By appointment only. Email industries@as220.org to set up a time to visit. If you are already a member, please book time 48 hours in advance on Booked.
We are located on the 1st and 2nd floors of the Mercantile Building at 131 Washington St. in downtown Providence. Our main entrance is at the rear of the Mercantile, on Lucie Way, a pedestrian walkway accessed via Mathewson St. For elevator and handicapped access, use the front entrance of the Mercantile Building.
News: Carlos De LaRosa, 2019 “Find Life’s Surprises” Awardee
On August 6, AS220 Youth alum Carlos De La Rosa was presented with the William K. Daby “Find Life’s Surprises” Award. Presented by Dot Daby, wife of the late William K. Daby, this scholarship award is presented to an emerging photographer from the AS220 Youth community each year to support their passion for photography, and includes a $1,000 equipment stipend and a yearlong standard membership to access the community darkroom and media arts facilities at the AS22O Industries.
The William K. Daby Find Life’s Surprises Fund was established by Bill and Dot in 2016, prior to his passing in July of that year. After more than 40 years of pursuing his passion for photography as a professional photojournalist, including a long career at the Providence Journal, Bill felt strongly about supporting the development of the next generation of photographers in Rhode Island. If you are interested in supporting the fund, you can donate to it here.
“With the help of having received this award, I will be able to continue more photography projects. Along with the equipment and the As220 membership allowing me to use the artist spaces, I will be able to further expand my ideas and grow as an artist. This opportunity means I will have a better grasp of what I can accomplish and allow me to reach for bigger and greater themes in my photography.”
—– Carlos De La Rosa
ABOUT CARLOS DE LA ROSA
Providence-based photographer Carlos De La Rosa was born in New York City and raised in Providence, Rhode Island. He learned photography at AS220 Youth in downtown Providence. Most of his work revolves around people’s stories and how he can portray that in a photograph. He works primarily in analog black-and-white photography and develops and prints his own work. Over the years, he has shifted from photographing his life to the lives of others, making sure those who have stories to tell are heard and acknowledged. Carlos is influenced by the people around him; the people that are in his stories, his family, his parents, his friends, and mentors and his past projects.
ABOUT WILLIAM K. DABY
ABOUT CARLOS DE LA ROSA
Providence-based photographer Carlos De La Rosa was born in New York City and raised in Providence, Rhode Island. He learned photography while a member of AS220 Youth in downtown Providence. Most of his work revolves around people’s stories and how he can portray that in a photograph. He works primarily in black-and-white film photography, developing and printing his own work in a traditional darkroom. Over the years, he has shifted from photographing his own life to documenting the lives of others, making sure those who have stories to tell are heard and acknowledged. Carlos is influenced by the people around him; the people that are in his stories, his family, his parents, his friends, his mentors, and his own past projects.
ABOUT WILLIAM K. DABY
William K. (Bill) Daby (1938-2016) was born in Fall River, Massachusetts and graduated from the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth with an art degree. While serving as an Army photographer, Bill was stationed in Texas and Germany between 1960 and 1963. He credited this experience to his feeling for street, architectural, and landscape photography, which served him well for more than 35 years as a photojournalist with newspapers in the Midwest and Rhode Island’s Providence Journal. He had a passion for photography and was happiest with his camera in hand. Bill was a recipient of numerous awards for excellence in photojournalism.
During his long and successful career, Bill took pictures in over 30 countries. He got himself into many unique situations to “get the shot”, including climbing a 150-foot steel ladder to the top of Iowa’s second-highest silo in order to photograph the construction of the state’s highest silo. He scaled pyramids in Egypt; went aloft in the Goodyear blimp; and flew with the Snowbirds, Canada’s Air Force precision flying team.
News: Print portfolio produced at AS220 Industries on view at Sprout CoWorking.
PROVIDENCE, RI (August 2019) — AS220 Industries and its members are excited to present {Un]Common Ground at Sprout CoWorking on Thursday, August 15th.
{Un]Common Ground is a print exchange portfolio exhibition created by twenty members of the AS220 Industries, AS220’s collection of community workspaces and resources for digital fabrication, printmaking and media arts, located in Providence, RI. The project was organized and curated by AS220 resident and long time Industries member, Ryan Dean of Lumuku.
Dean pulled together artists and makers, all members of AS220 Industries, to bring their different skills and backgrounds together to create unique prints. The concept behind [Un]Common Ground was to pair members from different disciplines at random in hopes that they would create a print edition using an interdisciplinary approach. Each pair utilized the printmaking, media, and digital fabrication resources available at the AS220 Industries. The result is a stunning suite of prints, impressive both in its diverse approach to image making and its ability to spotlight the talent and vibrancy of the AS220 Industries membership and community.
The participating member artists include: Zabdiel Alejandro, Jacques Bidon, Jenny Booth, Savannah DaCruz, Ryan Dean, Madison Emond, Michael Ezzell, Brian Hennessy, Shannon Kennelly, Britton Kroessler, Hannah Liongoren, Rosemary Marchetta, John Paul McCaughey, Jose Menendez, Ryan Pease, David Riley, Juli Schlag, Leigh Waldron-Taylor, and Rachael Wise.
See more of the process below:
CNC cut relief block printed on the Letterpress made by Riley + Booth
The opening reception for [Un]Common Ground is on Thursday August 15th, 2019 from 5pm – 9pm at Sprout CoWorking Space at 166 Valley St, Building ^M, Suite 103, Providence, RI 02909.
For more information, email industries@as220.org.
Sneak peeks of the art work on view:
Offset Print made by Bidon + Hennessey // Relief + Laser cut made by Wise + Waldron-Taylor // 3D Accordion Silkscreen print, sideview made by Liongoren + DaCruz
March 15, 2019
Member Spotlight: Member March Shout Out!
This month in our Member Spotlight, we wanted to give a few shout outs to Industries members would are exhibiting regionally and locally.
AS220 Resident and Industries Member Kyle b co. are an exhibiting fellowship recipient of the 2019 Rhode Island Council on the Arts Fellowship. Their artist talks and the closing reception of the annual fellowship show is set for Sunday, March 31, 2019, at the Warwick Center for the Arts.
A(raylicious)-Package-of-Blackness by Artist Kyle b. co. // CUT + PASTER Postcard Image by John DeMelim, Fragments on the Wall, 8” x 8” x 2”, collage.)
AS220 Resident and Industries Member Benjamin Lundberg Torres Sánchez is participating in a group show entitled, CUT & PASTE at the Jamestown Arts Center, Jamestown, RI. Their works along with others will be on view from March 14 – April 20, 2019.
New Member Austin Blanks and his team recently proposed their project is titled “Hay Neighbor!” for the “Imagine Us Here” request issued by CityWorks. In collaboration with Aaron Tobey and Shou Jie Eng, they propose a series of pavilions made with straw bales along the Providence River Greenway. Their project statement as follows: Hay Neighbor! is a commitment to using the familiar in unfamiliar ways. From the oft-overlooked straw bale as a mode of construction to the underused and transitory stretch of South Water Street as a site for community action, this commitment threads its way through the project just as the Providence River weaves through the city. Our proposal creates a series of five pavilions that we call “vessels”: places where civic energy can be accommodated and amplified along the river. Each vessel performs a specific function, like an urban instrument. From north to south along the river, the vessels in turn see, gather, listen, project, and condense.
Industries Member Madison Emond has a solo exhibition at Space Place Gallery in Nizhny Tagil, Russia. Located in the center of the Eurasian continent, sitting 25 kilometers east of the border between Europe and Asia alongside the Ural Mountains. Her show entitled, “North Side of the Sound,” features work from two projects: my senior thesis “I Have Never Stepped in the Same River Twice” and my latest project, “North Side of the Sound”
Common Thread featuring the works of Providence-based Contemporary artists: Christian Roy & Industries member Michael Ezzell. Common Thread is an exploration of classical myths told through the lens of printmaking and weaving. Tactile in nature, Roy’s delicate wall hangings interpret stories conceptually and graphically, utilizing repetitive shape and pattern. Ezzell’s etchings celebrate the richness of detail and symbolism that myths would illuminate, guiding the viewer through an illustrative narrative. Shown side by side, threads can be drawn between the two.
Printmaker Micheal Ezzell’s etching process, artist proofs, and exhibition announcement.
Industries member Kah Yangni will be participating in the MFA Late Nite March event as part of their rollout for their new Gender Bending Fashion exhibition. Kah will be participating in their Maker Market, which will feature queer artists in and around Boston, MA.
Display of Artist Kah Yangni’s printed tote bagsPaul Parker Portrait for their show “Labels” // David Dvorchak Petting Sitting Portrait of Owner and their pet
Industries member Paul Parker is exhibiting new works in his exhibition entitled, Labels on view at the AS220 Main Gallery at 115 Empire Street. AS220 Staff and Industries’ member David Dvorchak’s show, Pet Sitting, will be at the AS220 Main Gallery in April (opening April 6th). Medium format film portraits of people and animals. Shot at Media Arts and processed and printed in the Community Darkroom.
ƒrµÏ†Ï✿Ǹ, the gallery show is opening on Saturday April 6th, 5-7pm, at AS220’s Resident Gallery. The show will include all the outfits from Industries members Nick Carter and Ming Pho of PPHO X ASMR ‘s FW18 collection, a limited edition lookbook featuring profiles of all the models, new ready-to-wear merch, behind-the-scenes photos and videos, and more!
December 7, 2018
Member Spotlight: 🔦 Hannah Liongoren
Hannah Liongoren
Email: hello@hannahliongoren.com
Hannah is a Filipino illustrator and designer that loves seeing her drawings come to life in 3-dimensional space. She is a member at AS220 Labs.
Hannah worked as a freelance art director for various advertising agencies in the Philippines and Vietnam for the past decade before taking the leap in 2013 and pursuing a masters’ degree in Interior Architecture focused on Adaptive Reuse in Rhode Island School of Design.
“I am currently based here for a while with my inventor husband, Alex, and our 2-year-old daughter, Lumen, fabricating and designing our own furniture and toys in our favorite maker space, AS220.”
Freshly out of grad school, she is enjoying reading books and drawing at her own pace, while working on designing and fixing the interiors for a sailboat that she acquired in exchange for a poem.
The play kitchen Hannah made for @kneaddoughnuts at AS220 Labs.
Alison Nitkiewicz is a silkscreen and installation artist living in Providence, RI. She is interested in large-scale installation.
Alison is a member at AS220, where she uses the community printshop and other resources to create her work. In the past, Alison has used the Industries to create her nstallation for the Dirt Palace’s revolving window gallery project.
She graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design with a BFA in Printmaking in 2013. Since June of 2013, Alison has been a member of the Dirt Palace, a 15-year-old feminist art collective in Olneyville.
“My own artwork deals with embodiment, queerness and aggressive femininity. ” – Alison
Most recently, Alison used resources to create an original wallpaper to be installed at the latest Dirt Place public project, the Wedding Cake House. Alison designed intricate 4-color repeating design for her wallpaper. The design was inspired by textiles from the RISD museum Tirocchi collection. Although, she handprinted all of the wallpaper at her home studio, Alison utilized our large format inkjet printer in our media arts space to produce her films.
Pictarico films separated into Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and BlacK
Member Sarina Mitchel is an artist and illustrator, and a resident in the AS220 Live/Work spaces.
Originally from Jersey, she graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design with a BFA in Illustration in 2015. After a year of Americorps and teaching art, she decided to pursue creating, showing, and selling work full time.
“I’m currently a resident at AS220, an amazing community arts organization in Providence, RI.”
Sarina’ new drawings “The proboscis Show” will be on view November 1 through purchasepropecia December 5 at BankRI (downtown), One Turks Head Place, Providence, RI, 02903. Hours Monday to Wednesday, 8:30 am to 4 pm. Thursday & Friday, 8:30 am to 5 pm.
Reception: 5 to 9 pm, November 15, at the BankRI downtown branch at One Turks Head Place. Free and open to the public. Stop by on your own, or as part of the free Gallery Night Providence bus tour! Check gallerynight.org for details.
“The proboscis Show” by Sarina Mitchel
November 6, 2018
Member Spotlight: 🔦 Michael Ezzell
Michael Ezzell is an illustrator and printmaker from Elkhart, IN. He graduated with a B.F.A. from the Savannah College of Art & Design and currently resides in Providence, RI.
Michael is a key member at AS220, where he uses the community printshop and other resources to create various illustrations and products.
The concepts for his illustrations that evokes visual elements from history’s most fashionable and decadent periods. He strives to bring to paper all the characters and fantasies of his imagination, combining humor, nonsense, and attitude with fashion and beauty.
“Paper Shuttle was conceived with the intention of creating a line of beautifully crafted goods that tell obscure and strange stories. Inspired by mythology, folk lore and fairytales, our products interpret iconic stories and shed new light on lesser-known ones.”
Product packaging printed at the AS220 Community Printshop.
Lunar Calendar printed at the AS220 Community Printshop.
News: Summer Silkscreen Classes for Kids and Teens
The AS220 Industries is expanding their course offerings to include classes for children. Printshop Keymember Kara Dunne will be teaching two silkscreen classes in the Printshop in July, one for children ages 8-12 and another for teens. In these classes, students will learn the basics of screen printining and be able to print their own artwork. AS220 Printshop Manager Lara Henderson sat down with Kara Dune to ask her some questions about her upcoming classes.
What can kids expect to learn in this class?
Students will learn the ins and outs of screen-printing, and how to apply the technique to what they want to make. Each student will have their own unique idea of what to print and what to print on; another reason why I love teaching screen-printing to kids and teens. First we will use ‘the old school’ way of printing so that they can use this method at home. Students will focus mainly on the photo-sensitive process of screen-printing- the beautiful and simple process that takes place in the AS220 Printshop. Utilizing the special facilities and materials supplied at the Printshop, the students will develop their drawings and designs onto light sensitive screens with the help of an exposure unit. After they’ve developed their screens, they will learn the proper printing techniques of screen-printing. And then it’s off to the races! And printing printing printing. What will they get to leave the class with?
They can expect to come home with a box of cool stuff, jam packed with awesome crazy colorful stationary and cards, as well as bright and bold t-shirts, hats, sweatshirts, you name it. For wearables, like t-shirts, they just have to bring that stuff in. They can bring in a few boring old white t-shirts they’ve had forever and go home with a brand new wardrobe. The best part is that they will be able to take what they’ve learned about screen-printing, and make their own t-shirts or cards at home. And teach their parents, friends and siblings!
Can you give a background on your experience teaching kids and teens about silkscreen?
I started teaching silk-screen at a summer camp when I was 18. I taught there for many summers. I’ve been teaching both middle school and high school art classes now at a school south of Providence for three years. We don’t have the kind of equipment AS220 has, but the great thing about screen-printing is that you don’t need fancy facilities to make t-shirts and simple prints, you just need patience and time. I love teaching both age groups because they come to their art instruction with such enthusiasm and love for making things they can take home. Both kids and teens desperately seek a way in which to express themselves, and screen-printing is an excellent way for young people to do just that.
In what ways will the two classes (children and teens) be different?
Both classes will make crazy cool t-shirts and stationary. The teen class will go a bit further and address multi-colored printing methods. They will learn how to make a fine art print that has multiple layers. This is of course for them to take home and give to their parents who may be jealous of their crazy cool t-shirts.
Why is screen-printing a great option for kids?
They love that their drawing or design can show up on a t-shirt, on a poster for their room, on a postcard they send out to their friends. There is so much artistic license that comes with screen-printing, and it’s an excellent way for kids to express themselves.
Thanks to Andrew Lloyd Goodman for taking photos at the Open House.
January 16, 2013
News: The AS220 Printshop is recruiting Monitor Members
The AS220 Printshop’s next Monitor Training is Friday, January 25th at 10am, and there are two offerings in February. The Shop Manager will walk you through the multiple areas of the shop and explain the various monitor tasks that happen in each area. Some printmaking experience is helpful. Monitor Members exchange volunteer hours for reduced monthly membership fees. Come learn more about the shop and see if a monitor membership is right for you!
Monitors “staff” the Printshop, providing guidance and support to new users and enabling access for regular monthly members. In addition to monthly dues, Monitors commit to two 4 hr volunteer shifts and participation at 2-3 meetings per month.
Monitor Memberships require a three month commitment.
Every month we schedule two 4 hour free Printshop Monitor trainings. You can find and register for these trainings via AS220′s online store, where they are listed alongside the Printshop’s workshop offerings. Simply select the one that works for you.
