AL MAGAZINE · the best of the emergent arts in puerto rico

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the Puerto Rican, curated arts, design, music, fashion and culture website platform that features the best of the independent and emerging arts through editorial writing, fashion photography, original films and live events and experiences.

— what moves us —

besides the burning passion we feel for all forms and expressions of art, we’re also moved by a great desire to serve the local artistic community and encourage a sustainable lifestyle

it fills us with great pride to be able to highlight the best of the puerto rican arts and impulse and support the artistic career of many greatly talented locals, a initiative that keeps a direct relationship with sustainable practices

to support your local art and small business scene, is the first step toward a sustainable lifestyle

MEET AL TEAM

Estefanía Colón

Creator & Editor in Chief

Founder, Editor & Curator in Chief of AL Magazine, and AL Magazine Curated Online Store. Accountant, and leader & administrator almost since birth. Entrepreneurship and leadership run through her veins as much as creative ideas and an insatiable hunger for knowledge rule her life. Comedy aficionado and an official filmmaking student at the School of Cinematography, Arts, and Television of Puerto Rico.

www.estefaniacolon.com

FIRST GENERATION OF INTERNS

MADE POSSIBLE THE LAUNCHING OF THIS SITE !

Valerie Rodríguez

Content Coordinator

With an Associates Degree in Visual Communications of the University of Puerto Rico at Humacao, she currently studies Edition and Editorial Arts at the University of Puerto Rico at Rio Piedras.

Desireé Cruz

Writer, Photographer, Graphic Design

Owns a Bachelor's Degree in Fashion Design from the School of Plastic Arts and Design. Has written for several sources, including the newspaper Entre Paréntesis and is a multidisciplinary freelance photographer.

Tamara Sanabria

Writer and Photographer

Graduated from the University of Puerto Rico at Rio Piedras, Tamara owns a Bachelor's Degree in English Literature; literary practice characterized by the wide range of universal themes it deals with. She also haves extense photography experience.

Deborah Falcón

Social Media & Translation

Haves a bachelor in Business Administration from the University of Sacred Heart. She also works as a financial administrative manager for Inversión Cultural.

SECOND GENERATION OF INTERNS

MADE POSSIBLE OUR FIRST LIVE EVENT !

Junnely Viera

Content Coordination & Administrative Assistance

Edwin Domenech

Writer

Fiamma Seda

Writer & Graphic Design

Ana García

Writer & Editor

Carla Bonilla

Writer, Editor & Marketing

Christopher Figueroa

Photography & Audiovisual Production

Luis Santiago

Video Editor & Audiovisual

Production

Katja Torres

Photography & Audiovisual Production

Félix Rodríguez

Copywriter & Social Media

EDITORIAL CONTRIBUTORS

Auralis Herrero

Sustainable Design

Auralís is a sustainable fashion designer, entrepreneur, educator and manufacturing consultant with more than 10 years of experience in the industry. For the past 5 years she has specialized in assisting brands interested in sourcing and manufacturing in the United States. Her latest project Retazo is a training program for factories looking to manufacture high end ready to wear in a sustainable way under the principles of fair trade. She just won an economic incentive from the Commerce and Export agency of the island to start developing it. She is also a professor of sustainability and product development at Parsons New School for Design and the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York. Auralistudio is her sustainable clothing brand and it is designed and manufactured between Puerto Rico and New York. She has a bachelor's degree in fashion design from Moore College of Art and Design and recently graduated from the exclusive NY Design program Entrepreneurs, sponsored by FIT and the New York Economic Development Corporation.

Rafael Díaz

Plastic & Visual Arts

My name is Rafael Día Rivera (1982). My studies are in Art History and Sculpture from the University of Puerto Rico at Rio Piedras. I have written for several platforms among them Matte Magazine. I worked as an educator at the Museum of Art of Puerto Rico, and currently have my project R Woodworks stablished in Santurce. I'm passionate about plastic arts, architecture, the kitchen and books. My work or artistic proposal respond to the creation of sculptures and industrial design with materials I find in the streets and that, in some way or another, their story invites me to keep making history on it... from there comes out the industrial design objects. The material speaks to me so I can know what it wants to be.

Eduardo Rosado

Film

Eduardo Rosado is a Puerto Rican filmmaker, known as the father of underground cinema in Puerto Rico, He is known for making films using the improvisation technique and for being one of the greatest exponents of the free cinema movement. He is one of the most important and active historians of Puerto Rican cinema and is considered one of the pioneers in the media on the island. He is a stage actor and film historian, critic and writer. Since 2011, he is professor of film at various institutions such as the College of Cinematography, Arts and Television (CCAT), the Conservatory of Puerto Rico Film, Film School of Puerto Rico, Columbia University Center and Marquette University.

Zul Yanille

Art & Culture

Over 15 years of experience in the communications industry, producing and working with marketing, publicity and public relations. Graduated from the University of Sacred Heart with a masters in Communications, and a Bachelor in Arts with majors in production, publicity and theater. Is a public relations professional (R-739) and recently finished a masters in Audiovisual Writing at the International University of La Rioja. Currently owns a content agency The©Company and works as writer and creative strategist. Her passion, sports and a fan of television and theater.

Brenda Ayala

Humor, Art & Culture

When I was 3, my godfather took me to see the mummy at the UPR (University of Puerto Rico). Since then, I live obsessed with stories, semiotics and culture. My passion are words and thus, wording. Besides storyteller, I'm a publicist. THE END

AL MAGAZINE · the best of the emergent arts in puerto rico