kristin street (19at25catalog)

19 on Paper, founded in 1986, is an organization of Rhode Island artists who make works of art of or on paper .Members are painters, collage artists, printmakers, book-makers, photographers and sculptors who also exhibit individually.

In the Spring of 1986 two artists decided to form a Rhode Island based artists' group whose purpose was "to provide a cohesive structure for the presentation of works on paper by Rhode Island artists." When nineteen professional exhibiting artists responded to the call for colleagues, the name of the group became "19 on Paper". In the ensuing years the membership has been maintained at approximately nineteen, although at times it has consisted of fewer than or more than nineteen.