about WILLOWS
welcome to the world of WILLOWS, a multimedia online magazine committed to uplifting the work of up and coming artists. WILLOWS is the creative brainchild of olive uzoma & natalia guerra (besties & co-editors). rooted in the transformative experience of creating and consuming art, WILLOWS features work that impresses itself upon you, works that evoke feeling. named for the trees of our childhoods & dreams, WILLOWS represents the symbiotic relationships between dark and light, death and life, pain and healing. new issues are quarterly reflections, released at the end of the featured season.
our second issue, MACERATION, released september 22, 2025, showcased young artists of promise whose work aligned with the summertime themes of maturation, ripening, and the subsequent fall from such heights. it was organized into four general themes: softening, greatest delights, over-indulgence, & degradation
our inaugural issue, CATKINS, was released on june 21, 2025. CATKINS catalogued art that illustrated springtime themes of nascence, rebirth, and new beginnings. to make room for new growth, CATKINS & MACERATION have been archived for the time being.
you can indulge in the entirety of WILLOWS|CATKINS and WILLOWS|MACERATION on our substack, coming soon!
about THRESHOLD
as with the summer issue, our fall issue’s seasonal theme is divided into four subthemes that are connected to autumn’s reflective and transformative power.
each season brings change, but each season is unique in how and where it manifests it. read the adjacent slides for a glimpse into our autumnal interpretations.
where do you think each submission should fall?
about the editors
olive
olive is a writer and illustrator from long beach, ca. she is preoccupied by motherhood, mythology, mysticism, and the nature of the tragicomedic paradisean prison of life on earth. she wades through these themes by means of short stories, so-called poems, and drawings.
nati
nati is a creative from chicago, currently based in los angeles :) dipping her toes into various mediums, nati creatively persues that which calls only when it does. currently, she is dabbling in multimedia collage, cooking, jewelry-making, painting, and making candles. she plans to into playing the guitar, print-making, reading & writing more poetry. all recs welcome!