We are thrilled to launch our Featured Artist program on our brand new gallery wall in the bar/cafe! Every few months, we will be selecting a new artist to feature their work at Riffraff. All the art will be for sale as well!
Current featured artist:
John-Francis Quiñonez (they/them)
is a Desert Blossom //
Resident of The Dirt Palace in Providence, RI //
maker of Ice Creams with Big Feeling //
Becoveralled Aunt Figure & Events Guardian at Lost Bag //
proud member & organizer at Binch Press & Queer.Archive.Work. //
Writer with a collection of Poems Keep Your Little Lights Alive
* available here at this very bookstore *
& is thinking (constantly) about emerging.
This collection was made using a series of Numerological & Waste Mitigation Restraints ~ resulting in 9 Mixed Media Paintings
(Acrylic, Gouache, Oil, Pastel, Graphite, Collaged Paper and Risograph Scans of Items from their Altar) all titled “i won’t wait to love you”
after a series of Poems of the same name.
All sales are Direct through the Artist at johnfrquinonez@gmail.com