In creating the cover for this issue, Amelia Rozear of Providence says she wanted to depict “the glow of warmth after a cold, cold winter. It’s the grandeur of spring taking over, and taking over someone totally.” A tea lover, one of her favorite cafés is Tea in Sahara; this is evident in her cover […]
I met Michelle Perez downtown for coffee at Bolt. I was looking forward to getting together because I had been poking around her website and discovered that she is an amazing artist. Imagine my delight when our time over coffee ended up being just as charming as looking at online images of her work in […]
Anthony Russo is a freelance illustrator living in Little Compton. His clients include the New York Times, Washington Post, Boston Globe, The New Yorker, The New Republic, Esquire, Random House, LA Times, Vanity Fair and others. Russo’s illustrations have brought him awards from Communication Arts, American Illustration, the Society of Illustrators, Graphis Annual, Society of […]
SARA INÁCIO, Providence artist, printmaker, and public engagement maintainer says, “I’ve been into making art for as long as I can remember – I was always the art kid growing up, and by highschool I was vending at markets and doing custom pet portraits on Etsy. Then I went to college for printmaking, and grad […]
Christian Scott picks up the phone after a few rings; when I ask how he is, he says, “Good.” Then a pause. “Sitting on a comfy couch!” This comfy couch is far away from my Pawtucket office chair, all the way in Seattle, where the 2022 RISD graduate, illustrator, and cartoonist has recently set up […]
The door of the tiny building is already open. We set our bags by the front windows, dotted with glass baubles. Doves, pumpkins, clear cubes with suspended drops of bright blue, all glow in the evening sun. A few strides away stand the ovens from whence they came. Start to finish. Every foot of studio […]
“People act shocked when I say I’m Native American,” says Indigenous artist Quai Perry. “When you say ‘Native American,’ most people think about the Western Tribes. They think we – the Eastern Tribes – aren’t here anymore.” Perry elaborates that the story, according to the history books, is that the Europeans came, conquered, and exterminated […]
Lenin Roman’s self-portrait features him in the middle of an alien abduction, flashing a peace sign and looking unperturbed. This image alone gives you enough insight into who he is. However, he also offers a list of his likes, which span from the paranormal to, “hearing about ghost and UFO experiences, Mexican food with an […]
Comic books were Pablo Youngs’ first introduction to art. Youngs and his brothers grew up reading superhero comics. He was particularly fascinated when he learned that different artists designed each character and story. Youngs found himself seeking out the artists as much as the fictional characters when selecting his books. Once he began drawing, he […]
To meet cover artist Jack Xuandong Zhou is to rub elbows with an up-and-coming, celebrity-status, multifaceted professional. Zhou’s demeanor is as bright and shiny as his product; his humor and artwork juxtapose the balance between evil and good, dark and light. Zhou expresses, “The most memorable part is to capture the landscape of Providence in […]