Here. Literary Magazine

05/06/2024

We had so much fun at our last workshops of the year, writing creative nonfiction with Dr. Missy Nieveen Phegley and talking about artist statements with Joshua Newth!

Thanks to our workshop leaders and to our partners, who make this possible:

First Midwest Bank
Edward Jones Financial Advisor Cheryl Mothes
Saint Francis Healthcare System
SEMO Dept. of Mass Media
artanddesignsoutheast
Cure Dental
Cenet
rustmedia

04/23/2024

We had a lot of fun practicing strategies for revision, learning about writing book proposals and creating businesses at our April Editorial Board workshops! Thanks so much to rustmedia writer and editor of special publications Mia Pohlman and audio producer and sound designer Tyler Myers for leading the workshops and sharing your experiences!

And thanks to our partners who make it possible:
First Midwest Bank
Saint Francis Healthcare System
Edward Jones Financial Advisor Cheryl Mothes
SEMO Dept. of Mass Media
artanddesignsoutheast
Cenet
Cure Dental
rustmedia

03/25/2024

We're so excited about our new Here. Literary Magazine Patreon community! If you love what the program does for students who are writers and artists here in Southeast Missouri, we hope you'll consider supporting it! Find out more at https://vimeo.com/923099244/72972ffb5c?share=copy !

03/20/2024

Our founder and director Mia Pohlman was a guest with the Community Partnership of Southeast Missouri today!! Here, she reveals her dance partners and a little bit about her dance 😄

03/20/2024

✍️✍️ We have some exciting news!! 🎨🎨

We are launching a Here. Literary Magazine Program Patreon, where friends and believers in the Southeast Missouri arts scene can support young writers and artists on their creative journeys!

Find out more and support the creative future of our region at Patreon.com/Here_Literary_Magazine_Program .

Thank you for your belief in this program and the young people it inspires!

03/18/2024

The Writing Editorial Board had a great time learning about publishing and writing fiction from children's book author Chelsea Tornetto at our March workshop!

And the Art Editorial Board had so much fun designing personal logos and brands with designer and rustmedia director Jeff Rawson!

Thanks to both of our workshop leaders and to our partners who make this program possible:
First Midwest Bank
Saint Francis Healthcare System
Edward Jones Financial Advisor Cheryl Mothes
SEMO Dept. of Mass Media
artanddesignsoutheast
Cenet
Cure Dental
rustmedia

03/14/2024

Here.'s founder and director, Mia Pohlman, is participating in this year's Dancing With Show Me Stars event that benefits people throughout the Southeast Missouri region who need a hand on their journeys to self-sufficiency, through the Community Partnership of Southeast Missouri.

Support her at https://community-partnership-of-southeast-missouri.snwbll.com/mia-pohlman . Thanks so much for partnering with her and CP Semo to help out people throughout our region!

🌟 Join us in welcoming the incredible Mia Pohlman to our Dancing with Show Me Stars lineup! 🌟

We need your support to help her reach her fundraising goal of $3,000 and CPSEMO'S ultimate goal of $125,000! 💃✨

Don't miss out on this unforgettable event! Click the link below to secure your tickets for table sales or individual tickets now:

🎟️ Ticket Sale Link: https://www.cpsemo.org/dwsms

Let's make Mia's participation in Dancing with Show Me Stars a resounding success! 💫

02/20/2024

The Art and Writing Editorial Boards had so much fun at our February workshops learning about printmaking and screenwriting!

Thank you to Hannah March Sanders and artanddesignsoutheast for hosting us for printmaking, and to Fred Jones and Shirlee Wilson for teaching us about screenwriting!

And thank you to our Here. partners:
First Midwest Bank
Saint Francis Healthcare System
Edward Jones Financial Advisor Cheryl Mothes
SEMO Dept. of Mass Media
artanddesignsoutheast
Cenet
Cure Dental
rustmedia

01/22/2024

We had so much fun making clay tiles for the solar eclipse bench installation at Riverside Pottery Studio with Rob Lorenz and learning about journalism with Dr. Tamara Zellars Buck at our January workshops!

Thanks so much to our workshop leaders and to our partners for making this project possible:
First Midwest Bank
Edward Jones Financial Advisor Cheryl Mothes
Saint Francis Healthcare System
artanddesignsoutheast
SEMO Dept. of Mass Media
Cenet
Cure Dental
rustmedia

12/19/2023

Our Writing Editorial Board had so much fun learning about self-publishing and next steps in writing from writer Jasmine Jones at our December workshop!

And our Art Editorial Board had a blast learning about film and analyzing their favorite movie scenes with photo + video producer Aaron Eisenhauer!

Thanks to our workshop leaders Jasmine and Aaron and to our sponsors First Midwest Bank , Edward Jones Financial Advisor Cheryl Mothes, Saint Francis Healthcare System , SEMO Dept. of Mass Media , artanddesignsoutheast , Cenet , Cure Dental and rustmedia for supporting young writers and artists in our community!

11/13/2023

At our November workshops, we learned about performing poetry from Arts Council of Southeast Missouri director Kelly Downes and photography from SEMO Dept. of Mass Media professor Eun Jeong Lee and had a blast. Thanks to both of our workshop leaders!

And thanks to our partners:
First Midwest Bank
Saint Francis Healthcare System
Edward Jones Financial Advisor Cheryl Mothes
SEMO Dept. of Mass Media
artanddesignsoutheast
Cure Dental
Cenet
We are grateful for you!

10/26/2023

We loved getting to meet the new Writing and Art Editorial Board members at our first workshop of the 2023-2024 school year! Thanks to Mia Pohlman at rustmedia and Kelly Downes at the Arts Council of Southeast Missouri for teaching us about editing and being an arts nonprofit director! Here's to a great year of creating!

Thanks to our partners for supporting the arts and young people in our community!
First Midwest Bank
Edward Jones Financial Advisor Cheryl Mothes
Saint Francis Healthcare System
SEMO Dept. of Mass Media
artanddesignsoutheast
Cenet
Cure Dental
rustmedia

08/09/2023

Congratulations again to all of the editors, writers and artists who are a part of Issue 03 of Here.! This issue will insert into the Southeast Missourian newspaper on Thursday, Aug. 17 — be sure to get your copies then! 😄📰✏️

Thanks to our partners in this project:
First Midwest Bank
Saint Francis Healthcare System
Edward Jones Financial Advisor Cheryl Mothes
SEMO Dept. of Mass Media
artanddesignsoutheast
Cenet
Cure Dental

08/09/2023

Wow, what an incredible evening last night at our Here. Issue 03 Launch Party + Reading!

Congratulations to all of the writers, artists and editors who helped create this issue!

Thanks so much to everyone who was a part of the event, especially rustmedia , Arts Council of Southeast Missouri , our Presenting Partner First Midwest Bank , our Magazine + Launch Party Partners Saint Francis Healthcare System and Edward Jones Financial Advisor Cheryl Mothes, and our Launch Party Partners SEMO Dept. of Mass Media , artanddesignsoutheast , Cenet , and Cure Dental . We appreciate you all so much!!

05/24/2023

Special thanks to our friends at Burrito-Ville for providing lunch for the Editorial Board to celebrate a year of hard work at our May workshops! We had a blast at our fave local spot, and as always, it was delicious.

Y'all are rad, Burrito-Ville

05/24/2023

We had a blast at our last Here. Editorial Board workshop of the year this month!

The Writing Editorial Board learned about seeking out writing opportunities in high school and college from rustmedia writer + project manager Jasmine Jones.

And the Art Editorial Board learned about writing artist statements and getting their work into a gallery from Southeast Missouri State University art and design professor Josh Newth.

Thanks to our workshop leaders and to the Editorial Board for an awesome year!



Made possible by our sponsors:
First Midwest Bank
SEMO Dept. of Mass Media
artanddesignsoutheast
Edward Jones Financial Advisor Cheryl Mothes
rustmedia

04/18/2023

At our April workshop, our Writing Editorial Board learned about revision strategies with rustmedia writer + editor Mia Pohlman, and our Art Editorial Board learned about interior design with Michelle Brune, professor at Southeast Missouri State University.

Thanks to Michelle and Mia for a fun day! And thanks to our sponsors who make this program possible:
rustmedia
First Midwest Bank
SEMO Dept. of Mass Media
artanddesignsoutheast
Edward Jones Financial Advisor Cheryl Mothes

04/04/2023

Thanks to Josh Newth and Emily Booth, instructors of art at Southeast Missouri State University , for leading workshops at SV Tribe in Perryville, Mo., for our Writers + Artists in the Schools program! Thanks, Professor Newth and Professor Booth, for sharing your expertise and love for the arts with high school students in our region!

And thanks to our sponsors who make this program possible:
artanddesignsoutheast
SEMO Dept. of Mass Media
Edward Jones Financial Advisor Cheryl Mothes
First Midwest Bank
rustmedia

03/29/2023

We had such a fun time learning about how to publish writing with author Amanda Flinn and learning how to create a freelance business with audio producer Tyler Myers at our March Editorial Board workshops!

Thanks to Amanda and Tyler for leading the workshops and to our sponsors for making it possible:
rustmedia
First Midwest Bank
SEMO Dept. of Mass Media
artanddesignsoutheast
Edward Jones Financial Advisor Cheryl Mothes

03/07/2023

Be sure to check out the artwork from Issue 02 on display at First Midwest Bank, 1820 North Kingshighway Street in Cape Girardeau!

Congratulations again to these incredible artists from Charleston High School (Missouri), Portageville High, Jackson High School-Jackson R-2, Campbell High School, and Cape Central High School!

Thanks to First Midwest Bank for this gallery and for your support of the arts!

And thanks to all of our sponsors who make this project possible:
First Midwest Bank
SEMO Dept. of Mass Media
artanddesignsoutheast
Edward Jones Financial Advisor Cheryl Mothes
rustmedia

02/22/2023

Our Writing Editorial Board had a blast learning about screenwriting with Professor of Mass Media and filmmaker Fred Jones this weekend!

And our Art Editorial Board loved learning about graphic design and making their own personal logos with rustmedia director Jeff Rawson!

Thanks so much to our workshop leaders and to our sponsors for making this program possible:
First Midwest Bank
SEMO Dept. of Mass Media
artanddesignsoutheast
Edward Jones Financial Advisor Cherul Mothes
rustmedia

01/23/2023

Our Art Editorial Board had so much fun this weekend learning about photography with Professor Eun Jeong Lee, and our Writing Editorial Board had a blast learning about creative nonfiction with Dr. Missy Nieveen Phegley.

Thanks to everyone who was a part of it, and thanks to our sponsors who make it possible:
rustmedia
SEMO Dept. of Mass Media
artanddesignsoutheast
Edward Jones Financial Advisor Cheryl Mothes
First Midwest Bank

12/07/2022

Our Art Editorial Board had an awesome time using pottery wheels and handbuilding with clay at our December ceramics workshop!

Thanks so much to Benjie Heu and the artanddesignsoutheast students for leading the workshop and letting us get to explore ceramics!

And thanks to our partners who make this program possible:
artanddesignsoutheast
SEMO Dept. of Mass Media
Edward Jones Financial Advisor Cheryl Mothes
First Midwest Bank
rustmedia

12/07/2022

Our Writing Editorial Board got to learn about poetry from poet, poetry editor and professor Jenny Yang Cropp at our December workshop!

Thanks for treating us to a Billy Collins poem, giving us forms with which to write poetry, and sharing your insight into the poetry life, Jenny Yang Cropp !

And thanks to our partners who make this possible:
SEMO Dept. of Mass Media
artanddesignsoutheast
Edward Jones Financial Advisor Cheryl Mothes
First Midwest Bank
rustmedia

11/21/2022

We loved getting to learn about journalism from the amazing Dr. Tamara Zellars Buck at our November Writing Editorial Board workshop! And it was a blast getting to interview each other and tell an interesting story about our fellow editors!

Thanks to SEMO Dept. of Mass Media , artanddesignsoutheast , First Midwest Bank , Edward Jones Financial Advisor Cheryl Mothes, and rustmedia for making this program possible!

11/11/2022

It was so much fun learning about art nonprofits, the importance of art in the community, and the role of art in creating just societies for everyone at our first 2022-2023 Art Editorial Board workshop! Thanks so much to Arts Council of Southeast Missouri for hosting us and treating us to pumpkin decorating!



Made possible by: artanddesignsoutheast
SEMO Dept. of Mass Media
First Midwest Bank
Edward Jones Financial Advisor Cheryl Mothes
rustmedia

11/11/2022

Our 2022-2023 Writing Editorial Board had a blast discovering what a literary magazine is and what editors do at our first workshop. We are excited to get to put this knowledge into practice as we create Issue 03 of Here. Literary Magazine this year!

Thank you to artanddesignsoutheast, SEMO Dept. of Mass Media, Edward Jones Financial Advisor Cheryl Mothes, First Midwest Bank, and rustmedia for making this project possible!

09/01/2022

Meet the 2021-2022 Here. Literary Magazine editorial board. We are so proud of this amazing group of students! ❤️

Great work, everyone!

08/30/2022

Lots of love to the Arts Council of Southeast Missouri for gifting us your space and displaying Here. artists' work.

You helped make our Launch Party a success! ❤️

08/25/2022

Here's just a few of the students that inspired us with their words at the Here. Launch Party. Thank you for your bravery and talent ❤️