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Paper is People by Alisa Banks

Lineage

I’m pleased to announce that my textile work Lineage is on view in Paper Is People: Decolonizing Global Paper Cultures, at the Minnesota Center for Book Arts (MCBA).

The exhibition “offers a new definition of paper­ within a global and decolonial framework, and will be on view at MCBA until August 12, 2023. A reception will be held Thursday, June 22, 7–9pm.

The exhibition is free and open to the public. Additional information can be found here.

Reading Roots Essay by Alisa Banks

I am pleased to announce that my essay, Reading Roots, was published in the latest issue of Openings: Studies in Book Arts (Volume 5, 2022), the CBAA open access journal. In the essay, I explain how my use of unconventional materials is a link to cultural forms of expression, and why the selected materials are a component of memory, tradition, and history. Read the essay here.