Cindy Li
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Last updated May 24th, 2026
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In Collaboration with Callie Coccia, Liz Collins, Farnaz Dastranj, Xiao Guo, Kati Lowe, Mary Mitchell, and the RISD Museum.
Homecoming is an installation within Liz Collins’ career retrospective Motherlode at the RISD Museum, gathering works by queer artists in the RISD community. As part of a cohort of students, we worked closely with Liz and the museum staff to curate and design the exhibition.
In conversation with Liz’s previous work at the Center and Touchstone Rochedale, we approached Homecoming as both a reflection of the queer community at RISD, and an invitation to imagine the RISD Museum as a social space. Throughout the show’s duration, we designed a series of programming that invited artists in Homecoming to engage with visitors through their work.
Inspired by the vibrant zine-culture in Providence, I designed a map and information take-away for the installation—a piece of ephemera that both encourages visitors to find out more about the artists, and addresses the presentation of information in the limited gallery space. The take-away unwraps into a poster of the salon wall. Utilizing the direction of the folds, readers are able to cross-reference artworks to artists without needing to flip back and forth.