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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).

Tags: Digital + Media, Film-Animation-Video, Furniture Design, Industrial Design, Landscape Architecture, governmental, faculty
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.

Tags: partnerships + collaborations, alumni, social responsibility, interdisciplinary, entrepreneurship, Industrial Design, students, innovation, nonprofits, public engagement, Brown, STEAM
Davis Calls Students to Action

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

Tags: social responsibility, students, public engagement, wintersession
Cultural Historian Earns High Praise for New Book

02/01/2012
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.

Tags: research, History, Philosophy + the Social Sciences, faculty
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.

Tags: alumni, students, wintersession
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.

Tags: local/global, partnerships + collaborations, alumni, interdisciplinary, Sculpture, Textiles, students, governmental, public engagement, wintersession
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.

Tags: research, interdisciplinary, innovation, STEAM
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.

Tags: students
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.

Tags: research, alumni, interdisciplinary, Architecture, History of Art + Visual Culture, students, public engagement, faculty
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.

Tags: Teaching + Learning in Art + Design, students, public engagement, wintersession, RISD Museum, Fine Arts
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.

Tags: partnerships + collaborations, Jewelry + Metalsmithing, Painting, students, local/regional, corporate, wintersession
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.

Tags: Foundation Studies, students, digital, faculty
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.

Tags: global, alumni, Digital + Media, nonprofits, digital
Mythic Meditations

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

Tags: alumni, Painting, RISD Museum, faculty
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.

Tags: partnerships + collaborations, Interior Architecture, students, local/regional, nonprofits, public engagement, graduate
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.

Tags: local/global, Furniture Design, Glass, students, Brown, multimedia, graduate
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.

Tags: research, interdisciplinary, innovation, STEAM
Alum’s Neurotic Machines at Bell Gallery

12/09/2011
Quirky kinetic sculpture by Meridith Pingree MFA 03 SC injects a visceral immediacy to the work in a group show at Brown University’s David Winton Bell Gallery.

Tags: alumni, Sculpture, Brown, multimedia, STEAM, academic collaborations
Polymath Artist Anne Spalter Makes NYC Debut

12/07/2011
Inspired by computers, math and the complexity of contemporary life, Anne Morgan Spalter MFA 92 PT presents a new body of work in her first New York solo show, called Traffic Circle.

Tags: alumni, interdisciplinary, Painting, Brown, digital, graduate, STEAM
Photographic Provocateur

12/06/2011
In a rare interview in The New York Times, photographer Steven Klein 76 PT reveals a bit about why he has earned a reputation as “one of fashion’s most cunning provocateurs.”

Tags: alumni, Painting, entertainment, multimedia

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