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  • Maharam Fosters Creative Infusion

    02/28/2012
    Known for its interdisciplinary collaborations, international textile leader Maharam is sponsoring a new fellowship opportunity for RISD students to intern with governmental and nonprofit agencies.

  • Artists Seeking Science

    02/28/2012
    Students are showing a huge interest in RISD’s growing science curriculum, which allows them to explore the many ways art, design and science inform and enhance each other.  

  • Multimedia Storytelling

    02/23/2012
    Known for her inspired mash-up videos and multimedia narratives, Jo Dery 00 FAV was invited to tell her own visual story as part of the deCordova’s 2012 biennial. 

  • Seeing Science: NSF Backs RISD Research

    02/14/2012
    RISD is the only art and design school in the US to be engaged with the National Science Foundation’s Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR).

  • Designing for America

    02/08/2012
    When Sami Nerenberg 07 ID discovered that a small group of like-minded people shared her dream of using design to foster social change, she joined their effort to launch a national design movement on college campuses.

  • Davis Calls Students to Action

    02/06/2012
    When Angela Davis visited RISD in January, students packed the auditorium to hear her speak.

  • Cultural Historian Earns High Praise for New Book

    10/10/2012
    In his second book about music and fandom, Associate Professor Daniel Cavicchi looks at how people listened to and performed music in the 19th century.

  • Go Nads!

    02/16/2012
    More than half a century after RISD’s first hockey team hit the ice, fans of The Nads are still able to yell “Go Nads!” when cheering on their team.

  • RISD Partners with US State Department

    01/31/2012
    Renowned sculptor Jim Drain 98 SC works with students during Wintersession to design a site-specific installation for an Art in Embassies project in Morocco.

  • Randall Illuminates the RISDsphere

    01/26/2012
    When particle physicist Lisa Randall visits RISD as part of the Shared Voices series, she’ll shed light on the very nature of reality.

  • Hoop-La: RISD’s Basketball Team is Having a Ball

    01/26/2012
    RISD students come together to play basketball for fun and for their fans, but their games aren’t for the faint of heart.

  • Design that Does Good Best

    01/25/2012
    A new interdisciplinary studio co-taught by architect Lynnette Widder and architectural historian Ijlal Muzaffar culminated in a thought-provoking conference on architecture for the public good.

  • Heartbroken but Happy: Handler and Kalman Visit RISD

    01/23/2012
    Author Daniel Handler and Illustrator Maira Kalman came to RISD to discuss their creative process with participants in RISD’s Project Open Door after-school program, the RISD Museum teen program and the broader RISD community.

  • Swarovski Sparks Experimentation

    01/13/2012
    A sponsored RISD studio by global fine crystal manufacturer Swarovski kicks off its visiting artist lecture series with contemporary artist Rashaad Newsome.

  • Hats Off to Foundation Students

    01/12/2012
    Students from Assistant Professor Wendy Seller’s Spatial Dynamics studio celebrate the opening of the 2012 Foundation Studies Triennial Exhibition by modeling outrageous hats created as their final project last semester.

  • Thai Artist Explores Displacement

    01/04/2012
    Bundith Phunsombatlert MFA 10 DM recently won two grants to create a sound installation that metaphorically explores the refugee experience.  

  • Mythic Meditations

    01/03/2012
    Painting Professor Donna Bruton finds that when she’s open to the experience, painting comes as naturally as teaching.

  • Designs to Deliver Comfort

    12/19/2011
    Interior Architecture graduate students design and install handcrafted furniture to help families living at a shelter in Woonsocket, RI.

  • Hermès Creative Director Critiques Grad Work

    12/13/2011
    As a graduate program guest critic in Glass and Furniture Design, Pierre-Alexis Dumas, chief creative officer at Hermès, was impressed with the experimentation, craftsmanship and passion RISD students pour into their work.

  • Juan Enriquez Opens SHARED VOICES

    12/12/2011
    Author and life sciences expert Juan Enriquez talks about the game-changing impact of genomics in an open forum at the RISD Auditorium on Thursday, January 5.

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RISD has a long history of offering Saturday and after-school classes for children and teens, as this photo from c. 1910 confirms.