Upcoming exhibitions and papermaking workshops.
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It’s a wildly different encounter when facing a physical piece of art versus eyeing one on your computer screen.
That’s especially true for textured, translucent artist-made paper.
This is a weird paper, even for me.
Garlic Mustard (Alliaria petiolata), deemed an ‘invasive’ plant species in North America, is a troublesome plant that threatens biodiversity.
Homegrown Gallery presents “Paper Organica,” a paper art show now on view at Homegrown Gallery.
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You can DEFINITELY make paper from ginger stalks.
And the resulting handmade plant paper reaches the level of art in itself.
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There’s this weird paper I made from an equally weird-looking pondweed, while I was an artist in residence at the White Mountain National Forest. I spent a month up there in New Hampshire in 2019, hiking, kayaking, and exploring many plants for papermaking.
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You can find me in Newport the first few weeks of December, where I am relocating my studio practice to the Dorrance H. Hamilton Gallery as the Department of Art and Art History's 2019 Hamilton Artist in Residence.
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Check out this news segment and article on NBC 10 News! The feature covers the new exhibition space at the Rhode Island State House and ReSeeding the City…
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If you’re going through T.F. Green Airport this holiday season, be sure to check out my art on display at the GREEN SPACE Gallery, part of an exhibition entitled ‘Fiber Optical’. You’ll see ‘Great Salt Cove Macroalgae #2 and #3 which are very large seaweed pulp paintings, and a series of framed works from my Herbarium series.
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Providence, RI—From handmade paper crafted of local waste plant fibers expressing the changing nature of Providence’s rivers (collaborating artists May Babcock and Megan Singleton), the goal of the exhibition…
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Kokedama in Your Landscape, by papermaking artist Megan Singleton, is inspired by a desire to create art through interaction. The project spreads information about local and native plants using the Japanese Bonsai method…
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Harvest Kitchen, in collaboration with local artist, May Babcock, will hold a Papermaking Event featuring an interactive papermaking demonstration…
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Stop by to make your own paper using Japanese knotweed, a common invasive plant. Learn each step of the process from artist May Babcock, and browse informative books and handmade paper samples.
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White Mountain National Forest Artist in Residence May Babcock is a paper maker and visual artist. Join her in making paper from plants harvested from the WMNF earlier this summer. This hands-on event is free and open to the public. All ages are encouraged to attend.
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Join White Mountain National Forest Artist in Residence May Babcock and Marianne Leberman of the WMNF on an easy, beautiful walk to harvest plants while learning about forest ecology and the process of paper-making. Free and open to the public.
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May Babcock, a papermaker and multi-disciplinary visual artist based in Providence, Rhode Island, has been selected as the White Mountain National Forest Artist in Residence for 2019.
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