ABOUT LOONBEEK

We call our nonprofit LOONBEEK a book-a-zine because, literally, it is a hybrid, soft and glossy on the inside, hardbound and protective on the outside. But also: because we want our readers to get lost in it like it's an epic novel or an artist's monograph.

Imagine ocean waves breaking, or a gentle breeze rushing through forest leaves — take your time with our dear publication, look at a page or two, then put it down, savor it and save it, circle back when you're ready for more of what we've treasure-hunted. You won't find it anywhere else. Let it feed you, surprise you, inspire you, even frustrate you.

If you show up, so will we.

ABOUT US

Editor Alex Hart is a self-taught multicreative, learning (and un-learning) as she goes. If it's something that uses her hands — writing, cutting & pasting, arranging flowers, sandwich-making, hair-cutting, yo-yo'ing, high-fiving — she's there and up to her elbows in concentrated work. Or is it play? Motto: Where possible, unplug that dubious brain. Also: Trust, and go on hoping (Edward Lear). Some personal gurus: Vivienne Westwood, Beatrix Potter, Alexander Calder, Yayoi Kusama, Alice Neel, Maurice Sendak, Louise Bourgeois, Amy Sedaris, Joseph Cornell, Ray Johnson, Pee Wee Herman oops Paul Reubens, Reggie Watts............!!!

Designer Jon Lackman is a journalist and author of the (mostly) nonfiction graphic novel The Woman With Fifty Faces, about the unjustly forgotten artist’s model / con artist Maria Lani. He’s covered politics, science, and the arts for Harper's, The New Yorker, Slate, and Wired. He completed a PhD in art history from NYU and a fellowship at the MacDowell Colony. He's represented by Mary Krienke of Sterling Lord Literistic. Currently at work on two books, one on why we shouldn’t force kids to go to school and another on the underappreciated potential for sport to transform the lives of adults.