About Nat. Brut
Nat. Brut (pr. nat broot) is a journal of art and literature dedicated to advancing inclusivity in all creative fields. Our magazine is a broadly interdisciplinary safe space that values marginalized voices, and we promote environmental sustainability in both form and content. We release online content throughout the year and we hold free submissions during the months of May and November.
What is Nat. Brut
Nat. Brut is a future defined by responsible art-making. We like work that takes risks, responds to mainstream consumption and tradition, is quirky, is subversive, is sublime, is human. We are a home for the playful and for the unruly. We are against propriety, its echo of property, of ownership, of control over who does what, when, and where. Nat. Brut wants to make you uncomfortable. We want to make you uncomfortable with the uniformity of perspectives you encounter in mainstream magazines. We want to make you uncomfortable with the uniformity of perspectives you encounter in the world. As we make you uncomfortable, we also want to make you feel safe. Nat Brut is play, a mode of generosity, a type of love. At the center of our efforts is an acute awareness of the consequences of our physical and cultural output. We know that all creative mediums inform one another, and we do not value one creative medium over any other. Nat Brut is outside of what's in.
How We Nat. Brut
Nat. Brut is broadly interdisciplinary, with a heavy focus on accessibility. We also have a deep fascination with found photos and the public domain. Visibility matters, and we value creative work that has been buried, ignored, or has disappeared from public consciousness. We bring together work that is both serious and humorous, formal and experimental, by artists and writers who are trained and untrained, emerging and established. We aim to make this work accessible to people of all social, economic, and academic backgrounds. And we aim to do all this without committing the pervasive injustice of prioritizing, consciously or otherwise, cis-het-white-able-male voices and narratives. There's really no other option for us; it's just the way we operate. We work hard to print sustainably by using recycled paper and materials, soy inks, and responsible production practices.
Nat. Brut is a sponsored project of Fractured Atlas, a non-profit arts service organization. Donations must be made payable to Fractured Atlas only and are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law.
For general inquiries, please reach us at [email protected].
For general inquiries, please reach us at [email protected].
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Editor-in-Chief & Art Director
Kayla E.Managing Editor
Axel SeversSenior Editor
YanyiFiction Editor
RL Goldberg |
Poetry Editor
Jennifer SoongPhotography Editor
Abby SunVisual Art Editors
Danielle Wright
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Copyeditor
Laura Bullard
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Board of Directors
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President & Executive Director
Kayla E.
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Vice President
Axel Severs
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Secretary & Treasurer
Tyler Richard
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Advisory Board
M. Milks
Valerie Cassel Oliver
Steve Dolph
Claudia Zapata
Camille Rankine
Elizabeth Onusko
Alejandra Fernandez
Nat. Brut Inc. was founded as a non-profit in the state of Texas by
Kayla E., Axel Severs, & Tyler Richard during the summer of 2014.
Nat. Brut magazine was founded in the summer of 2012 by Anna Ploegh & Andrew Ridker.
Hayden Bennet served as Deputy Editor and Michael Segel was the Designer.
Kayla E., Axel Severs, & Tyler Richard during the summer of 2014.
Nat. Brut magazine was founded in the summer of 2012 by Anna Ploegh & Andrew Ridker.
Hayden Bennet served as Deputy Editor and Michael Segel was the Designer.
