The Best of the biggest little (i.e. Providence, RI):

Jesse Burke
Matthew Clowney
Kerry Coppin
Joe Deal
Ann Fessler
McKenzie Burrus-Granger
Nicole Hatanaka
Lauren Kalman
Jo Sittenfeld
Maureen Keaveny
Amy Lovera
Annu Palakunnathu Matthew
Jane Masters
Thad Russell
Anna Shapiro
Steven B. Smith
Jesse Thompson
Amy Wynne-Derry
Lisa Young

Amazing Artists from other places:

Niki Kriese
Talia Chetrit
Jesal Kapadia
Hannah Miller
Cortney Andrews
Jacob Goble
Patrick Madigan
Chris Mendoza
Sarah Charlesworth
Deborah Bright
Eva Sutton
Henry Horenstein
Stephanie Williams
Casie McDonough
Michael Woody
Nathania Rubin

People whose work I really admire:

Lisa Oppenhiem
Nina Katchadourian
Sophie Calle
Janine Antoni
Tara Donovon
Jennifer and Kevin McCoy
Jennifer Allora/ Guillermo Calzadilla
Andrea Robbins + Max Becher

Institutions:

Pierogi 2000, Brooklyn
Nurture Art
Irving Sandler Artists File
Elizabeth A. Sacker Center for Feminist Art
Culture Hall
Wan.der.lust.ag.ra.phy
RISD
The Steel Yard
iolabs inc.
Extraordinary Rendition Band
Santa Fe Art Institute