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RISD - Rhode Island School of Design

Mehretu’s Revolutions on Canvas

06/17/2013
Internationally known painter Julie Mehretu MFA 97 PT/PR is currently showing a new body of work inspired by global upheaval.

Tags: alumni, graduate, global, Painting, Printmaking
Big Ideas

06/05/2013
In his New York solo show, Painting Professor Dennis Congdon presents new paintings that grapple with the many layers of time.

Tags: faculty, Painting
RISD Fulbright Winners Head to Four Continents

06/04/2013
Five young alumni have won Fulbright support to study in various parts of the world during the 2013–14 academic year.

Tags: alumni, Digital + Media, Glass, global, research, Painting, Photography, Printmaking
Looking Sharp

04/25/2013
The RISD Museum celebrates the connection between creativity and style in its major exhibition Artist/Rebel/Dandy: Men of Fashion.

Tags: Apparel Design, alumni, faculty, research, RISD Museum, Painting
RISD Welcomes $1M Gift

03/01/2013
RISD has received the single largest gift ever from an international donor to create a new visiting scholar position in Painting.

Tags: faculty, global, research, Painting, students
Mentoring Matters

01/30/2013
Painter Paula Martiesian 76 PT on The Mentor Project and accompanying exhibition she organized at the Newport Art Museum.

Tags: alumni, collaborations, Illustration, Painting
Now Showing: New Work by New Faculty

01/14/2013
Painters Angela Dufresne and Craig Taylor, two new assistant professors in the Painting department, are interested in innovation and integration.

Tags: faculty, Painting
Mixing Major Curiosities

11/19/2012
Student ceramicists are working with visiting artists to create marvelous – and sometimes unorthodox – projects.

Tags: Ceramics, collaborations, faculty, interdisciplinary, research, Painting, Printmaking, students
Painting What the Eye Can’t See

10/16/2012
While studying at the Woods Hole Marine Biological Lab (MBL), Lizzie Kripke 14 PT created a cutting-edge animation that allows scientists to visualize complex skin structures in ways previously unseen.

Tags: academic collaborations, Brown, technology, research, Painting
Fallen Star Stuck on Rooftop

07/26/2012
Passersby are hoping the 35-ton house Do Ho Suh 94 PT has placed teetering off a seven-story building in southern California is more illusion than reality. But it’s actually a bit of both.

Tags: alumni, local/global, Painting