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New Installation for the Fitchburg Art Museum 'Paper Town' Exhibition
New Installation for the Fitchburg Art Museum 'Paper Town' Exhibition
art installations, exhibitionsMay BabcockFebruary 3, 2023
Collaborative Anthotypes 'A Living Archive' Featured in Providence Arts & Letters
Collaborative Anthotypes 'A Living Archive' Featured in Providence Arts & Letters
studio process, press & publications, projectsMay BabcockJanuary 10, 2023
Artist Talk: 'Sea of Secret Colors'
Artist Talk: 'Sea of Secret Colors'
studio process, projectsMay BabcockNovember 22, 2022naturist artist, nature artists, artist ri, hand papermaking, hollander paper beater, seaweed art, kelp artwork, ink making
Making Inks for 'Sea of Secret Colors' (Part 3)
Making Inks for 'Sea of Secret Colors' (Part 3)
studio process, projectsMay BabcockNovember 3, 2022naturist artist, nature artists, artist ri, hand papermaking, hollander paper beater, seaweed art, kelp artwork, ink making
Making 'Sea of Secret Colors' (Part 2) - watch pressing & drying this new art series, and seaweed ecoprinting
Making 'Sea of Secret Colors' (Part 2) - watch pressing & drying this new art series, and seaweed ecoprinting
studio process, projectsMay BabcockOctober 19, 2022naturist artist, nature artists, artist ri, hand papermaking, hollander paper beater, seaweed art, kelp artwork
Making 'Sea of Secret Colors' (Part 1) - watch how I make this new art series
Making 'Sea of Secret Colors' (Part 1) - watch how I make this new art series
studio process, projectsMay BabcockOctober 4, 2022naturist artist, nature artists, artist ri, hand papermaking, hollander paper beater, seaweed art, kelp artwork
See How I Pulp Flax Tow & Linen Rag
See How I Pulp Flax Tow & Linen Rag
studio processMay BabcockSeptember 21, 2022naturist artist, nature artists, artist ri, hand papermaking, hollander paper beater, linen rag papermaking, flax tow papermaking, pulping natural fibers
Foraging for Seaweed Video
Foraging for Seaweed Video
studio processMay BabcockSeptember 5, 2022seaweed art, naturist artist, nature artists, female artists inspired by nature, kelp artwork, artist ri, artist rhode island, narragansett bay art
Summer 2022 Calendar of Events
Summer 2022 Calendar of Events

Upcoming exhibitions and papermaking workshops.

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exhibitions, events, workshopsMay BabcockMay 11, 2022
River Water as Art Material?
River Water as Art Material?

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.

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exhibitions, studio processMay BabcockApril 7, 2022
Is That a Cyanotype on Garlic Mustard Paper?
Is That a Cyanotype on Garlic Mustard 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.

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studio processMay BabcockMarch 18, 2022
Paper Organica at Homegrown Gallery
Paper Organica at Homegrown Gallery

Homegrown Gallery presents “Paper Organica,” a paper art show now on view at Homegrown Gallery.

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exhibitionsMay BabcockJuly 2, 2021
Ginger Ginger Ginger Paper
Ginger Ginger Ginger Paper

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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May BabcockMarch 16, 2021
The Surprising Paper Made from This New Hampshire Pondweed
The Surprising Paper Made from This New Hampshire Pondweed

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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May BabcockMarch 4, 2021
Artist in Residence at Salve Regina University in Newport
Artist in Residence at Salve Regina University in Newport

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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artist residencyMay BabcockNovember 26, 2019
Featured on NBC 10 News: "Art gallery enlivens basement of Rhode Island State House""
Featured on NBC 10 News: "Art gallery enlivens basement of Rhode Island State House""

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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press & publicationsMay BabcockNovember 19, 2019
Exhibition at T.F. Green Airport
Exhibition at T.F. Green Airport

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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public artMay BabcockNovember 12, 2019
ReSeeding the City: Ethnobotany in the Urban - Opening reception October 26, Rhode Island State House, Lower Level Gallery
ReSeeding the City: Ethnobotany in the Urban - Opening reception October 26, Rhode Island State House, Lower Level Gallery

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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exhibitionsMay BabcockOctober 12, 2019
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