Meet the Committee!
RICE is fully student run and organized. These VCU students have volunteered their time and effort to make this expo a success!
Anne Wu
Head of Committee
She/They | VCU '26
Anne is a queer, Chinese American artist with an interest in stories that creatively break boundaries. Through various mediums, their work focuses on the bittersweet nature of life and love. She hopes RICE gives people the chance to interact with talented artists who share similar interests.
Maddox Strout
Deputy
He/Him | VCU '23
Maddox “Ox” Strout is a queer, cripplepunk artist whose passion for storytelling knows no one medium. He volunteered for RICE ‘21 and has been here ever since. “Dragon kid” and “bug lover” are titles from childhood he still wears with pride.
Asia Rorick
Programming Coord.
She/Her | VCU ‘24
Asia is a Communication Arts senior, illustrator and occasional animator. She is a long time RICE shopper, first time RICE team member and is excited to get to know local storytellers! When she isn’t drawing, she loves to spend time outside in her small vegetable garden with her two cats Hachi and Nobu.
Cassidy Davis
Treasurer
She/Her | VCU ’25
Cassidy is a Junior Communication Arts major. This is her first year working with RICE but she is incredibly excited to be involved. She loves painting and creating bright colorful artwork. When not drawing she loves to read, crochet, and collect dolls.
Piper Johnson
Treasurer
She/Her | VCU ‘24
Piper is a Painting and Printmaking senior! She volunteered for RICE ‘22 and decided to become a part of the team. Zines and comics have been a part of her life since childhood through reading them and creating a bunch of them. In her downtime she also knits, plays video games, and visits art museums.
Malaika Campbell
Press Team
She/Her | VCU ‘25
Malaika is a Communication Arts junior focused on creating comics and illustrations. Some of her favorite subjects include Bovidae-humanoids, the American Southwest, and buff ladies. You can usually find her overspending at artist alleys and collecting earrings.
Reese Cilley
Press Team
They/Them | VCU ‘25
Reese is a Communication Arts junior and illustrator. They aim to make art that teaches people about the environment and how to protect it. They spend their free time reading comics and watching cartoons.
Bria Sledjeski
Floor Comms
She/They | VCU '25
Bria is a communication arts junior, comic artist and horror enthusiast. First time RICE team member, hoping to help everything run smoothly with other event experience :)
Taylor Longley
Floor Team Lead
She/Her | VCU ‘25
Taylor is a Communication Arts senior who is passionate about creature design and cool art. She has been a fan of dragons for ages, and desires to capture that fantasy magic in her own work. As a first-time RICE team member, she is thrilled to interact with more artists in the comic scene.
Anna Wells
Floor Team Lead
She/Her | VCU’26
Anna is a Communication Arts junior who loves storytelling through art, specifically stories about home, nostalgia, and community. She hopes to connect with other artists and this year’s RICE team! When she isn't drawing, she likes to read in one of the many parks in the Fan.
David Song
Visual Artist
They/He | VCU ’25
David is a Communication Arts junior and queer Chinese-American animator and artist. They worked as a RICE volunteer last year, where they fell in love with it. They hope to bring their experience with merchandise design and passion for indie comics into this year’s visual art.
Viv Rathfon
Visual Artist
They/Them | VCU ’23
Viv is a queer, Asian illustrator and comic artist with an interest in making art that warms hearts! Their work often focuses on themes of queerness, marginalization, and utopia. When not working on art, they can be found playing DnD, any number of colorful video games, or entertaining their two cats, Hugh and Maple. :-)