Debra Herrick, Editor-in-Chief & Publisher

Debra Herrick is the editor and co-founder of Lum Art Magazine and the associate editorial director of University of California, Santa Barbara magazine and UCSB’s The Current. She serves on the board of trustees for the Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara and is a 2023 Individual Artist Fellow (Established) for the Central California region. She received her PhD in Latin American Literature from UCSB and is a proud alum of New College of Florida, the legendary bastion for free thinkers.

Arturo Heredia Soto, Art Director

Lum Art Magazine co-founder Arturo Heredia Soto is a fine artist, exhibition designer and art handler. He holds a B.F.A. in photography and painting from the National School of Fine Art in Mexico and has completed M.F.A. coursework in Image Studies at the Graduate School of Art and Design in Mexico City. He is the lead exhibition designer at the Art, Design & Architecture Museum at UC Santa Barbara. He is also the exhibition designer for the Santa Barbara County Office of Arts and Culture and is the former head preparator and exhibition designer at the Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara..