Gothic Funk Press Seeks Submissions for Arts Journal Contact: Connor Coyne 708.224.5297 blueskiesfalling@gmail.com FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Flint, MI / 5 January, 2017 – The Flint-based Gothic Funk Press is accepting submissions for the fifth issue of its arts journal, The Paramanu Pentaquark. The Paramanu Pentaquark features literature, visual art, music, and mixed media submitted as …
The TEEN WRITERS’ WORKSHOP Do you have a great story in your mind, aching to be told? Do you care about something so much you want to tell people about it in just the right way? Do you love words, rhythm, rhyming, and patterns? Do you love language? Students aged 11 to 19 are invited …
CLASS: BONE DEEP GOTHIC Curious what this is all about? Find out here! Morris Brownell’s writing suggests that it is difficult to overestimate Alexander Pope’s influence in the enunciation of the picturesque and the development of landscape-style gardening and architecture. However, it also cannot be denied that Pope’s efforts were inspired and modified by a …
Flint-Based Literary Press Publishes Art Journal Contact: Connor Coyne 708.224.5297 blueskiesfalling@gmail.com FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Flint, MI / 26 August, 2016 – The Flint-based Gothic Funk Press has today published the fourth issue of its online arts journal The Paramanu Pentaquark. The journal features art conceived in a “gothic funk” style and can be viewed in …
CLASS: BONE DEEP GOTHIC Curious what this is all about? Find out here! When the aesthetic of the sublime would be redefined and reinterpreted by Enlightenment-era philosophers, the works of Salvator Rosa provided a ready-made visual vocabulary for aspiring British gothicists to incorporate sublimity into their own projects. However, there is another, less obvious, antecedent …
Contact: Connor Coyne 708.224.5297 connor@connorcoyne.com FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Flint, MI / 23 February, 2015 – As of March 1st, 2015, the Flint-based Gothic Funk Press will be accepting submissions for two arts journals. The journals will be titled Mark’s Hat and The Paramanu Pentaquark. Mark’s Hat will be a literary journal of fiction, poetry, and …
CLASS: BONE DEEP GOTHIC Curious what this is all about? Find out here! Periodically throughout this discussion, I will invite guest bloggers to take on a subject of in their field of expertise. In this first aside, John Pendell, a medievalist and lecturer at University of Michigan — Flint discusses the historical Goths. …
CLASS: BONE DEEP GOTHIC Curious what this is all about? Find out here! One very reasonable question at this point is “why Salvator Rosa?” After all, we have taken a look at Rosa in light of when and where he lived, and we have seen that, in that context, his work was not viewed, by …
The Flint-based Gothic Funk Press has convened the Flint Order of Orpheus (FLOOR), a social club that celebrates the carnival season in Flint, Michigan from Septuagesima until Mardi Gras. Check back for more information on FLOOR 2017 to be announced soon!
CLASS: BONE DEEP GOTHIC Curious what this is all about? Find out here! By the 1660s, Rosa had achieved fame, respect, and plentiful commissions. However, he had not received them on his own terms. Feeling that he would be forever associated with small landscapes and denied the prestige that was his due, he resumed travel …