Local/Regional Partnerships
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Alumna Adrienne Gagnon MA 08 has won a Rhode Island Innovation Fellowship to help teach school kids how to use design thinking to nurture idea-generation and problem solving skills.
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RISD's 2013 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration Series – a week of events honoring the legacy of the influential civil rights leader – is inspiring many to reflect and serve their communities.
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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.
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The RISD athletic community – a group known for rowdy gameplay, clever mascot costumes and team names laced with innuendo – welcomes two new sports organizations into the fold.
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A recent panel discussion involving participants from RISD, Brown and the local performing arts group Everett focused on the natural connections between art and science.
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The annual fringe fest lets audiences peer into the wondrous world of digital media.
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Students in a
spring Sculpture studio taught by Professor Ellen Driscoll are creating
public art for Kennedy Plaza as part of a major initiative funded by the NEA.
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This spring renowned
public artist Kristin Jones 79 SC
brings new explorations of space and time to an interdisciplinary studio
offered through Architecture.
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Thanks to funding from the van Beuren Charitable Foundation, graduate students in Interior Architecture are envisioning future uses for the Jane Pickens Theater in Newport, RI.
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Accomplished
poet and Associate Professor Mairéad
Byrne curates and hosts a monthly feast of poetry, music and performance
open to the Providence public.
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As part of SmART Schools, a research-based K–12 reform initiative, Industrial Design faculty member Amy Leidtke is leading two mini-institutes this spring to help Rhode Island math and science teachers incorporate art and design into their lesson plans.
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Foundation Studies students are showing folded-paper sculpture installations created for Clad In, a designer clothing store in Providence.
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In celebration of National Landscape Architecture Month, RISD is bringing
seven prominent practitioners to campus to talk about their work.
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After winning
a competitive fellowship, Landscape Architecture faculty member Takuma Ono
will engage in research on dredging during a three-month residency at the Gardner Museum in Boston.
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A sponsored RISD studio by global fine crystal manufacturer Swarovski kicks off its visiting artist lecture series with contemporary artist Rashaad Newsome.
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Interior
Architecture graduate students design and install handcrafted furniture to help
families living at a shelter in Woonsocket, RI.
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RISD Exposé, the student-run gallery and pop-up shop, is now in its third year of featuring fine art and design work by RISD students, both for browsing and for sale.
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In a three-way exchange of inspiration, students in Textiles create print designs inspired by works at the RISD Museum and Apparel Design students create garments inspired by the resulting fabrics.
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The
Wassaic Project connects artists with each other and with the local community.
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On September 26, artists, designers, scientists, educators, business leaders and policymakers came together to celebrate Rhode Island’s leadership role in advocating for the role of art and design in fostering innovation.
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