(March 11, 2022)

The Awakening began with conversations.

Late night walks around the pier, talking about art and its place in everyday life. One question kept coming up

How do we all know so many different local artists, and could we connect them?

That question became the starting point.

Volume 1 was our first attempt at answering it. A submission-based magazine that acted as a gateway into each other’s work. We started small, working with a select group of artists to bring the idea to life.

It wasn’t a traditional magazine. It was closer to a zine.

A print-your-own experience that invited people to engage with it directly. To assemble it, to color in it, to make it their own.

At this stage, The Awakening was still becoming what it is now.
Still forming. Still discovering its purpose.

Contributing Artists:
Carlos Heredia
Estevan Topete
Abby Mildbrandt
Marcos Lopez
Zenobia Hernandez