FLARE JOURNAL
ISSUE FIVE
Letter from the Editors
Dear readers,
Issue Five is here! We hope you are as excited about the art and writing in this issue as we are––we would like to applaud all the artists featured for their generosity in allowing us to share their wonderful creations.
This issue, we are excited to announce a new interactive feature. Through the contact form below, you can send a kind message to any artist whose work you enjoyed, and we will pass it on for you! Our mission is to showcase voices from as many diverse backgrounds and perspectives as possible. We are so happy to announce that Flare is now read in over fifty-six countries and nearly every US state (still waiting on North Dakota!) We want to encourage all our readers to consider submitting, or simply sharing the art they enjoyed with family and friends.
Some other exciting news: this summer, Flare had the opportunity to support BLOOM, an organization affiliated with the United States CDC, to help create more inclusive resources in middle-grade health curriculum for schools across the US. What a great way to kick off our second annual cycle of publication!
Send a message, share the issue, and happy reading!
~ Michelle, Editor-in-Chief @flarejournal
ART & PHOTOGRAPHY
FEATURE GALLERY*: Poems for the Afterlife––D.C. Copeland with Joronne Jeter
D.C. Copeland received a B.A. in English from Yale University and an M.A. from New York University. The Commonline Journal published Copeland’s poem “For Those At Work” and aaduna magazine featured Copeland’s “To You Who Read These Lines”” as the last poem in their special "Poetry Month" edition. Several of Copeland's plays have been world-premiered including “Play”, “The Undiscovered Country” and the one-act entitled “Forget-Me-Not” which placed as a finalist for Manhattan Repertory Theatre’s One Act Festival. At Yale, Copeland began a seventeen-year mentoring relationship with literary critic, Harold Bloom, also acting as his literary assistant on several books including The Best Poems of The English Language.
*SCROLL THROUGH GALLERY TO READ
Amber Wilson is a producer and recording artist from Houston, Texas. She is a Music and Lifestyle content creator seeking to empower and encourage her generation through the use of music and social media.
Irina Novikova is a graphic artist from Minsk (Belarus). She graduated from the State Academy of Slavic Cultures with a degree in art and the Moscow Humanitarian and Technical Academy with a degree in design. She is a member of the Krasnogorsk Union of Artists, the Federation of Watercolorists, the International Art Fund, and the Union of Russian Artists. Her first personal exhibition was held in the museum of Maxim Bagdanovich. In her works, she raises themes of ecology.
Irina Novikova is a graphic artist from Minsk (Belarus). She graduated from the State Academy of Slavic Cultures with a degree in art and the Moscow Humanitarian and Technical Academy with a degree in design. She is a member of the Krasnogorsk Union of Artists, the Federation of Watercolorists, the International Art Fund, and the Union of Russian Artists. Her first personal exhibition was held in the museum of Maxim Bagdanovich. In her works, she raises themes of ecology.
Irina Novikova is a graphic artist from Minsk (Belarus). She graduated from the State Academy of Slavic Cultures with a degree in art and the Moscow Humanitarian and Technical Academy with a degree in design. She is a member of the Krasnogorsk Union of Artists, the Federation of Watercolorists, the International Art Fund, and the Union of Russian Artists. Her first personal exhibition was held in the museum of Maxim Bagdanovich. In her works, she raises themes of ecology.
Irina Novikova is a graphic artist from Minsk (Belarus). She graduated from the State Academy of Slavic Cultures with a degree in art and the Moscow Humanitarian and Technical Academy with a degree in design. She is a member of the Krasnogorsk Union of Artists, the Federation of Watercolorists, the International Art Fund, and the Union of Russian Artists. Her first personal exhibition was held in the museum of Maxim Bagdanovich. In her works, she raises themes of ecology.
Irina Novikova is a graphic artist from Minsk (Belarus). She graduated from the State Academy of Slavic Cultures with a degree in art and the Moscow Humanitarian and Technical Academy with a degree in design. She is a member of the Krasnogorsk Union of Artists, the Federation of Watercolorists, the International Art Fund, and the Union of Russian Artists. Her first personal exhibition was held in the museum of Maxim Bagdanovich. In her works, she raises themes of ecology.
Jimena Ramos Yengle is a nineteen year old Peruvian painter, writer, and musician, whose work was first publicly exhibited at age six. She recently published her first book, a novel titled “Roma Enamorada.” Currently pursuing careers in psychology and rehabilitation, she studies performing arts in actoral training school.
Joe Lugara’s works depict inexplicable phenomena and fantastic dreamscapes, taking as their basis horror and science fiction film. His digital paintings debuted in a 2018 solo exhibition at the Noyes Museum of Art. Mr. Lugara’s work has been featured in a dozen publications and has appeared in more than 40 exhibitions in museums and galleries in the New York Metropolitan Area, including the New Jersey State Museum and 80 Washington Square East Galleries at New York University.
Joe Lugara’s works depict inexplicable phenomena and fantastic dreamscapes, taking as their basis horror and science fiction film. His digital paintings debuted in a 2018 solo exhibition at the Noyes Museum of Art. Mr. Lugara’s work has been featured in a dozen publications and has appeared in more than 40 exhibitions in museums and galleries in the New York Metropolitan Area, including the New Jersey State Museum and 80 Washington Square East Galleries at New York University.
Joe Lugara’s works depict inexplicable phenomena and fantastic dreamscapes, taking as their basis horror and science fiction film. His digital paintings debuted in a 2018 solo exhibition at the Noyes Museum of Art. Mr. Lugara’s work has been featured in a dozen publications and has appeared in more than 40 exhibitions in museums and galleries in the New York Metropolitan Area, including the New Jersey State Museum and 80 Washington Square East Galleries at New York University.
Gabrielle Beck is a junior attending Tenafly High School. When she is not writing or photographing, she can be found repurposing vintage denim. She is a finalist for New York Times “Coming of Age in 2020: A Special Multimedia Contest for Teenagers,”and awarded with a silver medal for photography in 2021 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, and National Council of Teachers of English Superior Writing Award.
Linda Briskin is a fine art photographer. Her photography has been chosen for the Herstory exhibit sponsored by Manhattan Arts International and the International Photography Exhibition at Viewpoint Gallery in Nova Scotia. She has participated in numerous group shows, recently in Toronto: in 2020, Spectra at Artscape, and Luminous at the Heliconian Club; in 2021, City of Dreams, The Changing Landscape and In The Picture at Gallery 1313.
Linda Briskin is a fine art photographer. Her photography has been chosen for the Herstory exhibit sponsored by Manhattan Arts International and the International Photography Exhibition at Viewpoint Gallery in Nova Scotia. She has participated in numerous group shows, recently in Toronto: in 2020, Spectra at Artscape, and Luminous at the Heliconian Club; in 2021, City of Dreams, The Changing Landscape and In The Picture at Gallery 1313.