Jo Dery

Jo Dery was born in Attleboro, Massachusetts, in 1978, and is known for her contribution in helping to create The Hive, a women's art collective in Providence. She came to Providence to attend the Rhode Island School of Design, where she studied in the Film and Animation department. She graduated from RISD in 2000. Soon thereafter, she and a group of women friends formed The Hive. Later Jo stayed involved with an offshoot of The Hive, known as the Dirt Palace, which has become a physical space both devoted to community organizing and artistic production in Providence's Olneyville neighborhood.