36 Arts adviser Chris Nordmark had a smile on his face when talking about what’s new with the club, and for good reason.

“This year the magazine will be out sooner than ever before,” Nordmark said. “Usually it gets out in early June, but we’re excited to have it for sale by the end of this month.”

Nordmark said the club reached an earlier publication date because they gathered art submissions earlier in the year. He also said they began looking for submissions from different departments in the school.

“We had similar types of art submissions as in years past, however, this year we also had art submitted from art classes and creative writing classes,” Nordmark said.

Rivka Buchbinder, the only junior in the club, said she helped come up with the idea to look around the school for more submissions. Some classes, including the creative writing class, gave out extra credit for students who submitted their art to the club.

“Although some people got extra credit for their submissions, we hope most people did just to be able to share their art,” Buchbinder said.

In order to publish the magazine, the club needed to raise it’s own money since they are not funded by the school. The club hosted various fundraisers throughout the year, although not all of them were successful. According to Nordmark the notebook sale didn’t go as well as he had hoped.

“The notebook sale didn’t work well to raise funds, so we will have to try something new next year,” he said. “We never turn a profit with selling the magazines, which is why fundraising is important.”

The magazines sell for only $5.00 each, however, Nordmark said the price of printing is much higher than that. Last year the cost of printing was $8.00 per magazine.

Although junior Joe Villano said he doesn’t know much about the club, he would definitely support it if he knew more about it.

“I think it’s important for schools and students to support the club because it is important to foster creativity as well as academics in the school.”

Although it is too late in the year to join the club now, Nordmark said the club is always happy to accept new members in the upcoming year.

“Right now we have two juniors and three freshmen who are going to be in the club next year,” Nordmark said. “However we are always open to new people and new ideas.”