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  • Art + Business Meet at Harvard xDesign

    01/24/2013
    As an MBA candidate at Harvard Business School, RISD alum Jonathan Arena 09 GD has organized the first-ever Harvard xDesign conference.

  • Wintersession Wanderlust

    01/15/2013
    Students enrolled in the Wintersession travel course Creating an Archive are studying photography in Vrindavan, India – a holy pilgrimage site brimming with cultural curiosities.

  • Now Showing: New Work by New Faculty

    01/14/2013
    Painters Angela Dufresne and Craig Taylor, two new assistant professors in the Painting department, are interested in innovation and integration.

  • Creating Sustainable Solutions in Central America

    01/10/2013
    RISD students developed a prototype off-the-grid schoolhouse for rural Costa Rica in collaboration with Earth University – the world's foremost research institute for sustainable agriculture.

  • Documenting Truth

    12/21/2012
    Faculty member Jo Sittenfeld MFA 08 PH exposes a diverse set of students to the world of documentary photography.

  • Reimagining the Industrial Waterfront

    12/03/2012
    Graduate students are envisioning fantastical ways to reinvent the Brooklyn Navy Yard, a 300-acre site that was once America's leading naval shipyard.

  • Mixing Major Curiosities

    11/19/2012
    Student ceramicists are working with visiting artists to create marvelous – and sometimes unorthodox – projects.

  • Into the Wild

    11/12/2012
    Lucy Spelman, a biologist and veterinarian with a taste for adventure, teaches The Art of Communicating Science this fall.

  • Plankton Portraiture

    11/14/2012
    Working alongside University of Rhode Island oceanographers, Foundation Studies Critic Cynthia Rubin explores the fascinating behavior of plankton.

  • Natural Fiber Chairs

    09/12/2012
    Professor Seth Stem works with BASF to develop new uses for an eco-friendly, hemp-based alternative to plastic.

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In the Painting studios students and faculty pause to consider works in progress.