Esopus (magazine)
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Esopus is a twice-yearly nonprofit arts and culture magazine founded in 2003 by Tod Lippy and published by the Esopus Foundation. Its primary objective is to give artists a noncommercial forum (the magazine is completely ad-free) in which to publish their projects. It has been called "a thing of lavish, eccentric beauty" by the New York Times and was named "one of the 10 best new magazines of 2003," by Library Journal
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Each issue of Esopus focuses on three artists' projects, one from an established artist and two from emerging artists, developed specially for the magazine. In the past, these projects have included pop-ups and posters, and have required production processes ranging from hand assembly to the use of a photochromatic ink that only appeared when placed under sunlight. The magazine also features a CD of music commissioned for a certain theme, which have included the public domain
, spam emails, Oiuja, and a reader invitational on imaginary friends, where bands composed songs based on stories of imaginary friends provided by Esopus subscribers. The magazine also features nonfiction writing on the arts, usually from practitioners themselves. This has included an essay by a Disney animator about animating cells and a personal essay about the world of decor art from a commercial painter. The magazine also regularly features three columns: "Year in Retrospect," a series of facts and figures from a single year; "Guarded Opinions," which interviews museum guards about the art they protect and oversee; and "Modern Artifacts," which highlights rarely seen items from the archives at the Museum of Modern Art
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Library Journal
Library Journal is a trade publication for librarians. It was founded in 1876 by Melvil Dewey . It reports news about the library world, emphasizing public libraries, and offers feature articles about aspects of professional practice...
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Each issue of Esopus focuses on three artists' projects, one from an established artist and two from emerging artists, developed specially for the magazine. In the past, these projects have included pop-ups and posters, and have required production processes ranging from hand assembly to the use of a photochromatic ink that only appeared when placed under sunlight. The magazine also features a CD of music commissioned for a certain theme, which have included the public domain
Public domain
Works are in the public domain if the intellectual property rights have expired, if the intellectual property rights are forfeited, or if they are not covered by intellectual property rights at all...
, spam emails, Oiuja, and a reader invitational on imaginary friends, where bands composed songs based on stories of imaginary friends provided by Esopus subscribers. The magazine also features nonfiction writing on the arts, usually from practitioners themselves. This has included an essay by a Disney animator about animating cells and a personal essay about the world of decor art from a commercial painter. The magazine also regularly features three columns: "Year in Retrospect," a series of facts and figures from a single year; "Guarded Opinions," which interviews museum guards about the art they protect and oversee; and "Modern Artifacts," which highlights rarely seen items from the archives at the Museum of Modern Art
Museum of Modern Art
The Museum of Modern Art is an art museum in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, on 53rd Street, between Fifth and Sixth Avenues. It has been important in developing and collecting modernist art, and is often identified as the most influential museum of modern art in the world...
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