Contents

Design by Shelby McFadden

Cover: Tiffany Alfonseca

Power Portraits Interview with Tiffany Alfonseca

By Ekaterina Popova

The Decisive Moments That Define Us: Grace Lynne Haynes on Resilience, Taking Risks, and Reframing Black Femininity

By Alicia Puig

Multiple Sides of One Self: Exploring intersectional identity in the work of Clotilde Jiménez

By Christina Nafziger

The Curator’s Vision Interview with Guest Curator, Larry Ossei-Mensah

By Ekaterina Popova

How to Spot an Artist, A New Children’s Book Interview with Danielle Krysa

By Ekaterina Popova

Art’s Secret Desire

By Tam Gryn

Print Finalists Selected by Larry Ossei-Mensah

Larry Ossei-Mensah uses contemporary art as a vehicle to redefine how we see ourselves and the world around us. The Ghanaian-American curator and cultural critic has organized exhibitions and programs at commercial and nonprofit spaces around the globe from New York City to Rome, featuring artists such as Firelei Baez, Allison Janae Hamilton, Brendan Fernades, Ebony G. Patterson, Glenn Kaino and Stanley Whitney to name a few. Moreover, Ossei-Mensah has actively documented cultural happenings featuring the most dynamic visual artists working today such as Derrick Adams, Mickalene Thomas, Njideka Akunyili Crosby, Federico Solmi, and Kehinde Wiley.

Farley Aguilar

Jelani Ameer

Emi Avora

Giulio Bonatti

Michael Booker

Taha Clayton

Cydne Coleby

Mark Fleuridor

Isabella Gonzalez

Eve Greenberg

Gherdai Hassell

Delphine Hennelly

Soimadou Ali Ibrahim

William Kwamena-Poh

Kwesi Kwarteng

Jerome Lagarrigue

Katia Lifshin

Beverly McCutcheon

Eilen Mena

Nelson Makamo

Sigurdur Olafsson

Miguel Payano

Jeanna Penn

Kyle Penner

Seleen Saleh

Libby Saylor

Dennis Schaefer

Papay Solomon

Rewa Umunna

Tony Vazquez

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