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Student Narrative
This book was made in response to my older sister, Kathryn Gilmore’s poem titled “13 Ways of Seeing Cicadas.” The poem has 13 stanzas reflecting on growing up in the American South, memory, and cultural views of the periodical cicada. It begins by describing the cicada in context with nature using imagery and our childhood experiences with the insects. As the poem progresses, the lens in which the reader views the cicada broadens— rather than an individual creature, we see the swarm. In this book format, the poem and illustrations become a structure that ties the two mediums together, similar to our relationship as sisters.
Publication Date
12-1-2024
Description
Entry for the 11th Baker & Whitehill Student Artists' Book Contest. Opening reception and award ceremony Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 6:30pm, Fleet Library, Main Reading Room. Juror: Roger S. Williams.
Keywords
artists' books; Baker & Whitehill
Disciplines
Book and Paper
Student Status
Undergraduate student
Year of Graduation
2026
Major
Illustration
Faculty / Course
Calef Brown; Animalia
Materials + Techniques
Digital illustration, origami folded book
Photo Credit
Miles Tong 2025 FAV
Recommended Citation
Gilmore, Zoe; Collections, Special; and Library, Fleet, "Ways of Seeing Cicadas" (2024). 11th Baker & Whitehill Student Artists' Book Contest 2025. 14.
https://digitalcommons.risd.edu/bookcontest11th2025/14
