Odette England

Odette England is an artist and writer based in Providence, Rhode Island and New York. Her work has been shown in more than 100 museums, galleries, and exhibition spaces worldwide. She had two photobooks out in 2021 Dairy Character, winner of the $5,000 Light Work Book Award; and Past Paper Present Marks: Responding to Rauschenberg, her collaboration with Jennifer Garza-Cuen, which received a $5,000 Rauschenberg Publication Grant. England is a visiting Assistant Professor at Amherst College. She received her PhD from Australian National University (2018) and her MFA from the Rhode Island School of Design (2012). Find her online at www.odetteengland.com.

Stories from this author

Composite image of four archival items: a photograph of a woman with her arms and legs crossed over each other, a red document with black text, a document with mineral samples and handwritten notations in ink, and an image of foil rubbings of a carpet.

How Playing With Failure Led Students to Archival Exploration

An assignment created in the Teaching with Primary Sources workshop proved that playing with failure and be fruitful, fascinating, and fun