At Rhode Island School of Design, you’ll join a creative project that started in 1877

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View of RISD’s main building, 20 Washington Place, at dusk. Building is a mix of traditional brickwork and contemporary architectural elements.

RISD is a college and museum located in Providence, Rhode Island

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Five Questions: Fatema Maswood

A brief interview with one of RISD’s Schiller Family Assistant Professors in Race in Art and Design.

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Spring Studio Encourages RISD Students to Push the Boundaries of Traditional Journalism

Faculty member Marisa Mazria Katz helps students tell real-world stories using unconventional forms of expression.

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Two RISD Alums Make 2023 Forbes 30 Under 30

Furniture designer Urvi Sharma and painter Anna Weyant are both included in this year’s Art & Style list, bringing the total number of RISD alums cited over the years to 51.

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RISD’s First Illustration MFA Students Show the Medium’s Potential for Social Impact 

The Illustration department’s new graduate program aims to transform the field by inspiring self-authorship and social engagement.

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Upcoming events

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NARRATIVE INTERVENTIONS SPEAKER SERIES | 1:15 PM  |  Apr 15
Visiting Artists Jason Tranchida and Matthew Lawrence

The artists discuss their multi-year historical project examining a US Navy-sanctioned raid on homosexual activity in Newport, RI at the end of World War I.

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Visiting Artist Jose de Jesus Rodriguez

Hear how the artist explores identity by placing family photos, Catholic imagery and Chicanx iconography into surreal but convincing landscapes 

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E’Ship Speaker Series: Jenny Lai

The Apparel Design alum will speak about her independent designer brand NOT

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Visiting Speaker Fiorenzo G. Omenetto

Natural materials offer new avenues for innovation across fields, bringing together natural sciences and high technology

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Thank you to all of the artists and designers whose work is featured here. From top to bottom: Bhen Allen MFA 22 PT (photo by Jo Sittenfeld MFA 08 PH), Alexander Kern BArch 21, photo of 20 Washington Place by Bruce Damonte, Kaori Yasunaga 21 FAV, Kunyue Qi BArch 21 & Jen Chenyu Zhang BArch 21, Qihang Li 20 PR, Meredith Binnette 20 FAV, Miguel Enrique Lastra MFA 22 CR, Nickole Klarou 21 FAV, Jackie Oh 22 AP/FAV, Julia Chien 22 FAV