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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Cochiti Pueblo artist Virgil Ortiz—known for his pottery, fashion design, and storytelling—speaks as part of the Ceramics department fall lecture series.
The Glass department welcomes Ginsburg, whose practice explores the relationship between meditation and the natural world.
The Painting department presents a dialogue between Kirloskar visiting artist Tsohil Bhatia and NYC-based artist Jenna Hamed.
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. Season 1 launches with Williams in conversation with acclaimed visual artist, filmmaker, and RISD alum RaMell Ross, known for his potent exploration of the Black experience in the American South.
ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT
Life After RISD: Checking in with Alum Nik Bentel
The unconventional designer creates unexpected, humorous objects with stories to tell about consumer culture.
Life After RISD: Checking in with Alum Nik Bentel
The unconventional designer creates unexpected, humorous objects with stories to tell about consumer culture.
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Hear more about RISD’s community of artists, designers and scholars.
Offering two BFAs—Art and Computation and Sound—the new department focuses on networks and simulation, computational art making, and coding.
Moderated by Provost Touba Ghadessi and Assistant Provost Margot Nishimura, panelists discussed the role of artists and designers in building community and honoring diverse legacies.
On view in the Illustration Studies Building Gallery and open during Families Weekend, the show highlights the incredible diversity of work shaped by the popular program.
Students are turning waste into materials ready for cross-disciplinary use and experimentation, from blotter paper to cotton muslin.
Student interventions transform the Front Street Family Center in Woonsocket, RI into a celebration of food, wellness, and community.
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
