Queer.Archive.Work
A nonprofit library, publishing studio, and residency serving Providence, RI and beyond.
Last updated September 1, 2026
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Overview
Queer.Archive.Work (QAW) is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) library, publishing studio, and residency serving Providence, RI and beyond. It was incorporated in Rhode Island on March 2, 2020. QAW includes a non-circulating library, a shared publishing studio with Binch Press, and digital meeting spaces. Programming includes residencies, memberships, open library hours, workshops, publishing, and online Queer Hangouts.
History
Queer.Archive.Work, Inc. (QAW) is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) library, publishing studio, and residency serving Providence, RI and beyond. QAW was incorporated in the State of Rhode Island on March 2, 2020 to support artists and writers with free, open access to space and resources for experimental publishing, with a special focus on queer practices. QAW includes a non-circulating library of books, zines, tools, objects, and downloadable files, a shared publishing studio (with Binch Press), including extensive risograph, screen-printing, letterpress, and other print and publishing resources, and digital meeting spaces. Programming includes Studio Residencies, Studio Membership, Open Library Hours, Open Studios, workshops, publishing, and online Queer Hangouts. From September 2021 through June 2022, Queer.Archive.Work was generously supported by an $8,000 grant from the RI CHARG Program (RI Culture, Humanities, and Arts Recovery Grants), administered by RISCA.
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