Dear Reader,

 

Black artists have always mattered to Artillery. While we are always interested in representing all races within our pages, we are also aware that we can do more. Everyone can, and the recent protests all over the world are demanding that.

As a contemporary art magazine, we cannot begin to tackle global, systemic problems, but we have a platform and can take steps through the art we present to our readers to uplift Black, POC and underrepresented voices and artists. This has always been a concern of Artillery‘s.

 

Artillery was founded with this in mind. We set out to fight against the elitism so present in the art world. Racial and wealth inequality is the nature of the elite upper echelon who hold the power and wealth of the art world.

 

The very name of our magazine, Artillery, was not a mere accident. We want to take a stand, and fight the good fight. Deep in my heart, I feel most of the art world does too, though so many are disempowered to.

 

We are committed to doing more, with more representation of people of color in our magazine. We are seeking out more writers of color and holding ourselves accountable to call out systemic racism in the art world. Please reach out to me with feedback on our coverage of POC issues and artists. We vow to start doing more of what we should have been doing all along. This work will make the world a better place for all; especially the art world.

 

—Tulsa Kinney, Editor: editor@artillerymag.com