Welcome President Crystal Williams
Meet Crystal Williams
President Williams brings a deep passion for and broad experience in leading mission-driven institutions.
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RISD news and announcements
Crossing the Pell—Again
RISD’s Interior Architecture department revisits a state-of-the-art installation presenting green retrofits to the iconic bridge connecting Newport and Jamestown, RI.
Farm-Fresh Design Ideas
Architecture students present innovative and sustainable building designs to nonprofit client What Cheer Flower Farm.
Please Touch
Sophomores in a fall Sculpture studio make work that invites the viewer to physically engage with it.
Visual Narratives that Inspire Change
Students in a fall studio highlighting humans’ impact on the natural world get encouraging critique from returning alum and wildlife artist Walton Ford.
Jazz, Gender and Social Justice
SEI Research Fellow Nichole Rustin engages RISD students in contemporary political questions and develops their skills as liberal arts scholars.
Tracing the Roots of Universal Design
RISD students analyze groundbreaking home design projects headed up by late Industrial Design Professor Marc Harrison.
The Return of the Design-Build
First-year Landscape Architecture students learn valuable skills of the trade by collaborating on an observation deck at Tillinghast Farm.
Project Open Door Students Explore Jewelry Making
RISD’s Jewelry + Metalsmithing department collaborates with Project Open Door to offer young artists the first on-campus studio of its kind.
Symposium Visualizes New Spaces
Artists, designers and scholars gather at RISD to examine such deeply embedded societal issues as colonialism and white supremacy and the ongoing effort to elevate BIPOC perspectives.
Getting Conceptual in the Hot Shop
Students in a fall Glass studio taught by Sean Salstrom use movement and choreography as a starting point for experimentation.
RISD Inaugurates 18th President
The community comes together to celebrate President Crystal Williams with a two-day symposium, open studios, RISD Craft art sale and more.
SPUR Grants Support Site-Specific Research
RISD students and recent alums are using funding from RISD Research to develop interdisciplinary projects with communities around the world.
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RISD Welcomes New Hires Focused on Race and Decolonization
Full-time faculty members to join RISD in fall 2021 as a result of the “Race in Art & Design” cluster hire initiative.
Forbes Recognizes Trailblazers
Four recent RISD graduates are included in the latest Forbes 30 Under 30 compilation.
Update on Advancing Social Equity
RISD shares progress and next steps towards its commitment to being proactively anti-racist.