Arcanum Magazine

Arcanum is the secret language shared by the diaspora. We are a global collective of Black creatives making space outside the margins. We are the storytellers, the healers, the offbeat and unconventional. We are an intersectional community of collaborators whose mission is to uplift the work of our peers.

Arcanum Magazine is a digital and print magazine for creative writing, visual art, cultural criticism and journalism by and for the Black diaspora. Just because we are Black artists does not mean our work has to be based in tragedy and edited for mass consumption. It should also be funny and joyful and risky and heartwarming. All those things we are so often not allowed to be. Arcanum is liberation, here we exist freely.

This Juneteeth, more than ever, we recognize a need for Black art and Black stories. White supremacist power structures specifically exclude Black creatives from the art and publishing industries. We require reparations. Our mission is to platform and pay Black people for their work. The funds raised will be allocated to paying contributors, maintaining the website, and production for the first year.