-When people want to read the magazine,
I want them to learn something,
and be excited about the arts again.
There's so much wonderful art stuff happening in Seattle,
and we're a resource for that.
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I'm the executive director of One Reel
and the publisher of Public Display,
Seattle's first and foremost art magazine.
So, The Rocket is a longtime music magazine.
It was kind of like a northwest version of Rolling Stone.
And I'd always thought,
"Wouldn't it be cool to work there?"
And lo and behold, I was able to work there.
So, that kind of kick-started my love of print media.
I worked out in California for a while,
for San Francisco Weekly,
and I came back to work for The Stranger.
I was the publisher of Seattle Magazine for a short time.
So, I've had quite a bit of experience in publishing.
Public Display is a magazine that we started back in 2021
to meet the needs of Seattle's arts community.
By then, Stranger had stopped publishing,
City Arts had gone out of business,
so there really was no arts media.
So, we decided to start a magazine.
We just saw a great value in having something
that was tangible, that people could pick up
anywhere they wanted, and view art,
hopefully motivate them to go out and look at art.
So, we distribute the papers at coffee houses,
small mom and pop retailers,
restaurants, bars, and galleries.
-There you go. Yeah, no problem.
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-One of the things from the very start
that we decided to do was that we were going to give
the curating reins over to the artists.
So, each issue that we put out, the following issue,
those artists suggest three artists for the next issue.
And then, out of that pool, we pick the artists from that.
-I was in the first issue of Public Display.ART
because Marty was already familiar with my work
when he started the project.
I felt like I was in great company
with the artists that were selected,
and I felt really proud to be a part of it.
-My name is Hernan Paganini,
and I was featured in the third issue of PublicDisplay.ART.
Another artist recognized my work.
Because you receive an invitation,
but they doesn't say who invite you.
And then, after you publish your work in the magazine,
you recommend three other peoples.
-By being in the magazine,
it definitely helped me reach out to a broader community.
I remember there was this parent who e-mailed me,
and said that they saw my work in the magazine,
and her child started, like, posting my work on her bedroom,
which I thought was, like, really cool.
-We've gotten really good reports
from nearly all the artists that we've worked with,
where they've actually been able
to take a step up in their career.
They've either gotten picked up by a gallery
after being in the magazine,
or they were asked to do a show.
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-Have you seen the paper?
-I just saw it.
-It's actually featured one of the featured artists
in the issue.
Having 43 artists in one show is a huge undertaking.
You don't see that in Seattle very often, you know.
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The difference between a print publication of curated content
versus going online and searching for something
is that it really does open you up to the unexpected.
-And I like this approach to the old-fashioned way
to pick something, you know,
and see, like, the newspaper or something that is printed.
-When people want to read the magazine,
I want them to discover new artists to follow.
And hopefully, they'll go and follow them on social media.
We want to make the artists as big as rock stars,
and to have a chance to further their career.
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-PublicDisplay.Art is available
for free in over 600 restaurants, cafes, galleries, and bars
as well as in every branch of the Seattle Public Libraries.
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-Catch Art Zone Friday nights at 8
and anytime online at SeattleChannel.org/ArtZone
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