Constance is an annual arts and literature journal based in New Orleans, Louisiana, founded in 2006 by graphic designer Erik Kiesewetter and writer/editor Patrick Strange, who is also the ex-managing editor of Los Angeles–based Filter.
[1] The magazine features a wide range of art, including painting, writing, illustration, graphic design, graffiti, poetry, sculpture, photography and collage.
[1] The first issue, "Replicas and Replacements", was published in December 2006 and featured 40 New Orleans artists and writers in a 96-page color publication.
The issue had a limited run of 1,000 hand-numbered copies and included works by Christopher Chambers, editor of the New Orleans Review, Michael Patrick Welch, author of the novel The Donkey Show, and Samia Saleem, editor and creator of Degrees of Separation.
"Delicate Burdens" contains the work of over 45 New Orleans–based writers and artists, including Lee Crum, Frank Relle, Bud Faust, Andy Young, and Tim Best.