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noun
1. a new presentation or publication of something old
2. renewed attention to or interest in something
3. restoration of force, validity, or effect (as to a contract)
Synonyms: rebirth, renewal, resurrection, revitalization,
reanimation, rejuvenation
Rebel
2022 SPRING
Hannah True
MAGAZINE GENERAL MANAGER
Reagan Blackburn
REBEL EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Rose Bogue
CREATIVE DIRECTOR
Frank Liu
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Emily Hall
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Terrence Dove
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Readers,
As we enter a new phase of a life
affected by tragedy and chaos,
we continue to change and evolve
depending on the circumstances.
While some have become entirely new
versions of themselves, others have
stayed the same but developed old
aspects of themselves.
The word revival can mean different
things to different people. It means
reviving something to some, but it
represents a time to be bold and try
new things for others. For me, it means
welcoming in a new era of creation and
discovery. While new styles are great,
so is discovering new ways to spice up
old techniques!
All of the submissions for this year's
edition of Rebel magazine represent
not only what revival means to the
artists but what they hope revival may
mean to others once they read our
publication.
I hope that as you go through this
magazine, you will find glimpses of a
new world: a world where all art from
all people is ushered in and accepted,
with open minds and no judgment.
What does revival mean to you?
Continue reading, and maybe, just
maybe, you'll find out.
Best,
Reagan Blackburn
Letter
From The
Editor
REAGAN BLACKBURN
REBEL EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Bladderwort
ADAM BERMAN | PRINTMAKING
6
Solomon Seal
ADAM BERMAN | PRINTMAKING
7
Is This a Home?
AMBER BAGGETTE | PRINTMAKING
8
You Got Better
AMBER BAGGETTE | PRINTMAKING
9
Forming Connections
KIERSTEN JOYNER | PRINTMAKING
10
Broken Home
OLIVIA MAGISTRO | PRINTMAKING
12
Irony of a Woman
OLIVIA MAGISTRO | PRINTMAKING
13
Untitled
ALIA WANG | POETRY
15
Shattered
MANGO FAUSTINO | PRINTMAKING
16
Tough Love
BRITTANY YARBROUGH | PRINTMAKING
17
Sever
KIMBERLY CUSACK | PAINTING
18
Dissect
KIMBERLY CUSACK | PAINTING
19
Fleabane Daisy
ADAM BERMAN | PRINTMAKING
20
Rattlesnake Master
ADAM BERMAN | PRINTMAKING
21
Contemplation Signified
EMILY HALL | PAINTING
22
Obsession: The Story of Her Part I
ISHARA MATHEWS | POETRY
24
Touch Starved
DRAYANA JOHNSON | PAINTING
25
Obsession: The Story of Her Part II
ISHARA MATHEWS | POETRY
26
Do Not Mourn
DRAYANA JOHNSON | PAINTING
27
Obsession: The Story of Her Part III
ISHARA MATHEWS | POETRY
28
Spring Rebirth
DRAYANA JOHNSON | PAINTING
29
Parts Per Billion
LAUREN C. LOVE | PAINTING
30
Stand Up Straight
NICHOLAS HESSON | METAL DESIGN
32
Temporary Fixation
NICHOLAS HESSON | METAL DESIGN
34
Still Beating
NICHOLAS HESSON | METAL DESIGN
36
Untitled Specimen 2,3,4
ANTHONY NAIMO | ILLUSTRATION
38
Seafarer
LORAINE SCALAMONI | MIXED-MEDIUM
40
On Campus
LORAINE SCALAMONI | PAINTING
41
Gilmore's Works
SYDNEY GILMORE | ILLUSTRATION
42
Mee's Works
MARISA MEE | METAL DESIGN
44
DelBrocco's Works
LAUREN DELBROCCO | METAL DESIGN
45
Thawing Heart
DEAN LONG | DIGITAL DRAWING
46
Victrola
KIMBERLY CUSACK | SCULPTURE
48
Temporary
DYMON BLANGO | POETRY
50
Gilded Spring
KIMBERLY CUSACK | PAINTING
51
Table Of Contents
REBEL 2022|SPRING
Bladderwort
PRINTMAKING
ADAM BERMAN
Solomon Seal
ADAM BERMAN
PRINTMAKING
Is This a Home?
PRINTMAKING
AMBER BAGGETTE
VIEW
THIS
WAY
You Got Better
AMBER BAGGETTE
PRINTMAKING
Forming
Connections
KIERSTEN JOYNER
PRINTMAKING
A piece about human beings' inherent need to
form connections, no matter the odds. A mermaid
has found a fallen Greek statue in her swamp,
in the statues hand a stone laurel crown. The
mermaid, not fully understanding the meaning of
it, recognizes it as a form of flower crown, and so
the mermaid happily goes about creating a pair
of matching flower crowns for herself and her
new "friend"- the flowers include daisies, forget
me nots and lilies from the swamp.
She shyly places one upon the statues head, in
an attempt to form a bond/connection with this
"being"- unaware that it is merely a statue. I feel
in today's age, we are experiencing a revival of
physical connections with each other while we still
struggle through the pandemic, and as it becomes
safer for us to interact physically with one another,
we will experience a revival of meaningful,
physical displays of affection and friendship- such
as through the gifting of flower crowns.
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Broken Home
OLIVIA MAGISTRO
PRINTMAKING
OLIVIA MAGISTRO
PRINTMAKING
REBEL
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Deserve the good things,
the love and affection
that the universe has to provide,
the ability to soar,
the ability to not just
survive but THRIVE.
To reach up and brush your fingertips
to the edge of the universe,
to have it just within your grasp
until one day.. it disappears.
It leaves and its gone.
Just like your father,
just like your family,
just like the adults that where
supposed to love you.
It leaves you
without warning
and without reason.
To know that you haven't succeeded
because you are not stupid or broken
but rather
because of the mistakes that
selfish adults make.
The mistakes of the broken,
the hurt and the miserable
become burdens that children carry
for the rest of their lives.
So we rise up to face the sunrise,
only to find that the world is as
unwelcoming and uncaring
as the adults we where betrayed by.
We watch it rise and then finally set
as we stand there,
paralyzed.
I stand there
and reach out into the night,
but nothing comes
UNTITLED
ALIA WANG | POETRY
Shattered
MANGO FAUSTINO
PRINTMAKING
Tough Love
BRITTANY YARBROUGH
PRINTMAKING
Sever
KIMBERLY CUSACK
PAINTING
SCAN FOR ARTIST STATEMENT
Dissect
KIMBERLY CUSACK
PAINTING
Fleabane Daisy
ADAM BERMAN
PRINTMAKING
Rattlesnake Master
ADAM BERMAN
PRINTMAKING
Contemplation Signified
PAINTING
EMILY HALL
Obsession:
The Story of Her
ISHARA MATHEWS | POETRY
THE END FOR HER
Part I
When you thought of her it was animalistic,
You ran to her full speed,
Ready to pounce,
And cover her with your body.
When you saw her she gave you purpose,
Like breathe in your lungs,
Like glimmer in your eyes,
She made you feel like more than a person.
When you were with her every touch you laid,
Were like soft petals on skin,
Like a body held hostage,
Inescapable of your love.
But as you deepen your grasp on her skin it feels like acid,
Tearing her apart and ripping her delicate insides,
Her body tortured and skewed,
As you took everything for yourself.
As you fed on her skin and cried to God,
"How lucky you were that a girl like her would choose you!",
She couldn't see past the roses you laid,
On the bed you made to feast on her.
If only she knew that she wouldn't be alive,
To see you well fed on the love she had for you,
But Bones don't have opinions do they,
When you think of her, what comes to mind?
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TOUCH STARVED
DRAYANA JOHNSON | PAINTING
Obsession:
The Story of Her
ISHARA MATHEWS | POETRY
THE HURT
Part II
When she thought of you she wasn't ready to accept the murder,
She laid there for what felt like years,
As you experienced a life without regret,
One foot in front of the other like you weren't an imposter.
She thought laying there was closure,
Laying there with exposed with the scars and bones,
Would you bring you back,
But, it never did and you continued one foot in front of the other.
She was afraid that you would never come,
That you forgot about her,
That you forgot about what you did,
Until the day.
You came back just to see if she was still laying there.
You came back and smiled,
A smile like the crescent moon on a dark night with no stars,
You weren't smiling at her,
But, at what you had done.
Seconds feel like days and days feel like decades,
You turned around and howled one more time,
Left and never returned,
She wept into the ground and felt herself decay,
She was ready to place blame.
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DO NOT MOURN
DRAYANA JOHNSON | PAINTING
Obsession:
The Story of Her
ISHARA MATHEWS | POETRY
SHE WALKS AGAIN
Part III
Did you think she couldn't survive?
From bones to ashes to dust,
She seeped into the ground and started again,
She nurtured herself within a dark place of warmth.
A place with no light that felt like safety,
A place where she couldn't move but felt growth,
She felt flowers beating against her chest,
like how her heart was suppose to,
She bore fruits, sweet as candies and fulfilling like warm rays.
She made trees tower, to remind herself what protection felt like,
She rose out of the ground and dusted off the dirt,
Stretching her limbs and feeling the cracks of her bones,
She opens her eyes and reminds herself,
"I am alive".
So when you thought she died,
You reaped her essence and lived off her love,
Did you ever think that one day,
She would look at you again.
That she could live and be revived.
-I.A.M.
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SPRING REBIRTH
DRAYANA JOHNSON | PAINTING
Parts Per Billion
LAUREN C. LOVE
PAINTING
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SPRING 2022
33
NICHOLAS HESSON | METAL DESIGN
Stand Up Straight
Driven by the fear of our own mortality, the
advancement of medical technology comes with
a hefty cost. There is an invasive quality unique to
medicine in that it penetrates the organic to create
new artificial substitutions or replacements. Where
is the line between man and machine? Artificial vs
Organic.
This piece draws upon a history of medical
advancements and scoliosis spinal fixation surgery
to show its invasion of the body, as well as its beauty.
Worn on the back this piece cannot go unnoticed, to
the wearer the weight of it cannot be ignored, and
the viewer can't help but stare. We attempt to fix
ourselves sometimes out of necessity but sometimes
because of social conformity.
I question the social and ethical concerns that arise
with the advancements of medical technology. Who
has access to these life changing apparatuses? Will
we be able to pick and choose what is artificial and
what is natural within our own bodies? I wonder
where we will be in generations to come.
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Temporary
Fixation
NICHOLAS HESSON | METAL DESIGN
The integration of permanent and
temporary artificial components into
our bodies is becoming more and more
commonplace. One of the most commonly
broken bones in the human body is the
clavicle (collar bone). We use metal
screws and bars to fixate it into the proper
position while it heals.
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Still Beating
NICHOLAS HESSON | METAL DESIGN
The heart is home to our most critical thoughts and
emotions. Current events have shocked the very
ground we stand on which caused me to look into
my own heart and discover myself. This is a piece of
my own heart that I have put up for display in order
to show the importance of one's body in physical and
cognitive form. Inspiration is drawn from open heart
surgery and medical illustrations.
CAD software, cloisonn� enamel, laser engraving,
welding, and cold connections were all used in the
making of this work. Fine silver and copper metals
are used as the base for the heart, and various
transparent vitreous enamels are fused on top. The
heart is suspended by stainless steel springs that
allow the heart to move or "beat" while being worn.
The steel frame refers to the steel device used during
open heart surgery to keep the chest open.
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UNTITLED SPECIMEN 2
Untitled
Specimen 2, 3,4
ANTHONY NAIMO | DIGITAL PAINTING
Anthony Naimo is a queer artist working with
found objects in digital collage and mixed-media
sculpture. His art deals with the perceived value of
found materials in an exploration of self-identity
and community.
UNTITLED SPECIMEN 3
"A theme throughout my
art is that of coalescence:
the act of independent
units unifying or coming
together in one body or
mass. This phenomenon
of transcendence through
togetherness is the essence
of my artistic process."
UNTITLED
SPECIMEN
4
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Seafarer
MIXED MEDIUM
LORAINE SCALAMONI
REBEL
42
On Campus
PAINTING
LORAINE SCALAMONI
SPRING 2022
43
SYDNEY GILMORE, OWNER OF SYD VICIOUS INK
REBEL
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UNORTHODOX FACES
ILLUSTRATION
SPRING 2022
45
Embryo
MARISA MEE
METAL DESIGN
Protected
MARISA MEE
METAL DESIGN
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Have A
Cup of Tea
Screwball
LAUREN DELBROCCO
METAL DESIGN
Xactly
Half,
Sharing
Between
Siblings
LAUREN DELBROCCO
METAL DESIGN
Serving
Spoon
and Fork
LAUREN DELBROCCO
METAL DESIGN
SPRING 2022
47
Thawing Heart
DIGITAL DRAWING
DEAN LONG
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SPRING 2022
49
V I C
T R
O L A
KIMBERLY CUSACK | SCULPTURE
VICTROLA
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The cool air reminds me of just how
temporary things are.
Even warm weather doesn't stay
around for long, so why should you?
Things change, rearrange.
I get it, they're just not the same
anymore.
The space that you occupy has no more
vacancy, logically, it's time to leave.
On the other side of that door is room
for growth, hope, a new vision.
So, when you figure out how to let go,
don't waste another second regretting
your decision.
Temporary
DYMON BLANGO | POETRY
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Gilded Spring
KIMBERLY CUSACK | PAINTING
SPRING 2022
53
TO OUR CONTRIBUTORS:
TO TERRENCE DOVE:
We dedicate this publication to you.
Throughout your time at ECU, you have been
a safe space and a soft place to land in a
world of chaos and tragedy. You are not only
an incredible and thoughtful mentor but a
wonderful friend too. There are not enough
words to show how much we will miss you.
Thank you for everything.
TO ANNAH HOWELL:
Thank you for your extraordinary generosity
and patience with all design queries. Your
passion for creating and passing on that
knowledge to the next generation of students
is inspiring.
TO CHERIE SPELLER:
Thank you for your remarkable direction
at Pirate Media 1. We would not be able to
accomplish what we do without your help,
guidance and kind remarks throughout our
creative process.
TO STAFF &
PIRATE MEDIA 1:
Thank you from the bottom of our hearts.
Without your support and collaboration,
this publication would be nothing but a
collection of ideas and thoughts. Every writer,
designer, photographer, manager and editor
had a piece in creating Rebel; we hope this
collaboration continues for many publications
to come.
TO OUR READERS:
As we continue to evolve and adapt into
different versions of ourselves after these past
couple of transformative years, we hope you
can identify with any pieces in this publication.
Art can represent many things, but one of
the most important feelings it represents is
healing. We hope you take that healing and
create something transformative
- make your own revival.
Thank you !
REBEL 2022
2022 SPRING
