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Golden lion tamarins investigate a puzzle feeder made by industrial design students
RISD Students Create Engaging Objects for Roger Williams Park Zoo Animals

Students enrolled in Design for Animal Enrichment are challenged to look beyond anthropocentric design to consider the needs of animals at the Roger Williams Park Zoo.

A digital rendering of an archival center for the Tomaquag Musuem designed by Marianna Pasaret
RISD Interior Architecture Students Propose Designs for Tomaquag Museum’s New Archival Center

In the advanced studio, students had the unique opportunity to connect with Indigenous community members to create culturally competent designs.

the completed Still Here mural in downtown Providence
Community Gathers at RISD for Celebration of Still Here Mural

The creative minds behind the massive Providence portrait honoring Rhode Island’s Indigenous population discuss its creation and impact.

Three educational posters featuring words in various colors, sizes and orientations
Project Open Door Alums Return to RISD for Print and Design Collaboration

Emerging artists and designers worked with TLAD students and community arts educator Jacques Bidon to honor historic Rhode Island figures.

Students in Rene Payne's Be the Change Graphic Design course visit special collections to learn about RISD's archival history
RISD Studio Promotes Activism Through Graphic Design

Students in the spring studio Be the Change used design as a way to inform, enlighten and educate.

Corey Wantanabe string up clotheslines and hangs sheer lace fabric from them in the CIT building as a part of an installation for Snowtown monuments
RISD Landscape Architecture Studio Challenges the Histories of Local Monuments

In Monumental Publics, students interrogated Providence’s history before turning to public spaces and monuments in Boston.

historic photo of little-known Snowtown neighborhood in 1800s Providence
RISD Students and Local Researchers Shine Light on Rhode Island’s 19th-Century Snowtown Neighborhood

The once-vibrant, multiracial Providence community was razed in the 1800s to make room for the railroad and the Rhode Island State House.

Students take a trip to the Tomaquag Museum in Exeter, RI
RISD Textiles Class Brings Students Face to Face with Hard Historical Truths

Many Hands, Many Voices: Textile Histories and Entanglements, taught by RISD Museum curator Kate Irvin, highlights marginalized makers of the past.