YNST Magazine, Issue 11

Issue 11 will introduce you to some of the innovators helping shape the arts & culture of Appalachia today! Savor the story of the award-winning chefs who transformed a farmstead into the cornerstone culinary destination Lost Creek Farm. Meet Clover-Lynn, the bluegrass musician rethinking the genre through her persona Hillbilly Gothic. Discover Jen Allen, the Ceramic Artist of the Year pioneering in her craft. Go behind the scenes of Elaine McMillion Sheldon’s latest film and the harrowing trek it took to make it. Read all about Mrs. Baxter, the artist and educator going viral for spotlighting student masterpieces. Meet the classical composer bringing Appalachia’s soundscape to Japan. And, like always, enjoy the freshest finds in colorful creative writing and original artwork.

YNST has dozens of unique contributors & is divided into 3 sections:

• Visions: all things arts and the artists who make it.
• Looks: the lens of fashion and photography.
• Perspectives: a celebration of culture, commentary and creative writing.

Appalachians are molding mountains into masterpieces with an edge of inherited grit and determination. That's why we're on a mission to portray the region with a contemporary, colorful point of view. We are capturing and amplifying the region’s vital storytellers, unique designers, impactful photographers, vivacious artists and underrepresented perspectives. This region is an undeniable creative force, and it’s time the rest of the world sees that too. 

YNST (You’re Not Seeing Things) Magazine is a print & digital media company dedicated to amplifying the unseen creative voices of Appalachia’s arts & culture.