Student Stories

RISD - Rhode Island School of Design

Clay in Context at Hope High

08/22/2012
In a collaboration that reflects RISD’s commitment to critical making and community engagement, students in Ceramics and TLAD worked with local teens to create new tile murals for Providence's Hope High School.

Tags: academic collaborations, Ceramics, local/global, nonprofits, partnerships + collaborations, public engagement, students, Teaching + Learning in Art + Design
Reimagining Medical Communications

08/17/2012
In the spring studio Communicating Medical Risk, Brown undergraduates teamed up with RISD art and design majors to look at better ways of disseminating medical information.

Tags: academic collaborations, Brown, Film-Animation-Video, Graphic Design, interdisciplinary, Illustration, Industrial Design, partnerships + collaborations, research, STEAM, students
Yoga Works

07/16/2012
Increasingly more RISD students have turned to yoga to help them relax, focus and tap into their creative strengths.

Tags: Foundation Studies, Illustration, Industrial Design, Painting, students
Students Propose Public Art for Providence

06/26/2012
Students in a spring Sculpture studio taught by Professor Ellen Driscoll are creating public art for Kennedy Plaza as part of a major initiative funded by the NEA.

Tags: alumni, governmental, local/regional, graduate, interdisciplinary, Industrial Design, nonprofits, partnerships + collaborations, public engagement, research, Landscape Architecture, Painting, students, Sculpture
Textiles Student Named Udall Scholar

06/07/2012
Weaving fiber art together with years of environmental activism, Margaret Kearney 13 TX becomes the first-ever art school student to be recognized by the Udall Foundation.

Tags: public engagement, social responsibility, students, sustainability, Textiles
Spirits High at Commencement 2012

06/05/2012
On Saturday, June 2, thousands of family members and friends celebrated a major rite of passage for 645 graduates who collected their hard-earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees from RISD.

Tags: alumni, graduate, students
STEAM Club Mixes Art and Science

06/04/2012
A series of workshops linking RISD and the MIT Media Lab has set the stage for this month's CreativeMornings “pop-up” event at RISD, part of an international conversation on the intersection of arts and technology.

Tags: academic collaborations, technology, digital, innovation, interdisciplinary, partnerships + collaborations, STEAM, students
Studio Ghibli Comes to RISD

05/15/2012
When producer Toshio Suzuki travels to RISD to accept an honorary degree on behalf of the famous Japanese animation house, he will host a screening and discussion of two of their films, Spirited Away and Only Yesterday.

Tags: alumni, entertainment, global, students
Books as Art

05/10/2012
BOOKMARK, a breathtaking exhibition now on view at the library, celebrates 30 years of book arts at RISD.

Tags: English, faculty, Graphic Design, students, Literary Arts + Studies
AIGA Chief Advises Students

05/07/2012
When AIGA’s CEO Ric Grefé visited RISD this spring, he provided invaluable feedback on designing for political advocacy and public service communications.

Tags: Furniture Design, innovation, Graphic Design, Illustration, Industrial Design, public engagement, research, STEAM, students

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