Cartoonists, comic strip creators, sequential narrative artists … call them what you will; they walk among us, even here in Rhode Island. In this season of Rhode Island Comic Con, Motif assembled a virtual roundtable of local comic talent to answer questions that drill to the core of who these people are and why […]
The Providence Street Art Festival was held at the downtown skating rink on Oct 20, 2018. Photos by Cristina Berrios […]
This weekend will mark the fourth annual Rhode Island Cannabis Convention, hosted by NE CANN and taking place at the Rhode Island Convention Center. The event will feature educational speakers, networking opportunities and more than a hundred exhibitors for attendees to visit throughout the day. Kicking off the event on Saturday will be keynote speaker Eric […]
Anthony Russo lives in Little Compton, but his art travels well beyond our borders. It has appeared in The New York Times, Rolling Stone, Esquire and The Boston Globe, among other publications. His illustrations have graced the covers of numerous books, and his fine art is something to be admired. During our interview, Russo told me that […]
Michy Lopez is smiling, but she’s answering questions that have been asked over and over: “Horchata is a Central American drink,” she says to someone. “It’s made with cinnamon and it’s sweet.” “Chulita is an expression that means cute, or pretty,” she explains to someone else. They stand in the space typically used by Cafe […]
Mr. Fish is the nom de plume of Dwayne Booth, an artist whose clever, biting, often funny, sometimes gut-punchingly painful work is the subject of the documentary Mr. Fish: Cartooning from the Deep End, scheduled to be screened at this year’s Rhode Island International Film Festival. I recently talked to Fish and he chatted happily about […]
This past June was a bright month of creativity in Providence. The City hosted its annual PVD Fest, which was an expansive network of creative programming produced by community members and led by the City of Providence and its Department of Arts, Culture + Tourism. An overwhelming amount of cultural, artistic and creative community […]
Got art? Berge does, and not only in his Federal Hill Gallery. Now he has branched out with Moby the ArtMobile, which houses a variety of international and local art. I sat with Berge Zobian at his Gallery Z to discuss his remarkable concept and learned more about the man behind the mobile mission. Carrie Decker […]
Artist: Explosive Corrosive Joseph