Overview of Canvas

Canvas Creative Arts Magazine is a Bloomington, Indiana based publication that accepts the best visual and written work from undergraduate and graduate students at the IU Bloomington campus. We distribute thousands of copies all over the state every semester. Canvas also regularly runs gallery events on the Bloomington campus, at the Indiana Memorial Union near Starbucks and occasionally in the dormitories.

The first issue of Canvas Magazine was published in 1996. It began as a short, black and white newsprint release that was sent out with the Indiana Daily Student, available to IU Bloomington students only. Canvas gradually evolved into a more elaborate, lengthier magazine featuring both art and written work from the Bloomington campus. In the spring of 2007, Canvas became its own Union Board committee and was directed by Alfonso Lerma. Now, Canvas is a full-color, perfect bound, 80-100 page magazine that accepts work from IU Bloomington students, and is accompanied by a premiere release event to celebrate each semester's new issue. The latest edition in the evolution of Canvas is the new website, launched in fall 2008.