Root Quarterly

STRATEGY // FIGHTING FROM THE HIGH GROUND

StrategyHeather BlakesleeAugust 6, 2022Heather Shayne Blakeslee, 4.1, Excerpt

STRATEGY // NONVIOLENCE

Switchbacks, StrategyHeather BlakesleeAugust 6, 20224.1, Excerpt

ARTIST SPOTLIGHT // TIM PORTLOCK AND ‘NICKELS FROM HEAVEN’

Artist Spotlight, SwitchbacksHeather BlakesleeAugust 6, 2022Heather Shayne Blakeslee, 4.1, Excerpt

Opening Salvo // Taking the Wheel

Opening SalvoHeather BlakesleeApril 26, 20223.4, Heather Shayne Blakeslee, Excerpt

Constellations // One Table, Many Bowls

ConstellationsHeather BlakesleeApril 26, 20223.4, Diana Lu, Excerpt

Destination // Celebration and Sanctuary at the Colored Girls Museum

DestinationHeather BlakesleeApril 26, 20223.4, Jared Michael Lowe, Excerpt

Recommendation // The 7th Hand

RecommendationHeather BlakesleeApril 26, 20223.4, Excerpt

Of Puritans and Progressives

ProfileHeather BlakesleeApril 26, 20223.4, Heather Shayne Blakeslee, Excerpt

Toleration's Mystery

EssayHeather BlakesleeApril 26, 20223.4, Donna Foley, Excerpt

'Ashkenormative'

EssayHeather BlakesleeApril 26, 20223.4, Jesse Bernstein, Excerpt

'Science's Dark Altar'

EssayHeather BlakesleeApril 26, 20223.4, Will Caverly, Excerpt

Artist Spotlight: Katherine Fraser

Artist SpotlightHeather BlakesleeApril 26, 20223.4, Excerpt

New Blasphemies

ProfileHeather BlakesleeApril 26, 20223.4, Heather Shayne Blakeslee, Excerpt

Sacred Clowns, Noble Dogs

EssayHeather BlakesleeApril 26, 20223.4, Walter Foley, Excerpt

Switchbacks // 'Father, Son & Holy Ghost'

SwitchbacksHeather BlakesleeApril 26, 20223.4, Lauren Earline Leonard, Excerpt

New Paradise in Pennsylvania?

3.3, SwitchbacksHeather BlakesleeJanuary 17, 2022Heather Shayne Blakeslee, Judy Wicks, Excerpt

RECOMMENDATION // AN ARTIST IN EVERY STOREFRONT

RECOMMENDATION // AN ARTIST IN EVERY STOREFRONT

A Q&A with Pittsburgh’s Vestige Concept Gallery

3.3, RecommendationHeather BlakesleeJanuary 17, 2022Kelsey Dennis, Excerpt

ART // A Time of Fire

A preview of an upcoming permanent exhibition at the August Wilson African American Cultural Center honoring the playwright.

3.3, Art & IdeasHeather BlakesleeJanuary 17, 2022August Wilson, Lauren Earline Leonard, Excerpt

Profile // Break the Nose of Every Beautiful Thing

Sighs from the depths of galactic artist Sabrina Small

3.3, ProfileHeather BlakesleeJanuary 17, 2022Heather Shayne Blakeslee, Sabrina Small, Excerpt

Essay // ‘I Am the Sun’ or ‘Two People in a Room’

Essay // ‘I Am the Sun’ or ‘Two People in a Room’

How painting men shifted my center of gravity in relation to half of the planet

3.3, EssayHeather BlakesleeJanuary 17, 2022Elizabeth Bergeland, Kuf Knotz, Excerpt