At Rhode Island School of Design, you’ll join a creative project that started in 1877
At Rhode Island School of Design, you’ll join a creative project that started in 1877
At Rhode Island School of Design, you’ll join a creative project that started in 1877
RISD is a college and museum located in Providence, Rhode Island
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Join Haus of Codec and Intercultural Student Engagement (ISE) for a night of drag, artistry, and community pride at the RISDrag Show!
Nature-Culture-Sustainability Studies welcomes interdisciplinary artist and educator Haley MacKeil, project coordinator and faculty advisor for RISD’s Loop Lab.
RISD Careers welcomes Story Magic founder and CEO Jessica Mastors for a student workshop on using narrative to make professional connections.
It Starts with a Question
It Starts with a Question, a new video interview series hosted by RISD President Crystal Williams, features Williams in conversation with thought leaders, art and design luminaries, and other notable creatives and changemakers. In the latest episode, multimedia artist and alum Rose B. Simpson sits down to discuss identity, imposter syndrome, and growth.
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Life After RISD: Njari Anderson
The Brown | RISD Dual Degree Program grad discusses his worldly, discipline-melding approach to sculpture and installation.
Life After RISD: Njari Anderson
The Brown | RISD Dual Degree Program grad discusses his worldly, discipline-melding approach to sculpture and installation.
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Hear more about RISD’s community of artists, designers and scholars.
Students are using such techniques as silkscreening and block printing to transform blank clay canvases into unique and expressive ceramic objects.
Students traveled to Ocean Hour Farm in Newport, RI as part of their yearlong investigation into earth-friendly materials like wool.
Creative practitioners in a wide range of disciplines are invited to experiment with the notion of teaching as creative practice.
Now in its fifth year, the First Generation College Student Pre-Orientation Program (FGC POP) has been recognized for dramatically changing the landscape for first-generation students.
The conceptual artist elevates the everyday through performance pieces and exhibitions like the one that transformed RISD’s Memorial Hall Gallery this fall.
Students in a cross-disciplinary studio are finding inspiration in nature for conceptual, environmentally friendly design proposals.
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Liz Collins: Motherlode
A new exhibition at the RISD Museum presents the first-ever US survey of work by artist and RISD alum Liz Collins 91 TX/MFA 99. Liz Collins: Motherlode brings together 30-plus years of large-scale sculptural pieces, fashion, needlework, drawings and ephemera that speak to the artist’s devotion to her medium and to her community.
on view through January 11, 2026
Liz Collins: Motherlode
A new exhibition at the RISD Museum presents the first-ever US survey of work by artist and RISD alum Liz Collins 91 TX/MFA 99. Liz Collins: Motherlode brings together 30-plus years of large-scale sculptural pieces, fashion, needlework, drawings and ephemera that speak to the artist’s devotion to her medium and to her community.
on view through January 11, 2026
