Editor’s Note

Welcome to the new school year, Thread readers! It’s time to talk about one of my favorite things—Thread, of course. This year, Thread has made an effort to showcase our creativity in the most elaborate ways. With the help of the hardworking and passionate executive board and staff, we have been able to successfully execute our first issue: “The Modern Arts.” This issue is bringing modern appreciation to the art that we all know and love. Paying tribute to artists like Andy Warhol, Leonardo da Vinvi, and Vincent Van Gogh, this issue has a type of art for everyone. Using elaborate outfits, makeup looks, and settings, we hope to pull our audience straight into a painting. We cover a lot in this issue, like the new The Row Resort collection (P.20) and how to style pearls (P.26). We also highlighted the College of Fine Arts at Ohio University (P.152) and analyzed the objectification of women throughout art (P.170), among many other things.

Our Middle of the Book shoots are back and have a way of making the people looking at them feel as though they are walking through their favorite art museums. Titled “Let Them Eat Pizza,” “Some Tears Left to Cry,” “Statuesque,” and “From Aphrodite’s Eye,” these shoots are sure to make a lasting impact to anyone who lays eyes upon them.

As for updates with Thread, we now have a robust multimedia section, led by Julia Greenwood and Kat Frazier. Together, the two and their talented staff have produced 11 videos for this first issue. All content can be found on our YouTube and social media accounts. Speaking of our social media accounts, Amy Szmik and the innovative public relations team have conceptualized new ideas to engage people on our Instagram and TikTok. With our amazing photo team, Meg Rees, Corrin Switzer, Ella Calhoun, and Grace Braslawsce, we have more photos taken by staff in this issue than any in recent years. We wanted to give the opportunity to highlight more students’ work and provide a more elaborate visual element to our magazine for audiences to engage with.

Being back on campus in full swing has allowed us to be hands-on during all shoots, and having our dedicated fashion team, Samantha Kruse, Riley James, Mackenzie Price, Grace Auble, and Alexis Ky, we have been able to see the magic happen in person. The final look of our magazine is curated by Grace Sublett and our creative design staff. And of course, the magazine would not be complete without all the comprehensive stories written by the skilled editorial staff, all edited and directed by Erin Finan, Katie Millard, Hannah Campbell, and Carmen Szukaitis—the most driven editorial team we could ask for.

As soon as the year started, Hunter Gibson has helped coordinate fundraisers that will support Thread throughout the year as we continue to grow our magazine and its capabilities.

And a special thanks to my right-hand woman, Dori Gray, for helping all of our Thread dreams come true.

All that being said, this magazine is made by a group of passionate people, and we hope it finds its way to all the equally passionate people out there.

None of this could have been possible without all of you, our lovely, loyal readers. Thank you for the continuous support of Thread, and welcome to the best year yet. Now introducing “The Modern Arts” issue.

XOXO,