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Updated 1/23/2025

Tape Art

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    RI

Institution/Business Type: Artist / Creative (Individual)

We make large-scale, temporary murals on walls of any size using low-adhesive tape and work with communities, schools, and hospitals to make collaborative artworks on the walls around them. Since 1989 we have made hundreds of public mural installations and introduced tape drawing to over 50,000 first-time tapers of all ages.

As community artists we use tape to temporarily transform public buildings and spaces, and love to collaborate with community partners to design big projects that reach the audiences you serve.

As educators we work with a wide range of populations, including K-12, college, adults, and people with emotional, learning, and physical disabilities. We run tape art workshops in-school on school walls as well as bring student groups to make artwork out in their community anywhere from libraries to soup kitchens to senior centers.

We also run programs in hospitals, psychiatric facilities, and group homes to provide relief and a creative outlet for individuals and families.

We want to art brainstorm with you! Take a peek at www.tapeart.com/what-we-do to see a more comprehensive list of our services and some videos of tape art in action!

Find Me

Michael Townsend (he/him)
Job Title: Owner
Phone: 800-827-3278
Address:
Providence, RI 02903

Additional Content:

About

Overview

Institution/Business Type:

Artist / Creative (Individual)

Legal Status:

Commercial / For profit - Sole proprietorship

Year Founded:

1989

Overview

Institution/Business Type:

Artist / Creative (Individual)

Legal Status:

Commercial / For profit - Sole proprietorship

Year Founded:

1989

Disciplines

Primary Discipline:

Visual/Crafts - Installation

Additional Disciplines:

  • Visual/Crafts - General
  • Visual/Crafts - Experimental
  • Visual/Crafts - Installation

Activities and Services

Activities and Services:

  • Arts for Social Change / Creative Activism
  • Arts and Health
  • Creation of a Work of Art (Including Commissions)
  • Public Art Projects (In Free, Public Spaces)
  • Residency - In School
  • Workshops / Demonstrations / Master Class
  • Professional Development / Training
  • Residency - Community
  • Community Arts
  • Professional Network Gatherings / Events

Communities

Populations Engaged:

  • Adults
  • Families
  • General Public
  • Nonprofits
  • People with Disabilities
  • School Groups
  • Teens
  • Youth-At-Risk
  • LGBTQ Populations

Languages Available:

  • English

Geographic Reach:

  • International
  • Town / City
  • State
  • National
  • Multi-State Region
  • County
  • Multi-County Region

Accessibility of Services

Accessibility of Services:

We have worked with a wide range of populations and are excited to work with you to find an art-making solution no matter what your community needs.

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I Have Worked With

Affiliations and Accomplishments

Awards

Awards:

  • Rhode Island Arts and Business Council, Artist of the Year
  • Rhode Island State Council on the Arts Fellowship
  • RISD Art Education Fellowship
  • Priber Travel Grant from ACC Gallery, Weimar, Germany

Awards

Awards:

  • Rhode Island Arts and Business Council, Artist of the Year
  • Rhode Island State Council on the Arts Fellowship
  • RISD Art Education Fellowship
  • Priber Travel Grant from ACC Gallery, Weimar, Germany

Education

Education:

  • RISD, Masters in Art Education

Artist Info

Teaching Artist

Teaching Settings:

  • Afterschool Program
  • Arts and Cultural Center / Venue
  • Community Site / Center
  • Corporate Business
  • Healthcare Facility
  • School / University

Ages Served:

  • Pre-Kindergarten-age
  • Elementary School-age
  • Middle School-age
  • High School-age
  • College-age
  • Adults
  • Seniors

Subject Areas:

  • Arts Integration - Communications
  • Arts Integration - English Language / Literacy
  • Arts Integration - English as a Second Language
  • Arts Integration - Foreign Languages
  • Arts Integration - Health
  • Arts Integration - History and Social Science
  • Arts Integration - Mathematics
  • Arts Integration - Physical Education
  • Arts Integration - Science / Technology / Engineering
  • Design
  • Media
  • Visual/Crafts

Certifications and Training:

  • 30+ years of teaching Tape Art (since 1991)
  • Introduced Tape Art to over 50,000 first-time Tape Artists (and counting)
  • MA Art Education (Concentration in Community Art)
  • MS Nonprofit Management

Fee range:

Fees are determined based on the scope of the workshops, residencies, or installations. Please reach out to get a project estimate based on your needs.

Teaching Artist

Teaching Settings:

  • Afterschool Program
  • Arts and Cultural Center / Venue
  • Community Site / Center
  • Corporate Business
  • Healthcare Facility
  • School / University

Ages Served:

  • Pre-Kindergarten-age
  • Elementary School-age
  • Middle School-age
  • High School-age
  • College-age
  • Adults
  • Seniors

Subject Areas:

  • Arts Integration - Communications
  • Arts Integration - English Language / Literacy
  • Arts Integration - English as a Second Language
  • Arts Integration - Foreign Languages
  • Arts Integration - Health
  • Arts Integration - History and Social Science
  • Arts Integration - Mathematics
  • Arts Integration - Physical Education
  • Arts Integration - Science / Technology / Engineering
  • Design
  • Media
  • Visual/Crafts

Certifications and Training:

  • 30+ years of teaching Tape Art (since 1991)
  • Introduced Tape Art to over 50,000 first-time Tape Artists (and counting)
  • MA Art Education (Concentration in Community Art)
  • MS Nonprofit Management

Fee range:

Fees are determined based on the scope of the workshops, residencies, or installations. Please reach out to get a project estimate based on your needs.

State Arts Agency Roster Artist

  • Rhode Island Education Roster