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02.19.08 | issue #35 |
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 Working in cross-disciplinary teams of two, students in RISD’s Apparel Design and Textiles departments recently collaborated with the Italian Trade Commission (ITC) and 23 Italian fabric and yarn mills to design and create garments using these high-quality materials. “This was a great opportunity for RISD to both foster relationships with important industry partners and encourage a collaborative design process among students,” notes Assistant Professor Liz Collins ’91 TX/MFA ’99, the faculty leader on the Textiles side of the equation. “The resulting pieces represent a cross-pollination of work and techniques,” adds Apparel Design Department Head Donna Gustavsen. Work from the studio will be featured in a runway show at The RISD Museum on March 4 and on display at Bergdorf Goodman in New York the week of March 11. |
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RISD Trustee Maggie Williams, who worked in the Clinton White House for five years, has been appointed Hillary Clinton’s new presidential campaign manager.
Maybe you noticed her stylized handbag on the cover of The New York Times’ January 10 Style supplement? Or her serene snowy city cover for The New Yorker at the end of December? Between freelance commissions, Providence-based illustrator Kim DeMarco ’88 IL also manages to keep up a fun visual blog that included the news of John Maeda’s appointment as RISD’s next president, among other eclectic observations.
“Paul Rand had a very simple, direct style and [was] among the most important designers to ever live,” noted Michael Kroeger MFA ’87 GD in a recent article on his new book Paul Rand: Conversations with Students. A designer and professor now based in Cincinnati, Kroeger conducted a series of interviews for the book when he got to know Rand as a professor in Arizona.
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2008 Caldecott Medal-winner Brian Selznick ’88 IL will launch the new Alumni Lecture Series with a talk in the RISD Auditorium on Wednesday, February 20 at 6:30pm. Architectural glass pioneer James Carpenter ’72 IL will continue the series with a presentation on Tuesday, March 18 — same time, same place.
Every Wednesday from 7-10 pm Kate Huntington ’78 opens her studio at 109 Summer Street in Providence (near Classical High) for a life drawing class. Drop-ins welcome, or give her a call at 401 440-5997 if you have any questions.
Whether the stockmarket has you jittery or it’s just time for a career change, here’s an array of job boards to help you prospect your next career move in art and design. Always start with Artworks — RISD’s own job and internship database. Then try Indeed,
Archinet, AWN, Coroflot, CreativeHotlist, Fashion Net, Krop, NYFA and Mandy’s.
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Deborah Willis, a former Guggenheim and MacArthur fellow and chair of the Photography and Imaging Department at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, will speak about “Visualizing Black Culture” at 7pm on Tuesday, February 26 in the RISD Auditorium. Her talk will focus on the role of the camera and the photographic image in defining black identities.
Adrian Tomine will show slides and talk about his career as a cartoonist and comic book artist on Friday, February 29 at 7pm in the RISD Auditorium. He’ll also sign copies of Shortcomings, his latest graphic novel, which will be sold in the lobby prior to the free lecture. On January 31 NPR aired an interesting interview with Tomine on Fresh Air.
Poet Kenneth Goldsmith, founder of UbuWeb and editor of I’ll Be Your Mirror: The Selected Andy Warhol Interviews (2004), will speak at RISD on Tuesday, March 4 at 4:30pm.
Public artist/activist Mierle Laderman Ukeles, a long-time artist-in-residence at NYC’s Department of Sanitation, promises to give a fascinating talk at 6:15pm on Wednesday, March 5 in the RISD Auditorium.
As part of an ongoing celebration of the 70th anniversary of the Edna Lawrence Nature Lab, evolutionary biologist Lynn Margulis will present a lecture entitled “Evolutionary Origins of Nature’s Designs” on Friday, March 14 at 7 pm in the RISD Auditorium. Dazzle Gradually: Reflections on the Nature of Nature is among the many eye-opening books she has written. |
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Robert Thornton ’52 PT
Bert Gallery
Providence, RI
through March 29
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Susan Lyman, Sculpture critic
Hunt-Cavanagh Gallery
Providence [RI] College
February 25-March 27
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Emmy Cho MFA ’06 PT
Abba Fine Art
Miami, FL
through March 5
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Aija Sterns ’78 CR
Plum Elements
Charleston, SC
through April 5
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Fred Lisaius ’81 IL
Susan Schomburg Gallery
Santa Monica, CA
through March 8
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Nathan Miner ’99 SC
13FOREST gallery
Arlington, MA
February 29-April 18
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