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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
risd|works Launches its 2008 Collection
With Inspired Designs and One-of-a-Kind Works of Art Perfect for Giving
Items created by Rhode Island School of Design alumni and faculty offer tangible evidence of the many directions a RISD education can take
contact: Jaime Marland, 401 427-6954 jmarland@risd.edu
Providence, RI, November 6, 2007 — Since its inception in 2001, risd|works has featured the work of more than 400 RISD faculty and alumni, spanning every discipline. Each year, Rhode Island School of Design’s retail store, gallery, and design showroom introduces a fresh new selection of unique objects. Shoppers will find a variety of wares sure to delight children and adults, along with inspired items for every room in the home.
As in years past, the 2008 collection offers tangible evidence of the many directions a RISD education can take, featuring works representing every department at RISD, including Glass, Ceramics, Furniture Design, Apparel Design, Textiles, Film/Animation/Video, Jewelry + Metalsmithing, Illustration, Painting, Sculpture, Printmaking, Industrial Design, Graphic Design, Architecture, Interior Architecture and Photography. Regardless of the medium, each artist in the collection has been selected for creating innovative objects of the highest quality and aesthetic appeal. The risd|works collection is comprised of items made by both established and up-and-coming designers and artists, working solo or as part of a larger company, creating everything from hand-crafted articles to mass-produced designs.
Highlights of the new collection include the Mod Rocker children’s chair by Lisa Albin (Architecture ’90); Pop-Out Jewelry, including earrings and a pendant embedded in a single piece of steel, by Melissa Borrell (Jewelry + Metalsmithing MFA ’05); Partridge in a Pear Tree oil painting by Chris Buzelli (Illustration ’95); a two-toned fan plate and sauce bowl by Paul Eshelman (Ceramics MFA ’81); Reveal lighting, which projects the silhouette of a window frame with the whisper of a tree beyond by Adam Frank (Sculpture ’92); the Tree Hooked Coat Rack by Alissia Melka-Teichroew (Master of Industrial Design ’04); and Flotsam, the children’s book that earned David Wiesner (Illustration ’78) a 2007 Caldecott Medal.
Old favorites are still available, of course — from the children’s book Ben’s Dream by Chris Van Allsburg (MFA in Sculpture ’75) to the Cuisinart kitchen scale by the late Industrial Design Professor Marc Harrison.
This holiday season, from November 2007 through January 2008, risd|works will also feature a small works show. Featured alumni artwork will be hung salon-style in the store, with all items priced under $400.
risd|works is located in the heart of downtown Providence in the historic retail district at 10 Westminster Street on the first floor of the Merchants Bank building, opposite the College Street bridge. Hours are Monday-Saturday, 10am-6pm and Sunday, 11am-5pm, with extended evening hours for special events such as Gallery Night Providence (third Thursday of every month until 9pm) and WaterFire.
If you can’t come in to enjoy the ever-changing array of art and design objects in person, items from the annual collection are also available online at www.risdworks.com, which includes a searchable database, artists’ profiles, pricing, and online purchasing options. For more information, call risd|works at 401 277-4949, or visit www.risdworks.com.
Artists + Designers in the risd|works 2008 Collection
LISA
ALBIN – BArch ’90
LUKE BOGGIA – ’00 FAV
MELISSA BORRELL – ’05 JM
CHRIS BUZELLI – ’95 IL
CARLA CARUSO – ’88 GL
DALE CHIHULY – MFA ’68 CR
ELLEN DAVIES – ’86 PT
DAVID DEAR – ’85 ID
MCKAY DUNCAN – ’90 GL
PAUL ESHELMAN – MFA ’81 CR
RICO ESPINET – ’75 SC
ADAM FRANK – ’92 SC
GEORGE GERMON – ’69 CR
LIZ GOULET-DUBOIS – ’94 IL
TIM HARRINGTON – ’96 FAV
LEEANN HERREID – ’91 JM
PETER HEWITT – ’86 ID
PRIYADARSHINI HIMATSINGKA – ’00 JM
BOYD SUGIKI – MFA ’96 GL
BOB TROUTMAN – ’00 GD
GINNY TROUTMAN – MAT ’96
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DOROTHY
IMAGIRE – MFA ’90 PH
THEA IZZI – ’91 JM
ERIC JANSSEN – ’93 GD
RICHARD JONES – ’88 GL
SALLY JONES – ’76 TX
SASCHA KAPOSI – ’97 ID
DONYA KAUFER – ’94 JM
TAMAR KERN – MFA ’01 JM
JOHANNE KILLEEN – ’71 PH
DAVID MACAULAY – BArch ’69
SETH MACFARLANE – ’95 FAV
SONYA MACKINTOSH – ’90 TX
JULIE MEHRETU – MFA ’97 PH
ALISSIA MELKA-TEICHROEW – MID ’04
CHRISTOPHER RAIA – ’95 ID
DAVID REISS – ’80 GD
JACK RICHTER – MFA ’99 FD
CALEB SIEMON – ’97 GL
DAVID WEEKS – ’90 PH
DAVID WIESNER – ’78 IL
ANDREA ZATARAIN – ’96 JM
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About Rhode Island School of Design
Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) has earned a worldwide reputation as the preeminent art and design college in the country. Today, with more than 17,000 alumni, the college enrolls roughly 1,900 undergraduates and 375 graduate students from the United States and almost 50 countries, offering degree programs in the fine arts, architecture and design disciplines, and art education. Academic programs include research and design initiatives, the exploration of art criticism and contemporary cultural concerns, as well as international exchange programs. Each year, RISD hosts prominent and accomplished artists, critics and authors on campus. Among the college’s key resources is The RISD Museum of Art, which houses a world-class collection of international works spanning Ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome, as well as art of all periods from Asia, Europe and the Americas, to the latest in contemporary art. For more information, go to www.risd.edu.
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