| | | | |  | November Cohort - Annapurna Kumar, Elizabeth Tomasetti, Erin Woodbrey, Jean Mandeberg, Lonesome Bill Walker, Muggs Fogarty, noam keim December Duos - Virginia Thomas & Jo Ayuso, Devan Murphy & Cindy Crabb, M.B Boucai & Vanessa Gilbert January Cohort - Dale Going, Jung Hae Chae, Leela Corman, Marie Myung-Ok Lee, Ø.K. FOX, Promiti Islam, Thalia Zedek, Xray Aims February Cohort - Amanda L. Andrei, Amanda Torres, Greta Scheing, Lily Xie, Larry Krone, Matthew Lawrence, Veasna Has February Family/Teen residency - Antonia Bertucci, Ching-In Chen, Cassie Mira, Eli Nixon, Tanya Nixon-Silberg March Caregiver Cohort - Eve Kerrigan, Lizzie Anderson, Marcel Marcel, Marianne Bullock, Samantha Sea Sea, Uriah Bussey, veronique “nico” d’entremont March Duos - dama (aka Amanda Maciel Antunes) & Adele Bertei, Mary Tremonte & Melissa Weiss April Duos - Grace Talusan & Charlie Samuya Veric, Nirmal Raja & Ina Kaur, Zooey Kim Conner & Ren L[i]u Family Youth residency - Amanda Parrish Morgan, Angela Beallor and Elizabeth Press, Aymar Ccopacatty, Jenine Bressner |
| | | | 11/9 Palmslow, Laugh Track, and Bob the Weather Cat at Dirt Palace |
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September - October Window Artist - Lilly ManyColors
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|  | "We Ask The Water for Forgiveness" is a plea and whisper. They say whispers are more insidious than shouts, whispers make you believe it was your idea, and thus I've whispered this plea to myself and to others that we remember how important the water is for us and that the water needs our respect and our love if we are going to continue to live on earth. The red masked person is telling the story of Murdered and Missing Indigenous Womxn, one of the first sites of colonial destruction settlers perform. Since womxn are our first contact with water, (the womb) settler destroyers work first to cut us off from our mothers and the water - the life givers. Disappear and destroy the mothers/the womxn and the lifeblood of the community runs dry, cultural and spiritual drought begins. The blue masked figure is a daughter deity of Yemaya, come down here in a desperate attempt to get our attention and tell us that we've run out of time, that the waters are coming for the land, coming to restore balance, and if we do not remember how to respect and love the waters then the water will abandon us. |
|  | Manycolors (Australian-American b.1989) is a single mother, scholar, youth arts educator and interdisciplinary artist known for their emotionally-excavating artworks and ritual performances. Manycolors utilizes their racialized, marginalized/impoverished upbringing and experiences of being a disconnected/reconnecting person of mixed-raced/ethnic heritage in their art practice to “move towards existential reconciliation and evolving beyond the [western] human, restoring a sense of beingness, and reclaiming the self from the desires of white supremacy”. Their scholarly work centers trans-species kinships and decenters human supremacy seeking to understand the human’s role in a planetary future. Manycolors runs youth arts programs yearly for elementary, middle and high schoolers that are rooted in political liberation, planetary kinships and reframing art as a mechanism for growing, learning and sharing. Manycolors founded the community arts studio AUNTY’S HOUSE in Providence, RI in 2023 to fulfill the need for a parent/youth centered art space that bolsters multigenerational engagement. Manycolors is an adjunct faculty at Rhode Island School of Design. |
|  | August - September Window Artist - Anna McNeary
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|  | Anna McNeary is an interdisciplinary artist who holds an MFA in Printmaking from
Rhode Island School of Design. Her work in printmaking and textiles uses domestic materials and processes to reflect on labor, aging, loss, intimacy, and social identity. She has exhibited at venues across the United States including Black Mountain College Museum & Arts Center’s {Re}HAPPENING Festival (Asheville, NC), Newport Art Museum (RI), and Print Center New York. Selected residencies and awards include a Post-Graduate Apprenticeship at The Fabric Workshop and Museum (Philadelphia, PA), a Santa Fe Art Institute residency (NM), and a RISCA Make Art Grant. She serves as Visiting Assistant Professor in Printmaking and Drawing at College of the Holy Cross (Worcester, MA), and lives in Providence, RI. |
|  | Photo by Dominique Sindayiganza |
| | This window was made possible in part through funding from the Providence Department of Art Culture and Tourism |
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| | | | | | I recently started making 40 minute drives (the perfect distance). Driving up the (THUMP THUMP THUMP) bridge to Fall River is always dramatic and always new. I’ve heard it’s the most car-fire prone road in America. I’ve yet to find this to be true but fingers crossed I’ve recently regained my ability to think (because of perfect 40 minute drive-times) and the conclusions I’ve reached are boring Is this the month that manhood is finally thrust upon me …?
In the film world… I am trying to make a film about the Atlantic Mills… I’m leaning in slowly and looking around… If anyone is willing to let me into their space to look and talk, I’d love to do so soon…. my instagram is @exu.de if anyone is so kind as to open a door to me My dirt palace film is almost picture-locked. It’s so close. I have all the pieces. I just need to make the final edit.
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|  | Jules (Kang Sharpe) animated some things for my film Mr. Mr. Welcomes You Home, which is awesome because now I don’t hate it anymore!
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Ah yes! Dear Readers, A Gentle Autumn to you,
It has been a Powerful Nose-dive into the Thinning of the Veils for lil’ old me and with great change MUST come great TRUTH....I’m coming clean and COMING OUT…
as a TOTAL BUSINESS GAL!
I am, and have always been, ALLLLL ABOUT S Y N E R G Y !
With an amount of planning I can only categorize as
“Huh, I guess it’s happening this way”
a number of projects have come to Bloom and all in theme and relation to a series of Poems I have been writing
called “i won’t wait to love you” which is
~ in Rotation at the Word Shelter at the Wedding Cake House through October
~ a new Risograph Zine that debuted at the Ultimate Queer Trans Zine Fest
~ a series of Paintings on Display Now at Riffraff through Mid-November (we will announce some kind of Gallery Closing Party Soon) !!!
* It would make a huge difference to paying down some shadowing debt to sell some pieces from this show ~ all available for sliding scale Direct through me via instagram @ q_buckaroo, or email johnfrquinonez@gmail.com *
My creative practice has been primarily centered in my work as an Organizer, so it has been Powerful and Exhaustively Vulnerable to have the light on me in this way. I am so grateful to my residency at the Dirt Palace & my time as a Resident/Member at Binch Press & Queer.Archive.Work. for reactivating this part of my Spirit!
Other Fun Updates:
~ BIG FEELING ICE CREAM is ever-closer to Opening our First Brick and Mortar! Likely in the next month!
~ I have a Poem in MOTIF MAGAZINE for the Hispanic-Honoring Issue. “RE: Hello Earth” is for my Abuelo and was originally published in my Collection of Poems Keep Your Little Lights Alive (Poems After Kate Bush’s ‘Hounds of Love’ and Others) which is 2 YEARS OLD as of this week! Happy Birthday, Book! Grab your copy at your favorite local bookstore!
~ LOST BAG continues to be Busy & Chugga-Chugging along with 2-4 events a week ranging from regular Figure Drawing Sessions to Live Music & Performance Art. I’ll attach some Fliers in UPCOMING EVENTS.
THANK YOU!
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|  | | MY OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER TATTOO BOOKS ARE OPEN!!! Let me give you a tramp stamp! Let me tattoo your ears! I want to tattoo YOU!
As far as updates about me, I’ve got a new job and I quit my old one! I’m at the baby factory now (a daycare) which is kind of weird and new, but not bad, so we’ll see if I like it or not! It’s also haunt season so I’m getting to do a lot of airbrush makeup and Loud Voice practice :)
I’m putting together the show happening at Dirt Palace for November! It’s going to be on 11/9 with Palmslow, Laugh Track, and Bob the Weather Cat and will be so much fun. |
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I started a Substack. What is a Substack someone asked me the other day? I had no great answer.. Maybe something between a blog and newsletter that sometimes people make money from (I don’t have any such aspirations so mine is free). It’s called Wild Goose Chase and it's maybe a performance art score with one instruction which is to get sort of lost and then find something. Or maybe its travel writing inside of a shoebox of a state connected by a vast network of wormholes. The early bird gets the wormhole! There is also a subplot involving geese and ducks and other waterfowl. Though, to be honest, like most things that I do, there isn’t actually that much plot. Its also just me, at middle age, attempting to write about art (lowercase) and artists who I've crossed paths with in my adventures of living in this place which now accounts for 3/5ths of my time on planet earth, or roughly about 30 years.
It's also an excuse to occasionally leave Providence for other nearby locales. Here’s a link to the intro essay with a FAQ in case you’re on the fence about subscribing and want to FULLY UNDERSTAND what you’re getting into. And here’s a link to my last essay, which was about Point Judith.
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The next place that I am trying to go to for this endeavor is Despair Island. Why? Because it is absolutely outlandish and over the top to name an island Despair. A festival of potential metaphor and glib depressive puns. But all joking aside, do you have a boat and would you be willing to drop me off and pick me up a few yards out from Despair at low tide? I am prepared to swim to and from the boat, because I get that Despair is surrounded by rocks. I know this is a weird ask, but maybe you or someone you know just goes out on boats in that part of Narragansett bay all of the time. Thank you for your willingness to consider helping with this somewhat inconsequential research! |
| | Making Bells & Raising Hell
HARPY will be playing with Makoto Kawabata, Tim Dahl and Dullcare on Nov 11th Some exciting news coming down the pike…. you’re just going to have to wait! |
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| | **SOLIDARITY WITH ARTISTS AT ATLANTIC MILLS!!** |
| | HAPPY BIRTHDAY (SOON) EXYL!!!also (even sooner) MARY-KIM!!! |
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AUNTY'S HOUSE is seeking folx who want to rent studio space! There are two studios available that are roughly 280 & 300 sq feet. Both are private and have locking doors. We are prioritizing QTBIPOC folx who have children, or are aunty/uncle/guncle/gunty types as we are a children/youth inclusive space. Renting space with us means you are part of our ARTS KINSHIP that holds one meeting every 2 months, does one collective exhibition a year, you have opportunities to run programs in our programming space, and be part of a wonderful community. We are around the corner from The Steel Yard, above Anyhow Ceramic Studio, and across from Bidon Community Print & Design studio. We are also an animal friendly space!
If you are interested in being a part of the KINSHIP and renting a studio here is an inquiry form: https://forms.gle/pCJwt3ya7zFJyms36 |
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#1 The Spring 2025 Design Catalyst Program Application Deadline: October 20th Application Link: https://www.designxri.com/programs-and-events/design-catalyst/spring-design-catalyst/ Are you a small creative business owner in Providence? The Design Catalyst Program was designed to help YOU grow your business through training, mentorship, and funding opportunities, for FREE! The 2025 Spring Design Catalyst is a business development program with the potential of milestone based reimbursement grant funding for low-to-moderate income Providence-based creative businesses. It provides business mentorship, professional development training, peer-to-peer networking, and potential seed capital.
The Catalyst Program is an incredible opportunity, and it's open to a vast variety of creative businesses--past cohorts have included jewelry designers, metal-workers, costume designers, textile designers, gallery and shop owners, ceramicists, perfumeries, stained-glass artists, and more!
Applications close October 20, so get yours in ASAP! To be eligible, you must be a Providence resident, and your business must be located within Providence. See the full eligibility requirements on the DESIGNxRI website.
#2 The DESIGNxRI Sweater Social What? The DESIGNxRI Sweater Social is a festive evening of networking in 195 District Park with live music from the Leland Baker Quartet and spinning vinyl from Analog Underground, drinks from the Guild, and bites from the Friday Food Truck! When? October 18th, 4-6:30PM Where? Bally’s Event Lawn at 195 District Park Register: https://www.designxri.com/programs-and-events/sweater-social/ What do you get when you combine cozy vibes, good food and drinks, and design? The DESIGNxRI Sweater Social! Join us next Friday, October 18th at 4PM on Bally’s Event Lawn at 195 District Park for a festive evening of networking with live jazz from the Leland Baker Quartet and Analog Underground spinning records. With drinks from the Guild and snacks from the Friday Food Truck, there's no better way to start your weekend. If you own a sweater and are interested in getting to know Rhode Island's design community, what are you waiting for? Register for the DESIGNxRI Sweater Social now on DESIGNxRI's website!
#3 October Creative Conversations What? Creative Conversations is back this October featuring the designers behind the DESIGN WEEK RI 2024 beer can label, Rye Dean of LUMUKU and Hannah Chung. Spend the evening with your fellow designers and design enthusiasts and learn more about Hannah and Rye's work! When? October 24th, 6-8PM Where? Moniker Brewery, 432 W Fountain St, Providence, RI, 02903 Register: https://www.designxri.com/programs-and-events/creative-conversations/
#4 REDEFINE! Design Definitions! DESIGNxRI is in the midst of a project called DESIGNxREDEFINE which is examining the definition of the word DESIGN. This project hopes to uncover how a community sourced definition of the word design might demonstrate how the word and its understanding have evolved. DESIGNxREDEFINE seeks to explore & interrogate the definitions of design, its relationship to our communities (at large), and the ways in which design fields impact and/or engage at diverse levels. Link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSccFS614AhGq_-9O3uEmYeKym0QB-bO_pHBx9-BIZMF6SwoHg/viewform |
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