YNST Magazine

20/06/2025

Over halfway of our goal in less than 24 hours. THANK YOU to all who have donated

20/06/2025

This West Virginia day, join us in helping our neighbors rebuild. 🌅

We are raising funds through The Friendlier City Project to directly support families impacted by floods and the organizations on the ground helping them rebuild.

Visit givebutter.com/wvfloodfund to donate today.

16/06/2025

TAKE THE SURVEY TODAY! Art deserves better. So do the people who keep it alive—that’s you. 📣

Mid Atlantic Arts is shaping its next strategic plan (2025-2030), and they've created a short survey to gather the voices of artists, arts professionals, audiences, and communities in the region and beyond.

Take the quick survey at https://yourvoices.midatlanticarts.org/s/Imagine-Next-Mid-Atlantic-Arts---Appalachian/tt-1EH9j

What's broken? What's working? How are current changes in the ecosystem affecting your practice? Your insights will help Mid Atlantic Arts determine the areas where their work can have the most impact during the next five years. Click on the link, say your piece, help shape what's next! 🎨

20/05/2025

today’s mood 🎣

“Ow” & “OH?” by Zachary Morphew 🦊 The West Virginian cartoonist combines his oil painting skill with a sense of humor in each of his comics, paintings and hand-crafted puppets.

Check out more work from the mastermind behind the series “Salvester the Cat” online and in Issue 07!

08/05/2025

Can a place ever really leave us? 🌄 Especially a place like Appalachia that’s so much more a people, a culture and an identity than a space you occupy?

We talked to 4 expats that despite living in some of the largest urban centers in the world continue to create work inspired by the mountains they once called home.

As WV turned NYC writer Abbey Delk puts it, “fortunately for us, Appalachia isn’t gone — it’s just a little further away.”

Read the full story and answer these questions for yourself when you pick up YNST Issue 07! 🤓📖

🎨 illustration by Emma Goldenthal

01/05/2025

At the intersection of fashion, art and nature is Dayna Walton of 🌿

Nature is more than a source of inspiration — it’s a collaborator. From the delicate intricacies of slime molds and stoneflies to the understated beauty of lichens and liverworts, her collections of handmade apparel and printed textiles celebrate the often-overlooked wonders of Appalachia and the Blue Ridge Mountains.

After being directly impacted by the Western North Carolina flooding last fall, Dayna and her community of fellow artists have unwaveringly continued to create.

“For us, quitting isn’t an option. Art is part of our identity. We keep going — working in our living rooms instead of studios, traveling to sell work, whatever it takes.”

Read more about Dayna’s resilient threads in Issue 07 🧵 Link in bio for your copy.

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25/04/2025

The art of craft ⚒️🪑📷

These editorial photos by from Issue 07 are spotlighting Berea College’s Student Craft program, a one of a kind program that blends creativity, education and hands-on experience into a transformative journey. Composed of 100 students with diverse creative backgrounds, from seasoned designers to complete beginners, the program immerses participants in every aspect of craft production, from material selection and design collaboration to quality control and management.

Regardless of students’ background or academic major, staff provide them with the education, skills and tools needed to engage in the design and creation of hand-crafted objects across five disciplines: Weaving, Woodcraft, Broomcraft, Ceramics and Outreach.

Each year, students create approximately 4,000 handcrafted items. Student Craft isn’t just a program. It’s a demonstration of the value of a creative career.

20/04/2025

happy Easter from your pals at YNST! 🐰

This burned basswood & pine panel “Cycles I” featured in Issue 07 is by Virginia artist Emily Leary 🌿🔥 The pyrographer and illustrator takes inspiration from her childhood spent in the Blue Ridge Mountains exploring the relationship between plants, wildlife, life cycles, and the passage of time.

11/04/2025

11/04/2025

Barrie Kaufman doesn’t just create art — she sparks calls to action.

“Growing up in West Virginia, it was this dichotomy — these beautiful mountains right next to industrial ruin,” Barrie said. “Driving through South Charleston in the ‘60s, you could smell the fumes from the plants all through the valley at certain times. I think seeing that contrast — the beauty alongside destruction — really shaped my perspective.” Her work, spanning across mediums, goes beyond beauty; they are stories, conversations and sometimes urgent warnings.

For the last decade, she’s focused on water in her work, in response to the 2014 water crisis in Charleston, where chemicals from coal-cleaning operations leaked into the public water supply, leaving 300,000 people without clean water.

Through each brushstroke, sculpture and print, herproves that art can be a force for change — and that the Earth’s story is one worth fighting for. 💬💧

Read the full profile on Barrie Kaufman when you get YNST Issue 07!

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28/03/2025

Spring into the most vibrant issue of YNST to date: Issue 07, Spring! 👁️‍🗨️🌿⛏️📲💥🎬

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Indulge in artists who are attune with nature with environmental 3D artist Barrie Kaufman and the eco-conscious designer behind Solstice Handmade, Dayna Walton. Then, Go behind the screens with viral comedy sensation Justin Darnell.

Read up on the impact of community storytelling in the groundbreaking new documentary, How to Sue the Klan. Explore the question “Does Appalachia Ever Leave You?” with stories of standout ex-pats making art about their home.

Plus, dig into the art of paramedical tattooing, see innovative artwork, discover dynamic photography and pour over powerful poetry and creative writing! 📬 Preorder or subscribe to get yours!

Cover 🎨: Mason Beuhring

06/02/2025

Only 4 more days to submit your work for consideration in our spring issue! 🤝🎨

Like this outstanding piece, “exit wound” created by Kentucky digital artist Nic Salyers featured in Issue 06, you can get your work featured in print or online!

We can’t wait to see what you do for this issue, and all year long as our open call continues to run 😎🩷 ynstmagazine.com/submissions