# ARC Magazine

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{{Short description|Art magazine covering contemporary Caribbean art and culture}}
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| image_file      = Cover of ARC Magazine, Issue N°3.jpg
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| image_alt       = Cover of Issue N°3, July 2011
| image_caption   = Cover of Issue N°3, July 2011, artwork by [Lavar Munroe](/source/Lavar_Munroe)
| editor          = [Holly Bynoe](/source/Holly_Bynoe)
| editor_title    = Director and Editor-in-Chief
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| category        = [Art magazines](/source/Art_magazines)
| frequency       = Biannual
| format          = print and digital
| circulation     = 1,000 (readership 3,000)
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| founder         = Holly Bynoe and [Nadia Huggins](/source/Nadia_Huggins)
| founded         = 2011
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| country         = [Saint Vincent and the Grenadines](/source/Saint_Vincent_and_the_Grenadines)
| based           = [Bequia](/source/Bequia)
| language        = [English](/source/English_language)
| website         = {{URL|arcthemagazine.com}} 
| issn            = 0952-1143
| oclc            = 710060624
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'''''ARC Magazine''''' is an [art magazine](/source/art_magazine) covering contemporary [Caribbean art](/source/Caribbean_art) and [culture](/source/Caribbean_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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Holly_Bynoe), both visual artists from [St. Vincent and the Grenadines](/source/St._Vincent_and_the_Grenadines). Bynoe earned her MFA in Advanced Photographic Studies from [Bard College](/source/Bard_College) in [Annandale-on-Hudson, New York](/source/Annandale-on-Hudson%2C_New_York). The magazine has hosted art exhibited and, in 2013 and 2014, partnered with [VOLTA NY](/source/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](/source/Trinidad_and_Tobago_Film_Festival).<ref name=cool/>

The magazine began as a [quarterly](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Caribbean_art)
* [Havana Biennial](/source/Havana_Biennial)

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==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

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