................................vol. 002, fall 2020
................................vol. 002, fall 2020
Abigail Yadegar
Co-Editor-in-Chief
Abigail is a junior from Los Angeles studying the History of Art. She is specializing in British art, and is particularly interested in the post-WWII period. When she’s not geeking out at the YCBA as a gallery guide, music directing her Yale a cappella group, or packing her G-cal with various commitments and events, she can be found on her never-ending hunt for good bookstores.
Farid Djamalov
Founder
Farid is a senior from Montreal majoring in the History of Art at Yale. He is interested in photography, Soviet nonconformism and queer theory, and speaks six languages.
Sarah Tang
Editor-at-Large
Sarah is a junior from New York studying History of Art. She loves landscape painting, baking and decorating cakes, and her favorite meal is breakfast for dinner!
Ivy Vuong
Editor-at-Large
Ivy is from San Diego, California, and a senior studying the History of Art with a focus in Asian diasporic contemporary art. She speaks five languages, is obsessed with exploring cafés, and has a love for heist movies. Find her basking in any sun spot or museum.
Carla Decombes
Layout Designer and Copy Editor
Carla is a sophomore from Paris, France majoring in History of Art and Cognitive Science. Usually found flaunting in museums but currently baking banana bread like everyone else.
Leonie Wisowaty
Copy Editor and Layout Designer
Leonie is a first-year from New York City planning to major in either history or politics. She is interested in sustainable fashion and fashion photography, and in her free time she loves (to attempt) to design her own clothing.
Adam Nussbaum
Copy Editor
Adam is a first year from San Diego interested in food sovereignty and the environmental humanities. He loves fennel and beets and thinks museums should be comfier.
Charlie Nevins
Copy Editor
Charlie is a first-year from Los Angeles interested in film, literature, and photography. He has a passion for noodles and used bookstores.
Zack Hauptman
Copy Editor
Zack Hauptman is a first-year from Los Angeles, California. He is interested in writing and the intersection of popular culture and art & politics. You can find him in the Starr Reading Room in Sterling Memorial Library or listening to bad pop music on Cross Campus.
Tyler Watts
Copy Editor and Layout Designer
Tyler is a freshman from Chicago, Illinois considering a major in sociology or philosophy! She is a coffee fanatic who may or may not psychoanalyze you upon finding out your zodiac sign. Her current obsessions: Gregg Araki movies, Kilo Kish, and the color blue.
Odessa Goldberg
Copy Editor
Odessa Goldberg is a first-year in Branford College, hoping to study cognitive science. She is passionate about art history, reading, philosophy, neuroscience, and slam poetry. Other interests include the NYT crossword, Paint by Numbers, Formula One, and political dramas.
Dante Motley
Copy Editor
Dante is a sophomore from Austin, Texas majoring in Anthropology. He is interested in journalism and media systems. He once made a TikTok that was tweeted by Iggy Azalea.
Michelle Ampofo
Copy Editor
Michelle is a first year from Long Island considering a double major in English and Art History. She could talk endlessly about her obsession with the Kennedy's, why "Dazed and Confused" is one of the best movies ever made, and the chokehold Amy Winehouse's music has on her. You could find her at a museum, flea market, or bookstore.
Whitney Blue
Reviewer/Interviewer and Copy Editor
Whitney is a first-year from Boulder, Colorado majoring in Art. She is interested in photography, history, and sociolinguistics. She’s also a big fan of the outdoors, Häagen-Dazs coffee ice cream, and anything written by Elena Ferrante.
Daniella Sanchez
Co-Editor-in-Chief
Daniella Sanchez is a sophomore from Miami, Florida pursuing a double major in the History of Art and Comparative Literature at Yale University. She is interested in tribal art, and the intersection between cultural traditions and art. She loves drawing, writing poetry, and going for long runs.
Chela Simón-Trench (she/they)
Treasurer, Managing Editor, and Social Chair
Chela is a sophomore majoring in History of Art. She loves installations that interact with their surrounding land and considers the journey to artworks part of the emotion a piece elicits. She is also fascinated by how contemporary artists around the globe maintain authentic creative voices under sometimes crushing external pressures. Chela speaks Mandarin, Spanish, and is training to be a tea master.
Tina Oyanguren
Managing Editor
Tina, or Ms. Tiny as her Zoom art class calls her, is a senior from Nicaragua. Majoring in History of Art, she is interested in Surrealism and Latin American art. Currently on a gap year, she is learning how to cook, drive, and do other adult things like making Tik Toks.
Ana Rodrigues
Managing Editor
Ana is a sophomore studying History of Art and Urban Studies.
Libby Kern
Managing Editor and Treasurer
Libby is a senior from the San Francisco Bay Area and is majoring in the History of Art. In her free time, she loves doing yoga, hiking, and playing tennis on Yale’s club team.
Sofia Kouri
Editor-at-Large
Sofia is a sophomore studying Architecture and Human Rights. She's interested in photography and South American modernism, and loves to travel, play music and drink coffee.
Audrey Coombes
Editor-at-Large
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Jack Antholis
Editor-at-Large
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Maia Siegel
Editor-at-Large and Reviewer/Interviewer
Maia Siegel is a first-year from New York City. She writes poetry, obsessively watches Paul Schrader movies, and is probably listening to a Faye Wong album right now.
Lily Canfield
Editor-at-Large and Copy Editor
Lily is a rising junior from Atlanta majoring in the History of Art at Yale. While on her gap year, she spends her time working on art projects, interning in the fashion industry, and trying to keep up with her growing movie watchlist.
Lucy Hodgman
Copy Editor
Lucy Hodgman is a sophomore from Brooklyn, New York. She is majoring in English and likes to spend her free time talking about art and cultural history, taking walks around campus, and working on her French.
Narciso Novogratz
Copy Editor
Narciso is a first-year from New York studying anthropology at Yale. You can usually find him spiritually transcending at the Cloisters or reading post-structural theory.
Alex Nelson
Copy Editor
Alex is a first-year from Louisiana who plans on studying History of Science, Medicine, & Public Health at Yale and following the pre-med track. She enjoys learning about the interconnectedness of science and art and is particularly passionate about human rights issues. In her very limited free time, Alex enjoys reading Russian classics, learning new languages (currently Chinese and Korean), and cramming as much useless information into her brain as possible.
Sophie Chmelar
Copy Editor
Sophie is a first-year from New Haven. She is interested in ceramics and expressionism. In her free time, she enjoys cooking and wood carving.
Olivia Bell
Copy Editor
Olivia is a first-year from Chicago, Illinois, coming fresh off a gap year and planning on majoring in classics. She can usually be found experimenting with watercolors or taking way too much time curating her Letterboxd.