“Designer, Educator + Publisher Kathleen Sleboda on Online Archives as Plural Narratives” by Ksenya Samarskaya for AIGA Eye on Design, March 18, 2021

This article from AIGA Eye on Design, originally published in March 2021, features an interview with Kathleen Sleboda by Ksenya Samarskaya.

The interview highlights Sleboda's career in design, teaching, and curation and her experience as a graphic designer, illustrator, writer, and publisher. Sleboda discusses her roles at the University of Connecticut and Rhode Island School of Design, where she co-teaches the innovative course 'Newly Formed,' which is a design elective focused on experimental form-making. 

As a principal at illustration studio Gluekit and co-founder of Draw Down Books, she shares insights into her creative process, including her contributions to major media outlets with collages and illustrations. Reflecting on her archival work at Yale University and training as an archivist, Sleboda underscores her commitment to preserving Native American and First Nation cultural heritage. She explores themes of digital impermanence versus the lasting impact of print culture and discusses her personal identity as a mixed-heritage Indigenous nɬeʔképmx woman, emphasizing her advocacy for plural histories and marginalized voices in her artistic and educational pursuits.