Fuse (magazine)
FUSE is a Toronto-based Canadian non-profit arts and culture periodical published by Artons Cultural Affairs Society and Publishing Inc. FUSE is one of Canada’s longest running alternative art publications. Throughout its 35 year history, the focus has been the interchange between art, media, and politics.
History
Centerfold, an arts newsprint magazine addressing the lack of critical discourse within artist run culture, was founded in Calgary, Canada in 1976. In 1978, Centerfold relocated to Toronto, and in 1980, the name of the magazine changed to FUSE. The focus of the magazine shifted from “an interdisciplinary artists” magazine to "a cultural news magazine”.[1] The publishers of FUSE incorporated as Artons Cultural Affairs Society and Publishing in 1984.
Founding Editors
Centerfold Founding editors: Clive Robertson and Marcella Bienvenue. Continued as FUSE after the November 1979 issue: Founding editors: Clive Robertson, Lisa Steele and Tom Sherman.[2]
Contributors
Early contributors to the magazine include:[3]
- Bruce Barber
- Karl Beveridge
- Kenneth Coutts-Smith
- Sara Diamond
- Richard Fung
- John Greyson
- Rina Fraticelli
- M. Nourbese Philip
- Tom Sherman
- Neil Tenhaaf
- Kim Tomczak
References
- ↑ Clive Robertson, Policy Matters: Administration of Art and Culture (Toronto: YYZ Books, 2006), ISBN 0-920397-36-0, pp. 223ff. Excerpts available at Google Books.
- ↑ Gwen Allen, Artists’ Magazines: An Alternative Space for Art (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press 2011), ISBN 978-0-262-01519-6, p. 249.
- ↑ Clive Robertson, Policy Matters: Administration of Art and Culture (Toronto: YYZ Books, 2006), ISBN 0-920397-36-0, pp. 225ff. Excerpts available at Google Books.