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INSIDE MOCA'zine ...
Featuing art criticism, poetry, essays, and original artwork, MOCA'zine is written and edited by MOCA Junior Docents and high school students fom throughout Miami-Dade County. One of only a handful of art journals of its kind in the Unied States, MOCA'zine has a circulation of 60,000 and is distributed free of charge to high schools. It is also available HERE (click above) for a free PDF download!
Highlights of the new 12-page issue #6 include Shardae Showers' interview with artist William Cordova, Maikha Jean-Bapitiste's essay on body image, Ritu Paliwal's analysis of the work of artist Laura Owens, and Jehanne Wylie's exploration of the work of Gary Simmons. A special section of the paper showcases poetry and artwork produced by participants in Women on the Rise!, MOCA's unique outreach program, serving "at-risk" teenage girls at centers throughout the area. MOCA'zine also features winning poems from the museum's 2004 poetry competition, which invited Miami-Dade County high school students to submit poems on the theme, "Miami is My Home," and interviews written by students in MOCA's Summer Journalism Institute.
Shardae Showers, 18, MOCA'zine's current Editor in Chief said that working on the publication has been an immensely rewarding experience. "I learned how to work with my peers from diverse backgrounds and to balance artistic desires and journalism." Showers, who was home-schooled since the age of 11, will attend Sarah Lawrence College in the fall as an art history major.
To find out more about the MOCA'zine and how you can receive your own copy - please e-mail - mocazine@mocanomi.org.
