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Fall semester is underway at RISD
With a community-wide vaccination rate surpassing 90 percent, campus is in full swing with in-person studios and extra-curricular experiences.
RISD news and announcements
What to Wear on Orion
Students in a fall Apparel Design studio construct gender-neutral capsule collections for 18 astronauts flying to the moon.
Architecture Student Recognized
Ghanaian undergraduate Abena Acheampong Danquah wins a Creative Futures Grant from the Black Artists + Designers Guild.
Sikander Show Opens at RISD Museum
Extraordinary Realities traces the first 15 years of Shahzia Sikander’s creative journey from Lahore, Pakistan to New York City.
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Brilliant Debut
RISD’s Jewelry + Metalsmithing department launches a virtual pop-up exhibition promoting work by recent graduates.
The Seductive Alchemy of Clay
Visiting artist Ebitenyefa Baralaye kicks off the Ceramics department’s fall lecture series with a meditative wheel-throwing demo.
Architecture, Modernity and the Post-Colonial Narrative
New faculty members Malcolm Rio and Germán Pallares-Avitia explore architectural history through the lens of decoloniality.
The Regenerative Earth Collective
A transdisciplinary, student-led initiative reimagines RISD’s relationship with the ecosystem that surrounds it.
Grad Photography Work on Display
First- and second-year MFA students simultaneously present two distinctive approaches to exhibiting fine art.
Visualizing Hard Science
Students in a fall Digital + Media research studio use high- and low-tech tools to explore the changing Narragansett Bay and develop creative research projects.
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.
Update on Advancing Social Equity
RISD shares progress and next steps towards its commitment to being proactively anti-racist.
RISD Alums Make 30 Under 30 List
Four recent graduates are included in Forbes’ annual roundup of emerging talents.