Cover Art

Paths

By Veronica Wang

Veronica is a senior at Poolesville High School in Poolesville, Maryland. Her art has been recognized by the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers and by the Oil Painters of America. Her work has been published in other magazines such as the National Celebrating Art Magazine and has been displayed in traveling shows through the National Junior Duck Stamp Competition. Veronica runs the organization American Young Art Circles (AYAC) which is dedicated to increasing art accessibility by posting tutorials and combatting societal issues by fundraising through hosting art competitions.

Chroma

By Isabel Lee

Isabel Lee is a sophomore high school student in the Bay Area who has been making art from a young age. She enjoys acrylic painting, watercolor, and colored pencil. In her free time, Isabel enjoys baking, being in nature, and listening to music.

Ballooning

By Rue Huang

Isn’t it Just Like the Sea

By Seo Won Yun

Girl Dreaming

By Olivia Lee

This illustration is a digital piece I painted to emulate a collection of sculptures I saw in a museum exhibit. I was inspired by the intricacy of African artifacts and wanted to capture the beautiful intermingling of human history within the natural world. For the backdrop of vines, I utilized deep, earthy tones to mimic the richness of the earth against her skin and the inherent power and lore behind her history.

Olivia Lee is a senior at California School of the Arts – San Gabriel Valley. Her art and writing have been recognized by the Alliance for Young Artists and Writers, Princeton University, and the California Coastal Commission. She has work published, or forthcoming in Canvas Literary Journal, Polyphony Lit, Body Without Organs, Tab, The Journal of Poetry and Poetics, and Apprentice Writer, among others. In her spare time, she enjoys watching stationery hauls on YouTube and way too much anime on Crunchyroll.

Nights Gates

By Hewson Duffy

Hewson Duffy is a junior at St. Anne’s Belfield in Charlottesville, VA. He has been published in Polyphony Lit and Aerie International, and recognized by the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards. As a complement to writing, he enjoys practicing photography.