A "hoard" is something you accumulate over time. It is something you keep stashed away and usually hidden. A "hoard" can be a secret treasure or it can be a load of junk. This magazine is called HOARD for that reason. HOARD MAGAZINE was established December 2000, and was created to serve as an online venue for art and culture. Since the turn of the latest century, HOARD has become a familiar and well connected cross roads in the vast and ever growing web of the online arts community. An artist, regardless of where they may be in the grand spectrum of success, understands the importance of sharing expression and reaching an audience who will watch, look, and listen. HOARD understands this too, and knows that the world wide stage can never be big enough. That's why HOARD offers itself as a platform, a ladder, a stepping stone, a bridge, a light socket, an outlet, a fire escape, a conduit.... HOARD totally understood the connective tissue thing of the internet and how it would serve a new wave of artists a long time ago. Before artists solicited their wares on street corners like myspace, friendster and tribe, there was HOARD. HOARD says, "Digital killed the video star". HOARD features art work and creative writing from "up and coming" artists as well as those firmly established. We are particularly interested in giving a hand-up and shining a light on those currently emerging. HOARD features interviews and other articles concerning issues and topics relevant to the arts. We talk a lot about the creative process, and the inner life of an artist, and prefer art analysis to mere reviews. But we do reviews too. HOARD also hopes to grow as an online archive center and library which will document and preserve the words and works of our selected artists for eons to come. HOARD is not google, or archive.org - HOARD's intent is to preserve a very particular and eclectically sliced piece of the www art pie. HOARD is composed of curated submissions as well as original content you will only see in our magazine. Sometimes artists come to us, and sometimes they accept our invitation. So far, it has been a process of mutual courtship and attraction. HOARD does not kill trees. HOARD is a "not for profit" type of thing, and it is ad free. HOARD is a gift to the online arts community provided by Vivian Giourousis. HOARD is based in San Francisco, California. USA. Welcome to HOARD. If you would like more information, please contact: mail@hoardmag.com
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