Pamela Colman Smith: Resonances of Being Unfolding Archives as Spiritual Practice

Cassinelli Mills presents: Pamela Colman Smith: Resonances of Being Unfolding Archives as Spiritual Practice A free-to-visit exhibition (no booking required)

A collage of folklore, cultural tradition and spiritualism, the artists in this exhibition encourage us to mine the archives for encounters that both connect and expand our human experience. Unfolding the archives of Pamela Colman Smith is a challenge; a figure who moves between, and transcends, binaries and boundaries.

Colman Smith was an artist, occultist, writer, publisher and performer, but one who is primarily remembered for being the illustrator of the Rider-Waite Tarot deck. Colman Smith’s archive is vast and fragmented. Born in London, she traveled extensively including North America and Jamaica and lived in Helston in the UK’s South West for around 30 years. She was buried in an unmarked grave in Bude, Cornwall.