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Black Is Every Color, Alisa Banks, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

1 volume (8 unnumbered pages) : color illustrations ; in box 11.5 x 12.5 x 12.5 cm. Unique book. Artist's statement: Black, the sum of all colors, mysterious, all-encompassing, a shroud, a swarm. Familiar but unknowable, coveted and uncontained. This book work considers the encompassing nature of blackness. Box containing painted cube surrounded by four flaps featuring single signature books. Each stitched cover opens to reveal a poem about the color black. Media: Book cloth, book board, paper, acrylic paint, graphite, glass, embroidery thread, silk, watercolor, graphite. "Created while watching spring bloom and events unfold during COVID-19."--artist's website. Curated title …

Yiwen Wang, Yiwen Wang

UNBOUND 2020 Archive (Virtual)

I’m a RISD student majoring in Film/Animation/Video, but I also work with bookmaking and printmaking. My works often talk about love, romance, and reminiscence of a fictional past. Yiwen Wang behance, Paradise, entry in the Baker & Whitehill Annual Student Artists' Book Contest 2019.

Cathy G. Johnson, Cathy G. Johnson

UNBOUND 2020 Archive (Virtual)

Cathy G. Johnson is a printmaker, book-maker, illustrator and arts educator. Her silkscreen work is produced at the feminist art collective studio Dirt Palace in Providence, and deals with the themes of rebellion and opulence. She has been making art books and zines for over a decade, which contain comics, poetry, journals and drawings. She makes local community prints for clients such as Southside Community Land Trust and Gather Glass, and teaches art classes throughout New England. Cathy is also an author and illustrator, her published graphic novels include JEREMIAH (One Percent Press, 2015), GORGEOUS (Koyama Press, 2016) and THE …

Akadori Studios | Aya Rothwell, Aya Rothwell

UNBOUND 2020 Archive (Virtual)

My name is Aya (they/them or xe/xir). I'm involved in science communication, natural resource management, and independent comics. I have a Master of Science in Environmental Science and Management (Conservation Biology) from the University of Rhode Island. I have worked for various government and non profit organizations in the U.S. and internationally. I've lived in Atlanta, Boston, Rhode Island and in Japan. My work has included representing the U.S. in Japan; banding birds; capturing and identifying bees and insects; writing reports; drawing cartoons for labs and science journals; and managing social media for science resource centers. I self publish books …

Draw Down Books, Draw Down Books, Kathleen Sleboda, Christopher Sleboda, Zak Jensen, Nejc Prah, Daniel Eatock, Maziyar Pahlevan, Benoit Bodhuin, Bráulio Amado, Jost Hochuli, Ian Lynam

UNBOUND 2020 Archive (Virtual)

Draw Down Books exhibitors. Draw Down is an independent publisher located in the northeastern corner of the United States. Created in 2012, Draw Down publishes small books about graphic design, typography, illustration, photography, art, and architecture.

What Cheer Writer's Club, Litarts Ri

UNBOUND 2020 Archive (Virtual)

What Cheer Writers Club is a 501c3 nonprofit serving Rhode Island’s writers, illustrators and podcasters with discounted coworking space and community events and practicums. Founded in 2018, the Club serves as a central, umbrella organization supporting and providing space to many of our state’s writing-related nonprofits, as well as providing coworking, networking and career support to individual writers. Rebranded LitArts RI (2025)

Kate Aitchison, Kate Aitchison

UNBOUND 2020 Archive (Virtual)

I’m an artist primarily working within the mediums of print and hand made paper. Focused on ecology, landscape, and human's role in contemporary landscapes, I make prints, paper, prayer flags and books that speak to the human fingerprints across all wild landscapes, and the beauty inherent within them all. kateaitchisonart.weebly.com

Addie Best Studio, Addie Best

UNBOUND 2020 Archive (Virtual)

I am currently a student at RISD but I also run a small business selling prints and mending clothes. My work is primarily linocuts and letterpress with strong themes of sustainability and tradition with a healthy dose of whimsy. - Addie Best www.addiebeststudio.com, addiebeststudio instagram

Anneli Sanaye Henriksson, Anelli Sanaye Henriksson

UNBOUND 2020 Archive (Virtual)

I am a disabled artist that works in drawing, zine-making, and screen-printing. I moved to Providence in August 2019 to live and work at the Dirt Palace. I have exhibited at Comics Art Brooklyn, LA Art Book Fair, New York Art Book Fair, Chicago Art Book Fair, and Chicago Zinefest. My comics have been published in the Chicago Reader and I recently collaborated with the French fashion house Celine. www.annelihenriksson.com, @annelihenriksson

Betsey Swardlick, Betsey Swardlick

UNBOUND 2020 Archive (Virtual)

Betsey Swardlick is a Providence cartoonist making short & medium wild fiction comics. Big feelings, wiggly lines, explosive combination of text and image! www.bsward.com shop: Radiator Comics

Art > Dad _ Editions, Matthew Scott Gualco

UNBOUND 2020 Archive (Virtual)

Art > DAD _ Editions comes from my own dyslexic misunderstanding of the world and my misadventures therein. I have a mixed-bag of zines, posters, and wearable swag that make light of the highbrow art world and our own lowbrow pop culture. I genuinely want to make people smile when they interact with my art and invite them to contemplate the sacredness of some of our value systems. matthewscottgualco.bigcartel.com

Farm Projects, Bert Yarborough, Jan Moskowitz, Peter Scarbo Frawley

UNBOUND 2020 Archive (Virtual)

Farm Projects is a gallery/project space for exhibitions, projects and printed matter. Farm focuses on projects in and outside the physical space with contemporary artists. www.farmprojectspace.org, farmprojects instagram

Curtis Parvin, Curtis Parvin, Drew Kelly

UNBOUND 2020 Archive (Virtual)

Curtis Parvin and Drew Kelly ran Splash Page Comics (2016 -2020), their New England-based independent comic book company. As business partners, they published their award-winning creator-owned series, “The Legend of Beard Fist,” with Curtis supplying the scripts and Drew the visuals.

Fathom Library, Marcella Green

UNBOUND 2020 Archive (Virtual)

Fathom is a free community space + a feminist pop-up art reading room, focused on the art of storytelling through book making and sharing. fathom is also a living, growing archive, a library, of contemporary creative work with an emphasis on local, emerging work. The collection consists of printed, sharable material such as chapbooks, zines, short run published work, handmade artist books, magazines, photography books, publications from local publishers and presses, and so much more. fathomlibrary.tumblr.com marcellagreen.com

Huetown | Alec Thibodeau, Alec Thibodeau

UNBOUND 2020 Archive (Virtual)

I’m a Providence-based artist who publishes limited-edition prints of my drawings and designs using the Huetown name. I also make minicomics, postcards, posters and buttons. huetown.com

Arjun Kumar: Forest Of Enchantments | Boston University Graphic Design, Arjun Kumar

UNBOUND 2020 Archive (Virtual)

The Boston University Graphic Design program (undergraduate, graduate, and alum) showcases work generated from and informed by personal practice and studio projects (screen printing, book arts, and typography class). Students participating have a strong interest in experimental self-publishing and the role graphic design plays in communicating ideas and messages. bu_Graphicdesign instagram

Julia Illana, Julia Illana

UNBOUND 2020 Archive (Virtual)

I’m a Providence-area illustrator and comic artist! I’m a recent Brown grad and I currently work as a TA in the art department at Brown and as a teaching artist at CityArts. juliaillana.com

The Bing Machine, The Bing Machine

UNBOUND 2020 Archive (Virtual)

The Bing Machine is an educational art collective. Our work focuses on the production of academic art projects, exhibition props, academic documentation, and presentation. For Academics we provide 2D art and 3D art services including (GIS) geographic maps, 3D terrain maps, technical drawings, descriptive drawings, 3D modelling, and graphic-video production. For Institutions we offer services such as educational prop production, info graphic production, and 2D animation production.

Raw Meat Collective, Kyle Quinn

UNBOUND 2020 Archive (Virtual)

Raw Meat Collective is a independent publishing house based in Brooklyn, NY. The collective was created, designed and curated by artist Kyle Quinn and established in 2015. We work with a wide range of contemporary fine artists in all types of mediums, primarily in publication, print and fine art objects from all over the world. All books and publications within the collective are produced once and only available through Raw Meat Collective, through the involved artist independently or through our limited stock listings. Our concepts of titles range from current political struggles, sorrow and sadness, sexual awakenings and much more. …

Sara Inácio, Sarah Inácio

UNBOUND 2020 Archive (Virtual)

Sara Inacio is a printmaker and socially engaged artist based in Providence, RI. Born in Ipatinga, Brazil, Sara immigrated to the United States at the age of 9. She received a Bachelors of Fine Arts in printmaking with a public engagement minor from Maine College of Art in 2017. Sara has shown her work in various exhibitions and events in Maine, Rhode Island, Massachusetts and New York. She has participated in both international and national artist residencies including Art Farm in Marquette, Nebraska, and Green Olive Arts in Tetouan, Morocco. www.sarahinacio.com

Through her work Sara uses primarily animal imagery to …