Snapshot: Binch Press and Queer.Archive.Work
The two inclusive groups joined forces for a brand-new printing hub in the Valley Arts District in Providence.
Photography by James Jones.
At the edge of the Valley neighborhood in Providence, two inclusive groups are bringing print work to the people. In June, Binch Press, a print and design cooperative that centers queer and BIPOC creators, and Queer.Archive.Work, a nonprofit publishing studio and zine library, moved into their collaborative 2,200-square-foot space. “The idea is that we’re creating a printing hub, really,” says Paul Soulellis of Queer.Archive.Work, which hosts a nine-month printing residency that prioritizes makers from traditionally underserved communities. Both groups have offered free printing for activists; Dailen Williams of Binch Press says their model is egalitarian: “We’re to take on client work and using that money to offset work that has more of a healing or political bent. We want things to feel equal because, in the world, so often things aren’t equal.” binchpress.com; queer.archive.work
