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  • NEA Grant Cultivates Public Art

    07/18/2011
    RISD partners with Providence and local arts groups to reimagine downtown as a destination for the arts.

  • Clean Water for Urban Slums

    07/15/2011
    In a venture called WaterWalla, RISD and Brown students are working to bring clean water to slum dwellers in the developing world.

  • Maeda Brings Creativity to World Stage

    06/23/2011
    At the 2011 Aspen Ideas Festival, President Maeda will speak to a global audience about the fundamental value of art and design.

  • RISD Leads Congressional Briefing

    06/21/2011
    A Congressional briefing, led by RISD, raises awareness about the importance of integrating art and design with STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) education as an essential component of the national innovation agenda.

  • Community Garden Blossoms

    06/09/2011
    Six faculty members work with dozens of Architecture students to design and build a community garden that brings together preschoolers, the elderly and everyone in between.

  • Designs to Make a Difference

    05/10/2011
    As the first RISD student to win the highly coveted Gensler Diversity Scholarship, Nathalie Jolivert BArch 12 hopes to gain valuable architectural experience to bring home to Haiti after graduation.

  • International Focus on Furniture

    05/13/2011
    Furniture Design students are showcasing new works made from a recyclable composite material at the 2011 ICFF in New York City.

  • Students Collaborate with National Park Service

    04/14/2011
    Student work created as part of RISD’s interdisciplinary Witness Tree course helps the NPS celebrate National Park Week.

  • Japanese Art to Offer Relief

    04/06/2011
    Aki Ishida of the Architecture faculty works with students to present their Japanese paper installation as part of a benefit at the Japan Society in NYC.

  • Responding to Natural Disasters

    03/23/2011
    The RISD community came together on March 22 to consider the triple disaster in Japan and the role artists and designers can play in helping people to process and recover from this type of event.

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These FAV students are using shadow puppets to create an evocative film.