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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Join the Nature Lab for a lunch and learn with the Boston-based photographer and former deputy director of Harvard Forest, a 4,000-acre ecological research initiative focused on conservation.
RISD alum Charlotte McCurdy presents a talk as part of the ongoing Nature-Culture-Sustainability Studies lecture series.
The Interior Architecture spring lecture series continues with the cofounder of New York design studio Snarkitecture.
Anniversary Celebration
RISD 150: Limitless Vision
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: Limitless Vision
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, award-winning author, illustrator, alum, and 2025 honorary degree recipient Grace Lin and President Williams have a wide ranging discussion about Grace’s journey as an artist and the role of art and artists in turbulent times.
ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT
Life After RISD: Rachel Cope
The painter and entrepreneur, who co-founded Calico Wallpaper with her husband in 2013, discusses the joy of doing what she loves for a living and finding her place in the world as an artist.
Life After RISD: Rachel Cope
The painter and entrepreneur, who co-founded Calico Wallpaper with her husband in 2013, discusses the joy of doing what she loves for a living and finding her place in the world as an artist.
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Hear more about RISD’s community of artists, designers and scholars.
Rhode Island Histories in Action offers a standards-aligned, historically grounded curriculum that promotes civic literacy, creativity, critical thinking, and interdisciplinary learning.
The Brooklyn-based RISD alum returned to campus to discuss new work in progress and lead a Glass department Hot Nights event.
Students in Patternmaking for Cast Iron Production investigate form, draw on age-old industrial practices, and develop tactile material knowledge.
Pushing the boundaries of digital video production, the course was one of two offered through RISD’s Movement Lab this Wintersession.
Students explored the materials’ shared properties and fast-and-loose production methods, which provided opportunities for collective critical reflection.
Fall 2025 Regeneration Studio focuses on biomimicry research in structures, materials, mechanisms, and interfaces.
