A Living Archive

On view in the alcove gallery June 10 – September 6

A Living Archive examines the collaborative work of paper and printmaker May Babcock and photographer Lindsey Beal. Together the artists integrate alternative photographic processes such as anthotypes and creative papermaking techniques to create work that reflects the New England landscape. The exhibition will explore their use of natural materials—such as pokeberries, seaweed, and lily of the valley—in their papermaking and photographic processes and how their most recent project explores the larger histories of industry within New England.

About the artists:

May Babcock is an ecocentric artist who transforms sediment, seaweed, and excess plants into handmade paper, revealing the complexities of various waterways. Rooted in hand papermaking and place, her interdisciplinary practice reconnects people to the voice of the land and waters. Babcock exhibits nationally and internationally, installs public art at universities, airports, and historic sites, and has taught at the Rhode Island School of Design and School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University. She founded Paperslurry.com, a hand papermaking blog.

Lindsey Beal is a photo-based artist in Providence, Rhode Island where she teaches at the Rhode Island  School of Design.  Her work examines historical American views on technology, parenting, and sexual & reproductive health, and how they reflect today’s political and social landscape. Committed to process, she connects her work to early photographic history and techniques, often incorporating sculptural photographs, hand paper making, or artist books into her work.