At Rhode Island School of Design, you’ll join a creative project that started in 1877
At Rhode Island School of Design, you’ll join a creative project that started in 1877
At Rhode Island School of Design, you’ll join a creative project that started in 1877
RISD is a college and museum located in Providence, Rhode Island
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Check out thesis work in the RI Convention Center by Class of 2026 grad students earning degrees in 19 different fields of study. On view through May 30.
Visit the President’s House to see work focused on alchemy by students in the spring seminar Critical Curating.
The Painting department welcomes Bates, whose visual language stitches together fragments of objects, rooms, and landscapes from her youth into reimagined histories.
Anniversary Celebration
RISD 150
RISD was founded on the belief that art and design matter to everyone. Limitless Vision, our 150th anniversary commemoration, will celebrate the forward-looking spirit of our founders and the way it continues to inspire new generations of creative leaders.
RISD 150
RISD was founded on the belief that art and design matter to everyone. Limitless Vision, our 150th anniversary commemoration, will celebrate the forward-looking spirit of our founders and the way it continues to inspire new generations of creative leaders.
Get ready for RISD 150It Starts with a Question
It Starts with a Question, a new video interview series hosted by RISD President Crystal Williams, features conversations with thought leaders, art and design luminaries, and other notable creatives and changemakers. In the latest episode, Oscar and Tony award winning actress Marcia Gay Harden and President Williams reflect on the origins, techniques, and manifestation of creativity.
ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT
Life After RISD: Robert Geller
The international menswear designer uses color and a mix of European, American, and Japanese influences to create wearable clothes that boost customers’ confidence.
Life After RISD: Robert Geller
The international menswear designer uses color and a mix of European, American, and Japanese influences to create wearable clothes that boost customers’ confidence.
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Hear more about RISD’s community of artists, designers and scholars.
From live-action shorts exploring farming and Japanese arts to hand-drawn, stop-motion, and cut-out animations, the films in this year’s show draw viewers in with compelling stories.
A spring Theory and History of Art and Design course focuses on developing critical observation and documentation skills.
Open to students in every department, Metal and Performance introduces performance thinking in a collaborative, experimental setting.
President Williams leads a passionate online conversation with activists and artists Tracie Ching, Shepard Fairey, Dread Scott, and Yana Buhrer Tavanier.
The Chicago-based presidential archive will feature monumental works by faculty member Tyanna J. Buie and alums Julie Mehretu, Jenny Holzer, and Spencer Finch.
Fall 2025 Regeneration Studio focuses on biomimicry research in structures, materials, mechanisms, and interfaces.
