Weekly Verses is our digital publication that features the works of different artists and writers each week .
WEEKLY VERSES
Outside the Lines
Connor DiMartino is an artist and writer living in Philadelphia, PA, where he attends the Community College of Philadelphia, majoring in Art and Design, and Creative Writing. DiMartino’s poetry has been previously published in Limited Editions, and King’s River Review. He is also the first prize recipient of the 2025 Judith Stark Writing Competition in the poetry category.
Beached
Alex Schupak is a photographer, clothing designer, and multimedia artist based in Maryland. He is currently pursuing degrees in Visual Arts and Mathematical Physics at Brown University. His work spans commercial photography in fashion, sports, and events, though his focus remains on independent projects including art prints and photobooks. His first book, The New Americans, was completed in spring 2024. His work has appeared in publications such as The Optic and The Indy, and in exhibitions including Brown’s 44th Juried Student Exhibition. He is the founder of Amalin Clothing and has recently expanded into monotype printmaking. He will present his senior thesis work at the List Art Center in spring 2026.
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Bethany Altschwager is an artist, licensed creative arts therapist, and educator born in Connecticut, working in New York, and living in New Jersey. While art has always been an important part of her life, it was her early experiences with darkroom photography that inspired her career in the arts. She now uses the creative process to support adults experiencing mental health challenges to express themselves and develop a greater understanding of thoughts, feelings, and layers of identity. She maintains an active studio practice focused on digital art, photography, collage, and fibers. Her artwork has been displayed in exhibitions across the United States. She has been featured in Artistonish Contemporary Art Magazine, Visual Art Journal, and Artist Closeup Contemporary Art Magazine.
The Other Side
Amy Smith is an Analogue Collage artist from the Colne Valley district of West Yorkshire (UK)—a beautiful & unique area located in the foothills of the Pennine Moors. Her University education in the field of Media & Popular Culture, began her passion for exploring various art forms, social concepts and historical/ cultural influences. Amy has created an array of collages that include many versions & interpretations of media—however this is her first published piece. Her love of surrealist imagery coupled with the joy of finding beauty within ‘strangeness,’ has played a major influence in the overall aesthetic and ideas behind her work.
North Sea Colossus
Joseph Ray York is a North Carolina native with a degree in art from Appalachian State University. He was recently the first place art prize winner for the 2024 Spring Issue No. 73 of The Penn Review. He also has works in many private collections throughout the US and abroad.
Familiar Strangers
Ernest Langston, a Latinx writer and visual artist, was a finalist in the 2018 and 2021 Seattle Film Summit/Bigfoot Script Challenge and 2019 PEN Writer’s Award recipient. His short stories have appeared in Litro Magazine, Oyster River Pages, Acentos Review, and other publications. Ernest's artwork has been accepted at Gallerium Art Exhibitions'‘ 3rd annual People 2025 exhibition and Visual Art Journal (forthcoming publications). He has a BA in English, a M.F.A. in Creative Writing, resides in Seattle, and works on his next novel and a series of Abstract Expressionism paintings.
Lonecactus
Jo Rohrbacker is a career artist and works primarily in 2D media. Her subjects vary with whichever medium she is working in. Her watercolors are usually landscapes or animals, her current favorite subjects in acrylic are vintage neon signs, and her oils and murals are a wide range of subjects. Last year, there was a short documentary made about a mural she donated to a migrant center in Sasabe, Mexico—where she was so grateful for the opportunity to meet such beautiful people. Her work has been published with the print version of Artistonish magazine, the online version of the beautiful Wildscape Literary magazine as well as Le Culterae Magazine.