Interested in a degree in Nature–Culture–Sustainability Studies?

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Portraits of Undeniable Presence

Photography grad student Shterna Goldbloom MFA 19 PH explores the complicated intersection of queer and Hasidic experiences.

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Kama Sutra Revisited

Illustrator Victo Ngai 10 IL has earned the Society of Illustrator’s 2019 Hamilton King Award for her interpretation of the ancient Sanskrit classic.

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Learn about our new master’s program in Global Arts and Cultures

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Quietly Revolutionary Film Up for an Oscar

Hale County This Morning, This Evening by RaMell Ross MFA 14 PH has been nominated for a 2019 Academy Award for Best Feature Documentary.

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undergraduate students (fall 2018)
1,994
graduate students (fall 2018)
474
student/faculty ratio
9:1
MacArthur “genius award” winners
10

Upcoming events

Awards ceremony | Baker & Whitehill artists' book contest

Wednesday, February 20

Fleet Library (Main)

Visiting artist | Nell Irving Painter

Wednesday, February 27

Metcalf Auditorium, Chace Center/RISD Museum

Visiting artist | Alejandro Cartagena

Tuesday, March 12

Metcalf Auditorium, Chace Center/RISD Museum

find more at events.risd.edu

Featured exhibitions on campus

_Scapes 19

RISD students

curated by Curated by Zola Anderson 19 PT, Raghvi Bhatia 19 GL and Kelly Eriksen 19 GL

through Mar 17

Gelman Student Exhibitions Gallery

Visions and Revisions

Various artists

through Aug 4

RISD Museum

Baker & Whitehill Artists’ Book Exhibition

RISD students

through Apr 28

Fleet Library at RISD

more current exhibitions

From the very first year you’ll be urged to experiment.

get a sense of Experimental and Foundation Studies

RISD portfolios

see work by students + alumni at portfolios.risd.edu