{{Short description|Art magazine covering contemporary Caribbean art and culture}} {{Infobox magazine | logo = | logo_size = <!-- default is 180px --> | image_file = Cover of ARC Magazine, Issue N°3.jpg | image_size = <!-- default is 180px --> | image_alt = Cover of Issue N°3, July 2011 | image_caption = Cover of Issue N°3, July 2011, artwork by Lavar Munroe | editor = Holly Bynoe | editor_title = Director and Editor-in-Chief | previous_editor = | staff_writer = | photographer = | category = Art magazines | frequency = Biannual | format = print and digital | circulation = 1,000 (readership 3,000) | publisher = | paid_circulation = | unpaid_circulation = | circulation_year = | total_circulation = | founder = Holly Bynoe and Nadia Huggins | founded = 2011 | firstdate = <!-- {{Start date|2011}} --> | finaldate = | finalnumber = | company = | country = Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | based = Bequia | language = English | website = {{URL|arcthemagazine.com}} | issn = 0952-1143 | oclc = 710060624 }} '''''ARC Magazine''''' is an art magazine covering contemporary Caribbean art and culture. It was founded in 2011 as a non-profit print and digital magazine publication with an active web following. ''ARC'' profiles established and emerging artists living in the Caribbean, as well as the Caribbean diaspora.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=About Us|url=http://arcthemagazine.com/arc/about/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110123215153/http://arcthemagazine.com/arc/about/|url-status=usurped|archive-date=January 23, 2011|magazine=ARC Magazine|accessdate=30 September 2014}}</ref>
==Background== "ARC" stands for "Art. Recognition. Culture." The magazine is printed in Iceland by Oddi.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Staffbox|date=September 2012|magazine=ARC Magazine}}</ref> The magazine was founded in 2011 by Nadia Huggins and Holly Bynoe, both visual artists from St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Bynoe earned her MFA in Advanced Photographic Studies from Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York. The magazine has hosted art exhibited and, in 2013 and 2014, partnered with VOLTA NY to host artists discussions and exhibitions.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hollybynoe.com/home.html|title=Holly Bynoe|accessdate=30 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141018083006/http://hollybynoe.com/home.html|archive-date=18 October 2014|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> ''ARC Magazine'' has also partnered with the Trinidad and Tobago Film Festival.<ref name=cool/>
The magazine began as a quarterly publication with a modest print run of 500 in a large format of 12" H x 9" W.<ref name=stab>{{cite news|last1=Staff|title=Art, Recognition, Culture: Celebrating ARC Magazine, a new quarterly publication on Caribbean art and culture|url=http://www.stabroeknews.com/2011/features/in-the-diaspora/07/25/art-recognition-culture-celebrating-arc-magazine-a-new-quarterly-publication-on-caribbean-art-and-culture/|accessdate=30 September 2014|work=Stabroek News|date=25 July 2011}}</ref>
==Content== Departments in ''ARC Magazine'' include: "Spotlight," a showcase of four emerging artists; "24FPS," film section; "The Gradient," an analysis of a series or project of art; "Artist on Artist"; "Collections," a portfolio of artists working in New Media; and a cultural department and literary section, featuring poetry and creative writing.<ref name=stab/> Speaking of the magazine's missions, Bynoe has stated: "Debunking stereotypes has been a formal concern and one of the key objectives of ARC."<ref name=cool>{{cite news|last1=Gordon|first1=Kyana|title=ARC Magazine: A Caribbean publication puts island artists in the global spotlight|url=http://www.coolhunting.com/culture/arc-magazine.php|accessdate=30 September 2014|work=Cool Hunting|date=13 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006073854/http://www.coolhunting.com/culture/arc-magazine.php|archive-date=6 October 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==See also== * Caribbean art * Havana Biennial
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==External links== *{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20110122151842/http://arcthemagazine.com/arc/ ''ARC Magazine'' website]}}
Category:Biannual magazines Category:Caribbean art Category:Communications in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Category:Contemporary art magazines Category:Independent magazines Category:Magazines established in 2011 Category:Saint Vincent and the Grenadines literature