Who We Are

Welcome to the second issue of ArtXX: A Radical Arts Magazine. It’s been nearly a year since our last issue, but we promise it was worth the wait. This issue is chock full of mind blowing talent, fierce politics, and endless creativity. Our goals are three-fold: to improve the visibility of a group of artists who are significantly marginalized on the basis of their gender and/or sexuality, to be a source of documentation for the extraordinary work this group produces, and to serve as a space for free artistic expression and a vehicle for social change through the avenue of independent publishing. We are fighting the disinformation of mainstream media and offering a place for our unique performative, visual, written, analytical, and sexual languages to seen and known. We believe in the power of art and media to make radical transformations in the lives of its audience, just as we believe in the power of the audience to make radical impressions on art and media. Thanks to all our readers and contributors for your support, input and creativity. You inspire us.

Our identity crisis/gender dystopia?

We titled the magazine ArtXX: Women in the Arts, wanting to make a strong statement about an underrepresented group of individuals that crossed the lines of sexuality. We realized that by naming ourselves after a chromosomal definition of gender we have alienated members of our own community, and compromised our own theories and ideals on the fluidity of gender. We are a magazine for all female bodied, female- identified, and trans male and trans female artists and their (our) many genders— straight girls, femmes, femmebots, andros, fags, fag hags, fag daddies, unicorns, narwhals, etc, etc…

We do not believe in genetic or cultural determinism. We believe in owning what is ours and reinventing everything else.

Help us come up with a new name! Send us your feedback to:
edits.artxx@gmail.com or PO Box 22474, Oakland, CA, 94609

XoXo
- Francesca Austin Ochoa

ISSUE NO. 2

The long awaited issue no. 2 is out now. We invite you to check out the most amazing content by the most radical, fierce and creative people/artists we both respect and admire.

We also want to thank all of our contributors and supporters, you are great and we love you...

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Venues and Galleries

We are always looking for spaces to organize art parties, benefits, art dinners and art auctions. The funds raised are applied toward the costs of print and turning this magazine into a full blown operation.The sponsors will be generously repaid with online and magazine presence. If you would like to throw a party/event with our art and for our cause, please get in touch with us at mail@artxxmagazine.com.