The group exhibition In Bannister’s Footsteps at Rhode Island College is now finished, but I’m proud to have been a part of it. I contributed four linocut prints and one canvas stencil painting. There was a nice variety of styles within the show, all inspired by Edward Mitchell Bannister, a 19th century landscape painter whose legacy is still felt in Rhode Island and surrounding New England. My research for the show taught me a lot about his activism, art-making philosophies, and plein air practices that have led to statues and galleries dedicated to him.