David Saveanu
Reporter
Images, Parkland’s annual visual and literary art magazine since 1981, is currently accepting submissions for its next publication.
Miranda Baur, the Prospectus’ media manager, organizes and runs the magazine.
“Images welcomes all types of art,” Baur said.
Some examples of past year’s entries include sculptures, wood work, architecture design, poetry, and photography.
“There’s really no limit to what can be in it,” Baur said.
The process of submitting work involves taking pictures of the work if necessary or sending in a Word document with written submissions. After submitting, the works are anonymously provided to student judges to look over. The judges pick which pieces will appear in the magazine.
“I remove [the artist’s] name from [their] work [and] send it out to the judges. They will decide in or out,” Baur said.
The goal is to ultimately have enough members of Images that it becomes a community, a club.
“I really want to make it a club. Members can be a judge and there can be an editor and a media person that makes posters and magazines…That would be the future dream for this,” Baur said.
Baur has big plans for Images. She hopes Images could do things like host open mic nights or creative writing workshops.
“I think that would be really fun,” Baur said.
“Parkland has so many talented artists – it’s ridiculous, I see their work around campus,” Baur said.
Baur talked about the possible disconnect between Parkland’s artists and the magazine. She feels Images could become a community that connects ideas and helps students develop as artists.
“I think that literary and visual art magazines are such a potential to build a community of artists, or people that care about art,” Baur said.
Images would help students “see […] who else is at Parkland, who you could be taking classes with and not know they do this kind of art and [you] could reach out to them and collaborate, or just get some feedback from peers,” Baur said.
“Being part of a community allows for growth and perspective. Images is a good start to that [community],” Baur said.
Baur believes that by submitting work to Images and getting published, artists are part of a community, since artists around the school have access to your work, which is valuable.
“The feedback is so […] essential,” Baur said. “It’s important to be open to criticism and Images can start those conversations.”
Baur said that not only does publishing allow for collaboration and growth from feedback, but it also allows for the artist to be taken seriously and appreciated.
“It doesn’t hurt to say you were peer reviewed and it was decided that your work […] could represent Parkland’s creative community,” Baur said.
The deadline for submissions has been extended to midnight on April 27.
“We have a great group of submissions currently, and I am excited for more to submit,” Baur said.
Images is also looking for judges and other contributors, whether it’s editors or other creative individuals.
“If there was ever a student interested in putting it together and knew how to use the Adobe Creative Suite, I would happily work with them,” Baur said.
The magazine comes out at the end of every school year. It is available at the Student Life desk for free.
Only current Parkland students can submit art or participate in Images.
To submit work or sign up to judge, email images@parkland.edu.
For more information about submitting, visit prospectusnews.com and click on the “Images Magazine” tab at the top of the page.
