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EDUCATION
2011 M.F.A. Printmaking, Louisiana State University Baton Rouge, LA
2008 B.F.A. Painting and Printmaking, Summa Cum Laude, University of Connecticut Storrs, CT
SOLO AND TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2021
Paper Organica, Homegrown Gallery, Providence RI
2019
ReSeeding: Ethnobotany in the Urban, RI State House, Providence RI
Invasive Beauty: New Works by May Babcock and Rebecca Volynsky, The Gallery at City Hall, Providence RI
2018
Blackstone Watershed, Machines with Magnets, Pawtucket RI
Ebb and Flow VI, unLOCK, Illinois State Museum, Lockport, IL
2017
Ebb and Flow II, Brown Arts Initiative, Granoff Center for the Creative Arts at Brown University, Providence, RI
2016
Ebb and Flow: An Exhibition of Hand Papermaking and Installation Work, Springfield Art Association, Springfield, IL
Exhibition by May Babcock, Block Island Airport Gallery, New Shoreham, RI
2014
Land Studies: New Work by May Babcock, AS220 Project Space Gallery, Providence, RI
2011
The Latent Landscape, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Glassell Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA
Passing Notes, Gya Gallery, St. Louis, MO
SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022
Art that Matters to the Planet, Roger Tory Peterson Institute, Jamestown NY
Art through Action: Restoration and Regeneration (WEAD), Palace of Fine Arts, San Francisco CA
Elemental Effects: Water + Wind + Earth + Fire, LBIF Arts & Sciences, Long Beach Island, NJ
Below the Surface II (Art League RI), University of Rhode Island’s Providence Campus Gallery, Providence RI
2021
Paper Organica, Homegrown Gallery, Providence RI
Origins & Destinations: Europe Edition, The Paper Academy, Gilleleje, Denmark and Capellades Paper Mill Museum, Capellades, Spain
2019
GREEN SPACE Gallery at T.F. Green Airport Warwick RI
Pulp + Process, Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, MA
Paper Possibilities, Chandler Gallery, Montpelier, VT
Hot House, Worlds Fair Gallery, Providence RI
2018
RISD Faculty Exhibition 2018, RISD Museum of Art, Providence, RI
Pathways, Baum Gallery Art Museum, Conway, AR
Paper Rock Scissors, Five Points Gallery, Torrington CT
Craft Biennale Scotland 2018: Response to Place, City Art Center, Edinburg, Scotland
Responsive Paper, IAPMA Congress Member Exhibition, Sophia, Bulgaria
International Biennial Paper Fiber Art, The National Taiwan Craft Research and Development Institute, Nantou County, Taiwan
2017
Natura-l Impressions, 3rd International Paper Biennale, City Hall Gallery, Meitar, Israel
Pulp as Portal: Socially Engaged Hand Papermaking, The Center for Book Arts, New York, NY
Paper Possibilities 2017: Exploring a Modest Medium, FVAC Drezner Gallery, Avon, CT
Natural Wonders, Sprout CoWorking Community Gallery, Providence, RI
2016
WORDS: Haiku on Paper, Northern Front Studio Gallery, Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada
8th International Printmaking Biennial of Duoro, Igreja Matriz de Alijo, Portugal
5th Connecticut Printmaking Invitational: Multiple Impressions, Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT
Flocked, Blocked, and Stenciled, 186 Carpenter Gallery, Providence, RI
Inspired Landscapes, Gallery 175, Pawtucket RI
2015
2nd Global Print 2015, Miguel Torga Cultural Space, Portugal
10x10x10, Pawtucket Arts Collaborative Gallery, Pawtucket, RI
2014
{this is ourselves} Under Pressure, Friends of Dard Hunter 2014 Annual Members’ Exhibition, 1890 Bryan Street Studios, San Francisco, CA
2013
Gumbo: A Collaboration of People and Pulp, Pianos for People, St. Louis, MO
Drawing for a Drawing, Imago Gallery, Warren, RI
Pounds of Pressure: Contemporary Prints in Large Format, Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge, Baton Rouge, LA
2012
Thirty Years of LSU Printmaking, Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, LA
Paper in Space, Beatrice M. Haggerty Gallery, University of Dallas, Irving, TX
Elevator Projects: Fluxswitch, Baton Rouge, LA
Uncharted Territories, SGC Navigating Currents Conference, St. Roch Healing Center, New Orleans, LA
5th National Collegiate Handmade Paper Art Triennial, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
2011
Chain Letter, Samson Projects, Boston, MA
Boston Printmakers North American Print Biennial, Juried by Jim Dine, Danforth Museum, Framingham, MA
Long River Poetry Collective, Gris Gris Lab, New Orleans, LA
2008-2010
Global Visions, Foster Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA
Art Melt 2010, Louisiana State Museum, Baton Rouge, LA
12th Annual Venus Envy, Baton Rouge Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA
No Dead Artists, Jonathan Ferrara Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Real Jobs, Highwater Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Estampa International Print Fair, Madrid, Spain
Bachelor’s of Fine Arts Exhibition, Storrs, CT
PUBLIC ART & COMMISSIONS
Ebb and Flow VII, Rhode Island State House, November 2019
The Mind's Eye: Natural Places in Paper, Arts Alliance of Northern New Hampshire, June 2019
Blackstone Watershed Papers, Public Art for City of Pawtucket Arts Review Panel Grant, Pawtucket RI - September 2018
Great Salt Cove Macroalgae, Public Art at PVDFest, Civic Center Parking Garage Facade, Providence RI - June 2018
Ebb and Flow VI, unLock Public Art Installation, Illinois State Museum, Lockport IL - Permanent
Ebb and Flow II, Granoff Center for the Creative Arts, Brown University, Providence, RI, August 2017 - June 2018
The Mind's Eye: Natural Places in Paper, CareLink 20th Anniversary Community Art Project, Providence, RI, 2017
AC Hotel Madison, Madison, WI - Permanent
AWARDS, GRANTS, RESIDENCIES
2022
Cape Cod National Seashore, Provincetown, MA
2021
Spring Island Artist in Residence, Okatie, SC
Public Art Learning Fund Grant, New England Foundation for the Arts
2019
White Mountain National Forest Artist in Residence, New Hampshire
Salve Regina University Artist in Residence, Newport RI
Citizen Citation, Mayor of the City of Providence, Rhode Island
Arts Access Grant, Rhode Island State Council on the Arts (RISCA) for Ebb and Flow Installation and Providence ¡CityArts!
2018
Creative Community Fellowship: New England, National Arts Strategies
Artist in Residence, Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Salt Flat, TX
Public Art Commission for PVDFest, Providence, RI
unLock: Merging Art and Industry, NEA Our Town Grant, Illinois State Museum, Lockport, IL
City of Pawtucket Arts Review Panel Grant, Pawtucket, RI
Top 10 Local Art, Runner Up, Law and Order Party
2017
Artist in Residence, Absaroka-Beartooth Willderness Foundation (ABWF), Red Lodge, MT
Project Grant for Individuals, Rhode Island State Council on the Arts (RISCA), for Pawtucket Paper, Pawtucket, RI
Annual Mural Grant, Brown Arts Initiative, Granoff Center for the Arts, Brown University, Providence, RI
2014
Short Twig Press at Longwood University, Farmville, VA, 2014
2013
Mass Cultural Council "Our Art of Nature Program", Brush Gallery
2012
Picante Paper Studio at the Southwest School of Art, San Antonio, TX, 2012
Lottery Award, 5th National Collegiate Handmade Paper Art Triennial
2008-2011
Full Teaching Assistantship, Louisiana State University
Student Scholarship, Friends of Dard Hunter
2007-2008
Honorific Mention, 4th Place, Estampa International Print Fair
Dean's Award, University of Connecticut
Dean's Purchase Prize, University of Connecticut
Cynthia Reeves Snow Watercolor Scholarship, University of Connecticut
Victor Borge Fund Scholarship, University of Connecticut
J&E Green Art Travel Grant, University of Connecticut
TEACHING & PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Penland School of Craft, Penland, NC
Papermaking & Cyanotype, Summer 2021
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Visiting Artist, Drawing & Papermaking, Winter 2020
MFA Thesis Critic, Spring 2019
Instructor, Papermaking, Department of Printmaking, Spring 2018
Worcester Art Museum, Worcester MA
Papermaking Workshop, Winter 2020
School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University, Boston, MA
Part-time Lecturer, Papermaking, Fall 2019
Brown University, Providence, RI
Visiting Artist, Art of the Book, Fall 2019
Visiting Artist, Art of the Book, Spring 2019
Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA
MFA Candidate Artist Mentorship, Fall 2019 - Spring 2020
Founder, Paperslurry.com, 2013-Present
Board of Directors, Hand Papermaking Magazine, 2017-2022
Pawtucket Paper, Instructor, Papermaking from Plants, Southside Community Land Trust, Galego Court Community Farm, 2017-Present
Pyramid Atlantic Art Center Hyattsville, MD
Instructor, Pulptypes: Hybrid Papermaking and Printmaking, 2017
Women’s Studio Workshop Rosendale, NY
Instructor, Pulptypes: Hybrid Papermaking and Printmaking, 2016-2017
Snow Farm: The New England Craft Program Williamsburg, MA
Instructor, Sculptural Papermaking, Cyanotype and Papermaking, 2019
Instructor, Papermaking with Plants, 2017
Instructor, Basic Papermaking and Pulp Painting, 2016
Vice President of Publications, Friends of Dard Hunter, 2014-2016
AS220 Community Print Shop Providence, RI
Instructor, Papermaking Workshops, 2013–2014
Louisiana State University, School of Art Baton Rouge, LA
Instructor, Introduction to Printmaking, 2011
Instructor, Beginning Drawing, 2010–2011
Instructor, Two-Dimensional Design, 2010
Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Book Arts, 2010
Instructor, Introduction to Lithography, 2009–2010
Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Intaglio, 2008
Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Lithography, 2008
JUROR & CURATOR
Panel Review, RISCA Community Art Grant, 2022
Payne Park Public Mural Selection Committee, Pawtucket, RI, 2020
Juror, 6th Baker + Whitehill Student Artists' Book Contest, RISD Special Collections Library, 2020
Juror, BOSS (Best of Salve Students) Exhibition, Salve Regina University, 2019
Curator, Uncharted Territories, SGC Navigating Currents Conference, 2012
Juror, Lagniappe: For Good Measure Printmaking Portfolio, Louisiana State University, 2010
PRESS
Art gallery enlivens basement of Rhode Island State House, NBC 10 News, November 21, 2019
The Art Buyer’s Guide to Rhode Island, Rhode Island Monthly, March 26, 2018
Babcock Reaches Watershed in Pawtucket, RISD Academic Affairs, February 6, 2018
In The Studio With PVDFest 2018 Public Artists, Providence Department of Art Culture + Tourism, May 11, 2018
4th Edition of PVDFest will fill streets, Providence Journal, April 4, 2018
International Paper Fiber Art Biennale Conveys Environmental Concepts, NTD TV, October 13, 2017
May Babcock Makes Paper from Her Environment, Take Magazine, July 12, 2017
One Step at a Time, Pawtucket Times, July 2017
The Creative Process on Display, Woonsocket Call, 2017
State Arts Council Announces New Art Exhibit at Block Island Airport, June 8, 2016
Clean Paper: Scenes from May Babcock’s Papermaking Class, Paper Connection, by Lauren Pearlman, October 17, 2014
An Interview with May Babcock at AS220, Big Red & Shiny, by Paulina Perlwitz, May 14, 2014
Papermaking with Artist May Babcock, AS220, by Alison Nitklewics, March 14, 2014
PUBLICATIONS
On Board: May Babcock, Hand Papermaking Newsletter, by Amanda Degener, 2022
Waterways and Local Plants Inspire Papermaking Artists, International Association for Great Lakes Research (IAGLR), 2020
The Papercraft Ideas Book, Jessica Baldry, Octopus Publishing Group, 2020
ReSeeding the City: A Multivenue Exhibition in Providence, Art New England, September/October 2019, Volume 40 Issue 5
Cyanotype: The Blueprint in Contemporary Practice, Christina Z. Anderson, Focal Press, 2019
Meet the Maker May Babcock, Mollie Makes, December 2019
Paperology, Cloth Paper Scissors, April 2018
Ebb and Flow: A Conversation Between Artists May Babcock and Megan Singleton, Hand Papermaking Magazine, Summer 2018
Issue #19, The Hand Magazine, January 2018
Cyanotype, Pulptype, and Paper, Bull & Branch, Friends of Dard Hunter, 2017
Ebb & Flow: A Collaborative Paper Installation, IAPMA Bulletin, by Megan Singleton and May Babcock, 2017
Young Papermakers Today: Three Profiles, Hand Papermaking Magazine, by Aimee Lee, Summer 2016
Intergenerationality, Hand Papermaking Magazine Limited Edition Portfolio, 2016
LECTURES AND DEMONSTRATIONS
Artist Panel, Three Papermakers on How Water Shapes Their Creative Practice, Philadelphia Academy of the Fine Arts, 2022
Artist Lecture, Papermakers of Victoria, 2022
Artist Lecture, Norman Bird Sanctuary, 2022
Instructor Lecture, Penland School of Crafts, 2021
Instructor Lecture, Women’s Studio Workshop, 2021
Artist Lecture, Brown University, Intro to Public Humanities, 2021
Artist Lecture, Spring Island Trust, Okatie, SC, 2021
Artist Lecture, Monotype Guild of New England, 2021
Panelist, Tied to Nature, North American Hand Papermakers Conference, virtual, 2020
Panelist, The Present and Future Needs of Contemporary Hand Papermakers; Paper Diaspora: Materiality, Identity, and Place, North American Hand Papermakers Conference, Philadelphia PA, 2019 BHPS
Artist Lecture and Kokedama in Your Landscape Workshops, Providence Art Club, 2019
Artist Lecture and Demonstration, Papermaking with Plants in the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness Foundation, Livingston Public Library, Livingston, MT, 2017
Instructor Lecture, Snow Farm: The New England Craft Program, Williamsburg, MA 2017
Typography Basics, RISD Guest Lecturer, The Photobook 5235-01, Fall 2015
Artist Talk: May Babcock, AS220 Media Arts Lecture Series, Winter 2014
Hand Papermaking Demonstration, Brush Gallery, Boston Printmakers North American Print Biennial, 2013 lecture
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Certified Invasive Plant Manager, 2022-present
URI Master Gardener, 2021-present
Hand Papermaking Magazine, Board of Directors, Vice-Chair, 2018-2022
SGC International, Site Host Communications Committee 2019-2021, Member, 2011–Present
North American Hand Papermakers, Vice President of Publications, Executive Council & Board of Directors (ECBOD), 2014–2016, Member 2010–Present
International Association of Hand Papermakers (IAPMA), Member, 2014–Present
Women Eco Artists Dialogue member 2020-Present
Ecoartspace member, 2020-Present