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Individual donors, foundations, and corporate partners stepped up to improve access and the student experience at RISD ...
Eleven arts educators and a full-time librarian join the community, bringing a wealth of new knowledge and perspectives to ...
President Crystal Williams and Provost Touba Ghadessi welcome new and returning students and lead an emotional Convocation ...
This course will cover how to translate scripts into visual images with clarity and creativity. Students will study the language of film - both animation and live action- including different kinds of ...
This course is a practical and conceptual exploration into electronic sensors, processors and actuators in the context of interactive art and design. Students will turn everyday objects into ambient ...
Students prepared for life after RISD this summer by visiting alums and other creative professionals at studios, galleries, arts nonprofits, and museums in upstate New York ...
In early March, 300 art and design enthusiasts came together in person and via livestream for TEDxRISD, the second annual student-organized event bringing together student, faculty and alumni speakers ...
Where does perceived value come from and how do we as a society move from an extractive/zero-sum mindset into a more generative one inspired by nature? The question was posed by RISD alum Charlotte ...
“My people have been written out of Rhode Island history for so long,” says Indigenous artist Lynsea Montanari (Narragansett). “I hope that people finally begin to see us because of this mural.” ...
What does it mean to have a “socially engaged” art practice? And what is an artist’s responsibility to create socially engaged work? Students sought answers to such questions in Complicating Social ...