Archive - Raft Magazine

A.J. Bermudez on seeing through Renoir's eyes.

Aug 30, 2023

Steven Tagle on Paul Thek's "meat pieces" and the reassurance of grotesque sensuality.

Aug 2, 2023

July 2023

Open Canon: John Baldessari

by Thomas Larson. Initially laughed out of galleries, John Baldessari developed his "creed that the blander the subject matter, the more the artist’s…

Jul 19, 2023

To Hold a Child

Teresa H. Janssen on the benediction of Eavan Boland's "Night Feed."

Jul 5, 2023

June 2023

Open Canon: Albert Pinkham Ryder

by John McMahon. The painter, a master of building texture to create a unique sense of light, stopped painting after completing one of his most unusual…

Jun 21, 2023

Tailored Congruence: the details essay

Erin Pesut on writing the details without getting stuck in them.

Jun 7, 2023

May 2023

Art Saved My Life

Russell Dawson on art as a path to an authentic life.

May 10, 2023

April 2023

Open Canon: Mary MacLane

by E.R. Zarevich. The Canadian-American writer was a prodigious memoirist, and self-promoter.

Apr 19, 2023

American Graffiti

Mason K Brown on the colors of the moving American landscape.

Apr 5, 2023

February 2023

Open Canon: Jane Roberts, or "Seth"

by E.R. Zarevich. Writer Jane Roberts claimed to have accessed the Other Side, but was her supernatural alter ego merely a gimmick to supplement a…

Feb 15, 2023

January 2023

If We Build It, Will You Come?

It's harder than ever to make it as a creative. Here's an idea that might help.

Jan 24, 2023 •

We Asked Performers About Their Digital Content Strategies.

Here's what we learned.

Jan 19, 2023

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