Biography

Lisa Baldani Hansel, adjunct TLAD faculty member, worked for many years in architectural and interior design practice as a project designer and project manager, focusing on retail, contract, custom casework and lighting design. In the mid 1990s, Hansel went on to teach art, design and architecture at St. George’s School, a private boarding school in Newport, RI. She has served as interim art department chair and is currently the director of the Hunter Gallery, which is located on St. George’s campus. In addition to teaching at RISD, Hansel has also been an adjunct professor at New England Institute of Technology, where she taught studio classes in interior design. Hansel’s creative practice includes designing and making sculptural lighting, collagraph printmaking and collaborating with her husband on gallery installations and large-scale outdoor sculpture. Hansel is also co-authoring “Imaginarium: A Hands-on Investigation into the Creative Process, a workbook for high school level visual foundation classes.

Lisa Hansel

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lhansel@risd.edu

• BS, University of Cincinnati
• MA, Rhode Island School of Design

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