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  • Big Sky in the Big City

    12/21/2010
     A design by Jen Magathan MFA 09 GD is helping to add visual interest to a construction site in New York City.

  • Exploring New Materials

    12/15/2010
    At the 2010 A Better World by Design conference, Professor Seth Stem led a workshop focused on the design potential of working with environmentally friendly natural fiber composites.

  • PARACRAFT Reveals Surprising Connections

    12/14/2010
    The annual English Department exhibition offers a compelling look at the many ways in which literary study and studio work come together at RISD.

  • RISD Alumni Win 2010 USA Fellowships

    12/13/2010
     Two RISD alumni are among the 52 artists nationwide selected for prestigious 2010 fellowships from the United States Artists foundation.

  • Martin Mull Witnesses the “Madness”

    12/07/2010
    In Witness, his most recent solo show, painter, actor and RISD alum Martin Mull reflects on his memories of the long-gone “picture-perfect” America of the 1950s and ’60s.

  • Appreciating the Ancient Art of Creativity

    12/06/2010
    Furniture Design senior and HAVC concentrator Adam Hyman is a natural when it comes to researching and helping to conserve works of ancient art at the RISD Museum.

  • Helping Astronauts to Manage Info Overload

    11/30/2010
    When working to develop the Magic Windows communication project for NASA, students sought to simplify the manner in which astronauts receive and navigate massive amounts of information.

  • Exquisite Visual Treat

    11/29/2010
    In The Exquisite Book, a lush new picture book for adults, alumni Matt Lamothe, Julia Rothman and Jenny Volvovski invited 100 of their favorite contemporary artists to play a collaborative spin-off of a classic surrealist drawing game.

  • From Mundane to More Meaningful

    11/29/2010
    Painting major Yao Cheng discusses the lessons learned during a summer internship with a RISD alumna who runs her own custom mural and fine art company.

  • Stark Designs for Fun – and West Elm

    11/29/2010
    David Stark brings a designer’s eye and artist’s touch to everything he does – whether he’s creating recycled holiday ornaments for the marketplace or one-of-a-kind installations for special events.

  • Neonatal Incubator Built from Car Parts

    11/29/2010
    Alumni help design an incubator for the developing world that makes use of the limited parts and expertise available in remote regions of the world.

  • New Graduate Degree Programs for 2011

    11/29/2010
    Interior Architecture announces two new graduate degree programs focused on adaptive reuse – one for architecture professionals, the other for designers interested in specializing in this growing field.

  • Learning the Art of Paper Preservation

    11/29/2010
    As part of the Museum Fellows program, Graphic Design major Shu Min Lim is interning with the Museum’s resident expert in handling and preserving its large and varied collection of works on paper.

  • Exploring a Different Kind of Conservation

    11/29/2010
    During the fall semester, Julien Nguyen has been juggling his time in the Painting studio with an internship at the RISD Museum, where he’s learning to conserve works of 3D art from every period and genre.

  • The Irresistible Lure of Looking Closely

    11/29/2010
    Through her experience as a Museum Fellow, Holly Broussard has begun to think more seriously about pursuing a career as a museum curator or administrator.

  • Annealing Research Down Under

    11/29/2010
    Recent Glass graduate Matthew Perez wins a Fulbright to pursue advanced research at the Australian National University's Glass Workshop.

  • RISD Animators Stand Out in Ottawa

    11/29/2010
    For the third year running, judges at the 2010 Ottawa International Animation Festival chose the films screened by RISD juniors and seniors as among the best produced at any school.

  • 50 Years in RISD’s English Department

    11/29/2010
    Professor Michael Fink, the longest-serving faculty member still teaching at RISD, remembers the early days of the English Department and its evolution over the last half a century.

  • Poetry for Life

    11/29/2010
    Associate Professor Mairéad Byrne gathers an astonishing array of astute observations into her latest collection of poetry, enticingly titled The Best of (What’s Left of) Heaven.

  • Fulbright Cites RISD as a Top Producer of Scholars

    11/17/2010
    In 2010 RISD topped the list of special schools graduating students who qualify for Fulbright grants, with seven recent alumni currently pursuing research abroad.

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RISD has a long history of offering Saturday and after-school classes for children and teens, as this photo from c. 1910 confirms.