[PREORDER] Colour into Focus: Queer + Trans Collage [Issue 1: Identity/Visibility]

**This is a preorder. We anticipate shipping in October 2025. Images are a digital mockup that represents the final design and layout. There are a limited number of sliding-scale preorders available. The higher price points offer an opportunity to help continue producing this project by chipping in to defray the costs of printing.

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We are pleased to introduce the first issue of Colour into Focus: Queer + Trans Collage, a series showcasing an international roster of LGBTQIA2S+ artists who work with collage and mixed media in their creative practice. Compiled here are works centered around the theme of identity and visibility, produced by 31 artists and writers from four different continents. Ultimately, Colour into Focus #1 showcases a breathtaking range of pieces which explore queer and trans identities, with attendant themes of recognition, representation, and senses of self.

Featuring work by Ali Atakay, Alice Ferox, Angela Zamora, Argyris Lakkas, Ash Epps, Benjamin Armijo, Carmen Campo, Charles Oliver, Eden Kinkaid & M. Torres, Ege Y., Fern Aurelius, Fox Guin, Frankie Pacifico, Jae Meyer, Jay Andreason, JETT JOOSTE (THEYTJIE), Julio Flores Montero, Jupiter Markgraf, KG Gude, Lee Markham, Luis Martin, Mavi Barbosa, mk zariel, Nadine Rodriguez, Penn Pritchard, Piper Simons, Rodríguez Calero, sheena daree romero, Teodora Velloso, and Yamil Alvarez Cedano.

Digest-sized publication measuring 5.5 x 8.5 in., saddle-stitched, full color, 48 pages. Front cover: Luis Martin. Back cover: Alice Ferox.

This is the first installment in a planned series of eight. Published in 2025 as a joint co-production of the Twin Cities Collage Collective and Nonmachinable [NM013].