The December 1990 issue of Salt Magazine features stories on artist communities, the Tate and Tyng Street neighborhood in Portland, and potato farming.

As a blacksmith, Andrew Leck forges metal into pieces of art. Erin Birney profiles Leck's work with metal and becoming a blacksmith.

Based in Portland, Edwige Charlot is an artist and printmaker. Greta Moran profiles Charlot as she makes prints and discusses her Haitian-French-American heritage and how art helps her make sense of her identity.

As an artist, Mark Haltof teaches his craft to those interested. Megan Shank profiles how Haltof teaches people that anyone has the capability to create great art.

Going around Portland with her zine, Sigrid Harmon distributes art that she creates. Elicia Epstein profiles Harmon's music and art project.

By night, Tyler Devos is a musician, but by day, he works in group homes for adults with schizophrenia. Emily Forman profiles how Devos' work inspires the lyrics that he writes.

In order to represent Acadian people, Victorine Dionne and others create giant head sculptures. Emily Kwong profiles the work that these artists do.

Behind all of the graffiti and tagging in Portland, there is a complex and exclusive subculture. Steven Jackson highlights how the members of this community are artists dedicated to their artform and its governing rules.

Despite his distance from his father growing up, Richard Wilson has drawn inspiration from him as an artist. Sofia Saldanha profiles the relationship Wilson had with his father.

Two artists in the Penobscot Nation attempt to bring community together through an art project that integrates language, land, and time. Sean Edwin documents the work that James Francis and Dominic Polchies put into their New Moon Drum project.

In order to honor her mother who is recovering from a stroke, Raisa Pelletier is putting together a fashion show. Abby Holtzman documents the work that Raisa puts into her fashion and how it represents her philosophy of life.

As a singer/songwriter, Eric Bettencourt has relied on emotional turmoil to write better songs. Morgan Springer profiles how Bettencourt attempts to write music while trying to find personal happiness.