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 It’s break time at RISD this week, with students transitioning between Wintersession and spring semester. For most, the last six weeks were intense but refreshing. Some students pursued internships off campus — at places like Cosmo Girl magazine and Liz Claiborne in NYC, Motion Graphics in LA and Himatsingka silk company in Bangalore, India. Others studied abroad or stayed right in snowy Providence to delve into special projects. Among the more eclectic offerings were courses called A Little Bit Dangerous (on the art of music videos), Knight to Cyborg (a genealogy of warriors through the ages), Making & Playing (a class on improvisational musical instruments) and Math and Physics Review (a perennial favorite taught by Professor Wil Yoder ’62 AR). Wintersession also drew a number of visiting faculty, including NYC-based painter Nicholas Evans-Cato ’94 PT, Korean textiles and apparel designer Chunghie Lee, African literature scholar Gitahi Gititi and furniture designer Eck Follen MFA ’90 FD.
from the alumni association
• Looking for creative minds, emerging talent and innovative portfolios for your business? Post an internship or job opening to reach RISD students and alumni.
• If you’re living in NYC and in need of a creative jump-start, check out this one-day workshop on March 12, sponsored by the RISD/NY club.
• Vote by February 28 to add one of three alumni candidates to RISD’s Board of Trustees. Click here for information about the candidates. Have questions or need a ballot? Contact Anne Essex MFA ’97 JM.
look around
• Cinematographer Robert Richardson ’79 FAV will find out on Sunday, February 27 if he’ll take home an Oscar for The Aviator, the critically acclaimed Martin Scorsese movie nominated for 11 Academy Awards. If he collects a trophy, it won’t be his first; Richardson has been nominated for four other films and won in 1991 for his work on JFK.
• If you’re an iPod fanatic or fanatic-wanna-be, check out iPod and iTunes Hacks by Hadley Stern ’97 GD. “If you like to tinker, pull things apart or generally prefer to live outside the mainstream, you’ll love this book,” promises a fan on Amazon. Among his many multiple personalities, Stern is also editor in chief of AppleMatters, “a serious yet irreverent look at all things Apple.”
• Video installation artist Janet Biggs ’85 GL and photographer Liz Deschenes ’88 PH, both based in New York, are among the 10 artists nationwide to win the most recent round of Anonymous Was A Woman awards. The $25,000 no-strings-attached grants are aimed at helping women over 35 pursue their creative work.
on campus
new dean
Jessie Shefrin, who held a variety of positions at Alfred University’s School of Art and Design over the past 28 years, began last month as RISD’s new dean of Graduate Studies.
cinema fantastique
Notre Musique, the latest film by Jean-Luc Godard, Kings and Queen by Arnaud Desplechin and A Wonderful Spell by Dominique Cabrera are among the top draws at the Providence French Film Festival, presented by Brown University with help from all sorts of sponsors and contributors, including RISD’s FAV Department. It’s sure to be captivating, and Cabrera will be on hand on March 6 to talk about her film — at the Cable Car from February 24 through March 6.
think summer
Each year more than 400 Pre-College students from around the country and the world learn first-hand how transformative six weeks at RISD can be. If someone you know is interested, there’s a Pre-College Preview session at RISD on March 12. It’s also not too early to consider the wide range of other Summer Studies programs at RISD, including college credit-granting courses and opportunities to study abroad.
entrepreneurship center tour
The Center for Design & Business, a joint venture between RISD and Bryant University, is hosting on-site tours of its Design & Business Entrepreneurship Center in downtown Providence on Wednesday, February 23 from 8-9:30am. Click here to register or get more information.
The latest print edition of risd views (Winter 2005) should arrive in your mailbox by early next week (if you live in the US; international deliveries tend to be considerably slower). eviews is produced as a complement to the magazine by RISD’s Design Marketing Collaborative and e-mailed to readers monthly during the academic year.
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© Rhode Island School of Design 2005
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Ian Ramsay ’03 PR
Koussevitzky Art Gallery
Berkshire Community College
Pittsfield, MA
through February 25
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Robert Thornton ’52 PT
Paula Martiesian ’76 PT
Bert Gallery, Providence, RI
through February 25
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Edward del Rosario MFA ’98 PT/PR
Marcellus Hall ’87 IL
risd|works, Providence, RI
reception February 17
through March 12
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Rhonda Wall ’78 PT
Myhelan Cultural Arts Alliance
Long Valley, NJ
through April 5
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more than 30 alumni + faculty
Chazans’ Choice
The RISD Museum, Providence
through April 24
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Alyson Shotz ’87 TX
Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art
Ridgefield, CT
through June 22
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