Launched last fall, the Artists-in-Residence provides access to TPM studios, one-on-one instruction in book arts, mentorship, and a materials stipend. Each artist will create a unique body of work from the residency and donate an edition to the museum.

Welcome!

Diego Canales – Zine artist

A BFA recipient of Texas A&M International University (Laredo), Diego Canales produces a number of works in a variety of media including illustration, painting, and ceramics, incorporating international concepts of history and culture into his work.

Intrigued by outer space, Canales plans to create a zine and a series of prints based on a NASA teachers’ guide to black holes and the mathematical equations used to understand their physical behaviors.

Melinda Laszczynski – Interdisciplinary artist

Melinda Laszczynski is an interdisciplinary artist working from a painting and collage background. She often uses found materials and objects, like lenticular prints, and is partial to the shiny, bright, and absurd. Her studio practice is playful, tactile, and reflective of contemporary experiences. Laszczynski plans to explore making and casting large-scale paper sculptures using a variety of book arts techniques.

Jennifer Thompson – Artist/designer

With roots in Texas and Mississippi, multidisciplinary artist and educator Jennifer G Thompson builds narratives in her work by using found objects, words, and images to explore cultural common ground. Thompson plans to create a series of broadsides and an artist book promoting Texas female artists.

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Welcome!

Kill Joy – Printmaker

Born in the desert of west Texas, Kill Joy’s family is originally from and partly based in the Philippines, partly in Texas. Her work sits at the intersection where jungle meets desert, grounded in honoring the earth and seeking environmental and social justice. Her work is an interpretation of world mythology and a study of ancient symbols. She mixes this research with calls to global, mental, physical, emotional, and spiritual awareness. Her practice, Joyland, includes printmaking, mural making, bookmaking, puppet making in Houston, TX.

Shavon Morris – Designer/Stationer

Shavon attended Columbia College Chicago for art and design, where she was introduced to culture, history, craftsmanship, and social polarization. In her stationary practice, Shavon has been specializing in amazingly luxurious wedding invitations but has since wanted to transition into more simplistic pieces. Through the tactile experience of print and its limitless textures, Shavon desires to showcase cultural adages that offer healing to African Americans in familiar societal settings.

Caroline Roberts – Photographer

Caroline’s work explores our relationship with the natural world, particularly the world of plants. Working with photograms, her photographic installations play on well-established knowledge systems, such as the herbarium, the museum display, and the field guide. Often found hiking in state and national parks, her interest in landscape and the natural world is heightened by managing fifteen acres of wild, riparian forest in rural Texas.

Jimmy Van Luu – Designer/Educator

Jimmy is a designer and design educator based out of Austin, Texas where he is Associate Professor of Graphic Design at St. Edward’s University. His multi-disciplinary practice spans publication design to large-scale public art, and most recently, includes the launch of Riso Riso, a risograph publishing space in East Austin. He currently serves on the board of directors of DesignInquiry, a non-profit educational organization that explores pressing issues in design and culture through intensive, team-based gatherings.

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