Upon graduating college in 2016, I found myself living back in St. Louis, MO and simultaneously yearned for the stimulating, open-minded university environment I'd left behind and noticed the city lacked an all-encompassing arts community. This led to the founding of SilverSpace, an online arts publication. Its mission was two-fold: to create a larger platform for the region's incredibly gifted artists and to facilitate the development of a thriving, vibrant artistic scene. SilverSpace highlighted events, profiled artists, and sought to amplify their work so that they, in turn, could help build a stronger creative community in the area.