, one pair sits by their waist, and the last pair holds the back of their head.