By Jeffrey Trainor (Contributor) – Email
Print Edition: September 24, 2014
There’s a new magazine on campus. The PIPE journal has been started by students to create a space to publish artwork.
Visual arts students David Seymour, Terrill Smith, and Julie Epp are curating PIPE in the hopes of “creating a legacy in the department” and giving UFV another “rigorous and studious academic publication.”
The name for the journal was drawn from a popular painting by French surrealist painter Rene Magritte called “The treachery of images.” It features a smoking pipe with the words “Ceci n’est pas une pipe” written beneath, translating to “this is not a pipe.”
Smith, PIPE’s executive director, added that on top of the artistic connection, the symbol of a pipe is associated with ideas of academia and study.
Many visual art students already contribute their artwork to Louden Singletree, the literary magazine produced for the past seven years by UFV’s English Department.
Seymour, PIPE’s editor-in-chief was quick to note that PIPE was aware and grateful that the English department had welcomed visual art into their publication, but also noted PIPE’s intent “to give more of a voice to the artist.”
Unlike Louden Singletree, PIPE requires a 500-word statement from the artist with submissions.
Furthermore, Seymour doesn’t feel the new journal creates competition. “We’re taking a different spin on it … we just want to promote the Visual Arts department as much as possible.”
Andrea MacPherson, faculty advisor for Louden Singletree, said she feels the same way.
“I absolutely think the two journals can and should happily co-exist,” she said, adding that student artwork in Louden Singletree is limited. She also noted that there is more than enough talent to supply each journal with quality content, even in areas that do have slight overlap.
PIPE is open to submissions from any UFV student. Information about the journal, submission guidelines and deadlines can be found on PIPE’s social media pages.
