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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ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT
Rose B. Simpson on art and community
In the New York Times, 2025 commencement speaker and honorary degree recipient Rose B. Simpson MFA 11 CR reflects on her career and its connection to her community through five works.
Rose B. Simpson on art and community
In the New York Times, 2025 commencement speaker and honorary degree recipient Rose B. Simpson MFA 11 CR reflects on her career and its connection to her community through five works.
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Thinkers, makers and educators interested in spatial phenomena, complex systems and nature-inspired design explore the role of visual mathematics and inductive reasoning within art and design education.
Mann discusses her latest book, Art Work: On the Creative Life (Abrams Press, 2025), offering advice about the unpredictable role of luck in the artist’s life and knowing why and when to say yes.
Authors and artists Lynn Sures and Michelle Samour discuss their award-winning book Radical Paper: Art and Invention with Colored Pulp.
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Hear more about RISD’s community of artists, designers and scholars.
President Crystal Williams and Provost Touba Ghadessi welcome new and returning students and lead an emotional Convocation ceremony in the RISD Auditorium.
Students prepared for life after RISD this summer by visiting alums and other creative professionals at studios, galleries, arts nonprofits, and museums in upstate New York.
From Providence to Pakistan, this year’s Maharam fellows are putting their creative problem-solving skills to good use.
Faculty members Catherine Andreozzi and Michael Lye teach courses focused on apparel design and habitats for astronauts and have created an informal pipeline for alums interested in working for the space agency.
Students in a cross-disciplinary studio are finding inspiration in nature for conceptual, environmentally friendly design proposals.
ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT
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
