Artemis Speaks Jeri Rogers

Join the conversation with son Gary Isreal, President of the Dorothy M. Gillespie Foundation, and daughter Dorien Gillespie Bietz, children of Dorothy Gillespie, as they reflect on the many gifts their mother had in a groundbreaking documentary Courage, Independence and Color.Artemis Journal was borne out of writing workshops for abused women. Ms. Gillespie donated her print celebrating Women in the Arts. The journal's mission is to support, develop, and encourage the talents of artists...

Jim Minick is the author or editor of eight books, including Without Warning: The Tornado of Udall, Kansas (nonfiction), Fire Is Your Water (novel), and The Blueberry Years: A Memoir of Farm and Family. His work has appeared in many publications, including The New York Times, Poets & Writers, Oxford American, Artemis Journal, Orion, Shenandoah, Appalachian Journal, Wind, and The Sun. He serves as co-editor of Pine Mountain Sand & Gravel. Minick’s honors include the Jean Ritchie F...

Sarah EK Muse, a native Virginian, is an award-winning artist, jewelry designer, and goldsmith known for her exquisite bespoke jewels that celebrate personal narratives and strengthen connections to the past, present, and future. Serving as the backdrop for her inspirations, her private atelier, Studio 12, formerly a two-stall stable, is nestled in the picturesque Blue Ridge Mountains, where she plays with dreamy gemstones and the finest metals. You can also find her meditating in the wo...

Michele Evans, a fifth-generation Washingtonian (D.C.), is a poet, writer, high school English teacher, and adviser for her school's literary magazine, Unbound. Before becoming an educator, Michele Evans studied at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts; King’s College in London, England; and the Graduate School at the University of Maryland in College Park, Maryland. This 2023 Pushcart Prize nominee and winner of The ASP Bulletin poetry contest has been published in Artemis, The Write L...

Linda Atkinson is a sculptor living and working in Botetourt County. She taught art history for 21 years at Virginia Western Community College, as well as studio courses for University /Santa Cruz, Hollins College, Roanoke College, and Radford University among others. Her work has been exhibited in museums and galleries in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, New York, and Atlanta. She spent 15 years in California and taught sculpture and 3-D design at the University o...

A. J. Gnuse is the bestselling author of Girl in the Walls, published in 2021. He received an MFA in fiction from UNC Wilmington, and his writing has appeared in the Guardian, Gulf Coast, Literary Hub, Los Angeles Review, and other venues. A native of New Orleans, he lives in Texas, where he is a literary co-editor of Artemis Journal alongside his wife, Donnie Secreast.“The novel begins as an eerie meditation on grief, family dysfunction, and things that go bump in the night. But ab...