Welcome President Crystal Williams
Meet Crystal Williams
President Williams brings a deep passion for and broad experience in leading mission-driven institutions.
President Williams brings a deep passion for and broad experience in leading mission-driven institutions.
A Wintersession global studies course led by Lucy Spelman and Andrea Dezsö considers the important role that artists and designers can play in environmental conservation.
The second-year teaching and research fellow shows students how the built environment can shed light on issues of race, class, gender and more.
RISD’s 11th annual MLK Series keynote speaker addresses public art and the importance of creating space for Black artists.
Members of RISD's growing community of sound artists and researchers discuss how the evolving studio contributes to the college’s overall educational mission.
SEI Research Fellow Zoé Samudzi explores images of violence and death and how humanitarian photography may or may not influence the viewer’s behavior.
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.
As the semester comes to a close, grads and undergrads in every department gather constructive criticism for their inspiring work.
The Illustration department’s new graduate program aims to transform the field by inspiring self-authorship and social engagement.
Sophomores in a fall Sculpture studio make work that invites the viewer to physically engage with it.
Architecture students present innovative and sustainable building designs to nonprofit client What Cheer Flower Farm.
RISD students analyze groundbreaking home design projects headed up by late Industrial Design Professor Marc Harrison.
Start Here, our FAQ for prospective students, has answers to (almost) everything you want to know.
Full-time faculty members to join RISD in fall 2021 as a result of the “Race in Art & Design” cluster hire initiative.
RISD shares progress and next steps towards its commitment to being proactively anti-racist.