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ARTVOICES MAG is more than a cultural arts magazine. It is a witness. A historical record. A living archive documenting America's collective achievements, struggles, and aspirations through the lens of contemporary art.

At a time when culture is increasingly shaped by spectacle, commerce, and distraction, ARTVOICES remains committed to the artists, writers, curators, and thinkers whose work challenges, questions, and expands our understanding of the world. We believe art is not a luxury. It is evidence of who we are, what we value, and what we choose to remember.

The role of ARTVOICES is to document the conversations that matter. To amplify voices that deserve to be heard. To preserve the ideas, movements, and creative expressions that will define this moment for future generations.

For too long, artists and cultural producers have been expected to ask for permission to participate in the national dialogue. That time has passed.

We are not waiting to be invited into the conversation.

We are the conversation.

ARTVOICES is building a platform where contemporary art intersects with politics, history, culture, identity, and the human condition. A place where artists serve not only as creators, but as witnesses, critics, visionaries, and custodians of our collective memory.

We want to be on your radar. Not because we seek validation, but because what is happening here matters.

The artists matter.

The ideas matter.

The culture matters.

And history is being written in real time.

ARTVOICES is here to document it.

Dec 9

Dec 9 REVIEW: ‘FROM THE STORMS OF OUR SOULS’ THE ART OF RON BECHET at the CONTEMPORARY ART CENTER

Terrence Sanders-Smith

Contemporary Art

Featuring fifty large-scale charcoal works investigating Black visuality through the lens of nature, From the Storms of Our Souls: The Art of Ron Bechet, curated by Shana M. griffin, is on view at the Contemporary Art Center, New Orleans. Ron Bechet is a visual artist who works in drawing and painting and is the Labat Endowed Professor of Art at Xavier University. Shana M. griffin is a feminist activist, researcher, sociologist, abolitionist, artist, and geographer who curated Gestures of Refusal: Black Photography and Visual Culture at the CAC last year.

Read Full REVIEW by Veronica Cross in the WINTER issue.

Street Date: Tuesday December 9th 2025