RISD students benefit from the hundreds of visiting artists, designers, curators, critics and other professionals who come to campus each year and bring fresh critical perspectives to the studio dialogue. This discourse fuels a compelling mix of creative activitiy that makes RISD a rich environment for funded research and development. As a result, a growing number of partnerships has been forged with institiutions such as Brown, Columbia, Harvard and MIT; community and government organizations; and corporations and foundations.

RECENT VISITING ARTISTS INCLUDE:
Lynda Barry | Uta Barth | Frauke Behrendt | Young-Hae Chang | Dale Chihuly | Jim Drain | Dieter Feseke | Ann Hamilton | An-My Lê | Sze Tsung Leong | Luba Lukova | Tony Marsh | Malcolm McCullough | Jamisen Ogg | Nel Pak | Paul Ramirez-Jonas | James Rosenquist | Katrin Sigurdardottir | Michael Singer | Mika Tajima