X-TRA explained

X-TRA Contemporary Art Journal
Editor:Elizabeth Pulsinelli
Editor Title:Executive Editor
Editor2:Shana Lutker
Editor Title2:Executive Director
Editor3:Poppy Coles
Editor Title3:Managing Editor
Editor4:Travis Diehl
Editor Title4:Online Editor
Category:Art magazine, visual art
Frequency:Bi-Annual
Circulation:est. 28,000
Publisher:Project X Foundation for Art and Criticism
Founder:Stephen Berens, Ellen Birrell
Founded:1997
Firstdate:Spring 1997
Company:Project X Foundation for Art and Criticism
Country:USA
Based:Los Angeles
Language:English
Website:x-traonline.org
Issn:1937-5069

X-TRA Contemporary Art Journal (X-TRA) is an independent visual arts journal that focuses on criticism and conversation about contemporary art.[1] X-TRA was founded in Los Angeles in 1997 by artists Stephen Berens and Ellen Birrell and is published twice a year by the non-profit Project X Foundation for Art and Criticism.[1] [2] The magazine is the longest running art publication in Los Angeles.[3]

X-TRA journal publishes features, reviews, columns, interviews, and artist projects.[1] [4] The artist-driven magazine produces exclusive online content and public programs[5] [6] in addition to its print publication.[1] X-TRAs audience includes a broad range of practicing artists, art curators, art dealers, critics and writers, the general art audience, and students.

History

1990's–1997: Early years and first publication

In Los Angeles in the late '90s, friends and artists Stephen Berens and Ellen Birrell formed Project X, an art curatorial collective.[1] [2] To accompany each exhibition organized by Project X, the group printed newsprint exhibition catalogs that documented the exhibitions and included additional essays and images of interest.[1] [2]

Noticing the lack of lasting art publications in Los Angeles and limited sources of art criticism outside of the mainstream,[7] Berens and Birrell evolved the scope of Project X to include X-TRA, a publication intended to diversify and broaden the dialogue around contemporary art in LA.[2] Berens and Birrell published the first issue of X-TRA in spring of 1997 with co-founders Jan Tümlir and Jérôme Saint-Loubert Bié.[1] [2] From its initiation, X-TRA has worked collaboratively through an editorial board of volunteer artists and writers.[1] [2]

2002–present: Project X Foundation and funding

In 2002, artist and X-TRA publisher Jeff Beall helped create the Project X Foundation for Art and Criticism, a 501c3 non-profit organization, to fund and publish the quarterly magazine.[1] Artist Shana Lutker currently serves as the Executive Director of Project X.

Once surviving on little to no budget, X-TRA is now the recipient of grants from foundations and organization including the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts (2007),[8] [9] National Endowment of the Arts,[10] City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs,[11] Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors through the Los Angeles County Arts Commission, Mike Kelley Foundation for the Arts, the Getty Foundation, and the Pasadena Art Alliance.[12]

2020–present

In 2020, X-TRA changed from a quarterly to bi-annual schedule, starting with Spring/Summer 2021, Volume 23 Number 2.

Title

According to Birrell, the magazine's unique spelling of "extra" stems from an idea of only publishing "an issue when [the editors] had a great piece of writing to run, that it would be an extra edition to a publication that didn't otherwise exist."[2]

Executive Editors

Events

X-TRA hosts a range of events, supplementing the journal with programming to enhance community building. Some examples include:

References

  1. Web site: It started as a one-shot publication — 20 years later X-TRA magazine is celebrating two decades of art. Miranda. Carolina A.. latimes.com. 2019-07-16.
  2. Web site: From X to XV: Conversation with X-TRA Founders Ellen Birrell and Stephen Berens. Wilcox. Brica. 2013. X-TRA. 2019-07-14.
  3. Web site: VIA Art Fund Project X Foundation for Art and Criticism: X-TRA Volume 20 Number 4. VIA Art Fund. en-US. 2019-07-16.
  4. Web site: Spring 2019 Volume 21 Number 3. 2019. X-TRA. 2019-07-16.
  5. Web site: Hear Snippets of Independent Art Writing from Around the World. 2019-01-30. Hyperallergic. en-US. 2019-07-16.
  6. Web site: Datebook: A Chicana artist's pastels on paper, sacred books from the Middle Ages and wearable paper jewelry. Miranda. Carolina A.. latimes.com. 2019-07-16.
  7. Web site: Experiments in Print: A Survey of Los Angeles Artists' Magazines from 1955 to 1986. East of Borneo. en-US. 2019-07-16.
  8. Web site: The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts - News. warholfoundation.org. 2019-07-16.
  9. Book: The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts 20-year Report, 1987-2007. The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc.. 2007. 978-0976526315. New York, New York, U.S.A. 67.
  10. Web site: An Extremely Incomplete List Of L.A. Arts Organizations That Have Benefited From NEA Funding. Wick. Julia. LAist. 2019-07-16.
  11. Web site: Project X Foundation for Art and Criticism. Department of Cultural Affairs. en-US. 2019-07-16.
  12. Web site: X-TRA Contemporary Art Quarterly. Pasadena Art Alliance. en-US. 2019-07-16.
  13. Web site: Andrea Fraser Considers the Role of Artists and Institutions in the Rise of Right-Wing Populism. 2018-03-06. Hyperallergic. en-US. 2019-07-16.
  14. Web site: The Cypress - Pope.L reading and conversation at The Underground Museum - News - Mitchell-Innes & Nash. www.miandn.com. 2019-07-16.
  15. Web site: Screening and Conversation with Aria Dean, Erin Chrisotvale, and Ulysses Jenkins. 2017. X-TRA. 2019-07-16.
  16. Web site: PERFORMANCE ART AND PUBLIC ART FESTIVAL – FACT SHEET. April 2011. The Getty Foundation. 2019-07-16.

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