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Student Narrative
This book is an exploration of the Arcade Providence located between Westminster and Weybosset St. It is a very historic shopping center where many people wander through on a daily basis. I spent several hours inside drawing and capturing the movement and emotion of the people I witnessed. I then digitally collaged this into a long accordion-like mural referencing the long corridor shape of the Arcade. If one looks close enough they can see ghosts of the past moving among the people of the present. While capturing the people in the space I took notes of what I witnessed that I complied at the beginning and end of the book. On the backside of the paper are gelli plate prints making a sort of abstracted, colorful, marble like texture. This work seeks to examine the emotions the space evokes as soft light drifts through the top skylights illuminating strangers on a daily basis. A place is not just made up of its architectural elements but also by the people living and breathing in the space.
Publication Date
Winter 12-1-2025
Description
Entry for the 12th Baker & Whitehill Student Artists' Book Contest. Opening reception and award ceremony Wednesday, February 25, 2026 at 6:30pm, Fleet Library, 1st Floor Main Reading Room. Juror: Gabrielle Reed.
Keywords
artists' books; Baker & Whitehill
Disciplines
Book and Paper
Student Status
Undergraduate student
Year of Graduation
2028
Major
Illustration
Faculty / Course
Jaleen Grove, Visual Thinking
Materials + Techniques
Watercolor and ink drawings scanned, collaged, and laser printed, Acrylic gelli plate prints on paper
Recommended Citation
Rich, Jacquelyn; Collections, Special; and Library, Fleet, "The Arcade Providence" (2025). 12th Baker & Whitehill Student Artists' Book Contest 2026. 43.
https://digitalcommons.risd.edu/bookcontest12th2026/43