Articles Tagged with: pandemic

Business Spotlight

Launching Mystical Twists a Macrame Craft Business during the Pandemic

September 8, 2021 Jennifer Link Kieffer Leave a comment

With the major changes the pandemic has brought about, many creatives have switched gears, started new businesses, and developed new skills. Toronto, Canada based makeup artist Melissa Nicholl channeled her creativity into a new craft, macrame, and used her business skills to launch Mystical Twists. We talked with her about the new endeavor and gained some insight into the new ways people are creating and living.

Stream Spotlight

Obscura Undead Fosters Online Goth Community

April 12, 2021 Dylan Madeley Leave a comment

By the end of March last year, most of the world was locking down and that included the clubs. Like previous streams Auxiliary has featured, Obscura Undead understood the need and quickly launched a Twitch stream to pair with their YouTube channel. In this Stream Spotlight we interview Azy, one of the main forces behind Obscura Undead.

Inspiration

Future Forward photoset by Digital Darkroom

August 5, 2020 Elizabeth Rhodes Leave a comment

Visual, creative, style, and fashion inspiration. This Inspiration features the Future Forward photoset by Steven Anthony Roe and Tiffany Trezzo aka Digital Darkroom.

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Kat Williams of Rock N Roll Bride on Weddings and the Pandemic

May 29, 2020 Jennifer Link Kieffer Leave a comment

We caught up with Kat Williams the woman behind Rock N Roll Bride to talk about her book on planning an alternative wedding, the magazine, the website, her new podcast The Confidence Club, and building a niche focused business. We ended up talking about wedding postponements, overcoming challenges, balancing positivity with the darker things in life, the power of an online community, and the best mindset one can have during a pandemic.

Contributor Spotlight

A Contributor Spotlight on photographer Saryn Christina

May 21, 2020 Jennifer Link Kieffer Leave a comment

Get to know our contributors better with our Contributor Spotlights, this time we are focusing on photographer Saryn Christina.

Contributor Spotlight

A Contributor Spotlight on our Associate Editor Elizabeth Rhodes

May 19, 2020 Jennifer Link Kieffer Leave a comment

Get to know our contributors better with our Contributor Spotlights, this time we are focusing on our associate editor Elizabeth Rhodes.

Contributor Spotlight

A Contributor Spotlight on our Copy Editor Dylan Madeley

May 1, 2020 Jennifer Link Kieffer Leave a comment

Get to know our contributors better with our Contributor Spotlights, this time we are focusing on our copy editor Dylan Madeley.

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Subculture Music in the Time of the Pandemic

May 9, 2020 Dylan Madeley 1 Comment

In three separate interviews, Daniel Graves of industrial pop band Aesthetic Perfection, goth pop band WINGTIPS, and dark pop sorceress Roniit shared with Auxiliary Magazine what changed for them when the pandemic called for us all to stay inside, what they are doing, and what supporters can do for artists today.