Founded in 2013, Artdose Magazine LLC is an independent print and digital art magazine based in Wisconsin, committed to connecting and supporting the visual arts in the Midwest. Published by Frank Juárez, the magazine is premised on the belief that we share common goals of introducing, engaging, educating, and offering diverse art experiences to our audience, community, and readership.
Artdose Magazine LLC appears in print as a bi-annual art magazine, through Artdose Magazine Weekly art newsletter, and on Instagram and Facebook.
What Makes Artdose Magazine Unique
Artdose Magazine LLC is art + community-driven. We believe in advocacy, outreach, and education. There is so much to celebrate in the Midwest. Our platforms are designed to keep our audience and readership engaged and continue to build long-lasting professional relationships with artists and advertisers. We print a bi-annual art magazine (Summer & Winter), publish weekly art newsletters, and introduce daily doses of art, opportunities, call for art, exhibitions, events, and more via Instagram and Facebook.
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Sponsorship Program
We are grateful for our financial support over the past decade. Artdose magazine operates as a for-profit with a non-profit mindset. Since 2022, we have supported projects focused on arts writing, inaugural events, and community-based art events.
The Artdose Team
Frank Juárez | Founder + Publisher
@artdosemagazineweekly, @artdosemagazine
Frank Juárez is an award-winning art educator, curator, and arts advocate based in Sheboygan, Wisconsin. Known for his commitment to elevating contemporary art and supporting Wisconsin artists, Juárez has spearheaded numerous initiatives, including the Midwest Artist Studios Project and the 365 Artists 365 Days Project. In addition to his roles as publisher of Artdose magazine and editor-in-chief of SchoolArts magazine, Juárez has curated exhibitions and juried art shows throughout the Midwest. His dedication to art education and advocacy has earned him numerous accolades, making him a pivotal figure in Wisconsin’s art community.
Alison Kleiman | Graphic Designer
Alison Kleiman is a freelance graphic designer who specializes in branding and print projects for the non-profit and arts & culture space. When not working, Alison tries to find time for her own art-making practice, which includes photography, fibers, and other design-adjacent work, as well as taking in as much live music as possible. Alison earned a BFA in printmaking from the Rhode Island School of Design and an MA in Arts Administration from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She lives in Cudahy with her musician husband and small poodle, Donna Jean.
April Behnke | Contributing Writer
April Behnke is a Chicago-based painter and writer whose artistic practice centers on the building and breaking of patterns. She received her MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2011 and her BFA from Cornell University in 2006. Behnke has exhibited nationally and internationally, including at the Rockford Art Museum and the Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts. Though born in Boston, Behnke has roots in the Midwest and a passion for exploring the region’s art scene.
Linda Marcus | Contributing Writer
Linda Marcus is a multidisciplinary artist living and working in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Drawing on her long history as a TV News journalist and fashion designer, her work in fiber and sculpture touches on issues of memory, identity, and materiality.
Marcus was recently awarded an art residency at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, and her work has been exhibited at the Museum of Wisconsin Art, the Wisconsin Museum of Quilts and Fiber Arts as well as the Charles Allis Museum and numerous galleries across the country and in art publications. Currently, Marcus is the creative director and co-curator for the Saint Kate Arts Hotel in Milwaukee.
Rachel Hausmann Schall | Co-editor + Contributing Writer
Rachel Hausmann Schall (she/her) is a born-and-raised Midwestern artist, writer, and educator living and working in central Wisconsin. She received her BFA from the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design (MIAD) in 2015 and has exhibited her work nationally at various museums, galleries, and artist-run spaces. Rachel is co-editor of Artdose magazine and has contributed writing to publications like Sixty Inches From Center, Dovetail Magazine, and Flat Rate Contemporary. She is a co-organizer of the Grilled Cheese Grant, an artist-run project that raises funds for emerging artists in Wisconsin with grilled cheese sandwiches. Hausmann Schall also works as the Artist Residency & Adult Program Manager at the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum in Wausau, Wisconsin.
Samuel Schwindt | Contributing Writer
Samuel Schwindt is always looking for the maddest spectacles and vampiest explosions. A word|object|surface-smith, he originates from an evangelical community and a contradictory motorcycle culture in Indiana (he left religion on highway 65 north to Chicago). Through his young-life he honed skills in wood and metal, and used his craft history to receive a BFA in Studio Art from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and an MFA in Interdisciplinary Art from the University of Illinois at Chicago. Now, he works as a commission-based leather-gear crafter, archivist, sculptor, curator, freelance writer, and educator.
Samantha Timm | Contributing Writer
Samantha Timm is a Milwaukee-based curator whose practice balances curating, community engagement, and art making. She is the Manager for Arts Programming at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, where she oversees the Union Cinema and Union Art Gallery in collaboration with a team of amazing students.
In her work, Timm centers the artist and their process, and strives to create the best possible conditions for creative growth and connection. Timm draws on her experiences curating, teaching, and innovating at various museums and galleries, including Saint Kate–The Arts Hotel, the Milwaukee Artist Resource Network, York Art Gallery, and the Chazen Museum of Art, among others. She has juried contemporary art exhibitions across the state of Wisconsin and presented art-historical research at conferences nationally and internationally. Timm holds degrees in the History of Art from the University of York (MA) and the University of Wisconsin–Madison (BA).
allison anne | Guest Contributing Writer
allison anne is a queer, nonbinary artist based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA (unceded Očhéthi Šakówiŋ land). allison works in a variety of mediums including book arts, zinemaking, graphic design and publishing, At the core of their practice is paper collage—a constantly evolving exploration of experience and emotion through the reconstitution of various printed media and ephemera. By transforming these elements, allison creates textural abstractions which explore the intersections and interactions between context, materiality and creativity. Their work has been widely exhibited and published around the world, including Cut Me Up Magazine, CREATE! Magazine, and Fruitslice. They are also a founding member of Twin Cities Collage Collective and NONMACHINABLE, a collaborative small press & distributor, with the artist & writer Jeremy P. Bushnell.
Jeremy P. Bushnell | Guest Contributing Writer
Jeremy P. Bushnell is the author of three novels (The Weirdness, The Insides, and Relentless Melt, each published by Melville House). He is currently primarily working as a collagist and abstract comics artist, and along with the artist allison anne, he is the co-founder of NONMACHINABLE, a distributor and publisher of optically interesting publications. Together they are currently editing Colour into Focus, a journal of work from an international roster of queer and trans collagists. He also makes noisy longform electronic music, currently under the name personriver. He can be found in the greater Chicago and Boston metro regions.
Matthew Rose | Guest Contributing Writer
Matthew Rose is an artist and writer living and working in Paris, France. A graduate of Brown University in Linguistics, he has exhibited his collage works throughout Europe, the United States and Japan, notably “Weekend Plans” at the Karuizawa New Art Museum, Japan. His most recent exhibition was “Refuge” in Arles, France. He conceived and curated the global mail art project A Book About Death at the Emily Harvey Foundation Gallery (NYC/2009), with 30 installations of the works across the US, South America, Europe and Japan. He is the author of several books including Coronaville, Wait There’s More! (2024/Lulu), I’M MUCH BETTER THANK YOU (2026/Lulu), Natural Causes (2025/Lulu) and The Self Improvement Alphabet (Red Fox Press/2019). He has written for many newspapers and magazines, including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and his own magazine, Trouble, an occasional quarterly art review. His next book is “another day” due out in mid-2026. He regularly plays mandolin wherever he travels, but mostly in Paris.
John Sievers | Guest Contributing Writer
John Sievers is a husband, father to two daughters, trombonist, and writer from Rochester, Minnesota. He earned a Ph.D. in English Literature from the University of Minnesota and currently teaches English at Rochester Community and Technical College. His articles appear frequently in the Rochester Post Bulletin, and he enjoys writing about music, art, and culture. He’s been writing and posting a daily haiku for more than six years.
Images courtesy of the writers.
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