For Community Partners

For groups and organizations who want to collaborate with RISD on community-focused work, our Center for Community Partnerships (CCP) connects you with potential partners across RISD—from faculty, students, staff and alumni, to the RISD Museum, the Career Center, RISD Research, Continuing Education and others.

Throughout each year we create opportunities to engage in projects spanning topic and scope. These partnerships include academic studios, public and civic engagement opportunities, K-12 educational programming and event sponsorship.

Getting started

Learn how to engage with us

GivePulse

By connecting members of our campus community with nearby groups, organizations and service opportunities, the GivePulse community engagement hub helps facilitate many ways to do engaged work at and around RISD.

If you want to promote volunteer opportunities and other ways to get involved with your organization, GivePulse can help you get the word out. By creating a GivePulse profile, you’ll be able to advertise your upcoming, ongoing and recurring community-based initiatives across and beyond our campus.

Contact the CCP

If you want to discuss opportunities to engage with RISD, whether via studio-based partnerships, museum programming and research, or internships and volunteer positions for students, reach out to us via this contact form. We’ll be happy to talk more about the possibilities.

Artworks

For organizations with work opportunities for emerging artists and designers, the ArtWorks online platform lets you post internships, jobs and other hands-on learning roles open to RISD students and alumni. By registering and posting on ArtWorks, you help our talented community of makers discover professional and career development opportunities with your organization.

Federal Work-Study

With oversight from the college’s Student Employment Office, federal work-study opportunities help bring the artists and designers who study here into beneficial contact with a variety of institutions and organizations. We welcome our community partners to inquire about connecting with socially-engaged RISD students via federal work-study.

Come see our campus

If you are interested in attending a public event, touring the RISD Museum or another of our exhibition galleries, or just want to see the college up close, our guide for traveling to and navigating campus will help you plan your visit.

Host your event at RISD

From auditoriums and smaller gathering rooms on our Providence campus, to the scenic outdoor grounds of Tillinghast Place in nearby Barrington, RI, RISD offers a variety of spaces for hosting community events. Follow the link to discover available venues and learn how to make your reservation.

CCP support resources

See this reference guide to community engagement terminology, as well as information about several of the CCP’s on-campus partners and our online social engagement hub on GivePulse.

Current community partners

We engage with a wide range of organizations, nonprofits, schools and government agencies based in Providence and the surrounding area, including:

  • AAA NorthEast
  • The Avenue Concept
  • Beautiful Day
  • Born to Rise
  • Cape Cod Museum
  • City Arts!
  • Dean Hotel
  • DesignxRI
  • Direct Action For Rights And Equality
  • DownCity Design
  • Downtown Neighborhood Association
  • Festival Ballet
  • Fringe Fest
  • Gallery Night Providence
  • Garden City Center
  • Hattie Home
  • Haus of Glitter
  • House of Codec
  • Junior Achievement of Rhode Island
  • Justice Assistance
  • Manissean Community
  • The Muse Foundation
  • Mystic Aquarium
  • New Urban Arts
  • One Neighborhood Builder
  • Partnership for PVD Parks (P3)
  • Providence After School Alliance
  • Providence Biennial for Contemporary Art
  • Providence Children's Film Festival
  • Providence Children’s Museum
  • Providence ¡CityArts! For Youth
  • The Providence Foundation
  • Providence Student Union
  • RI Black Film Festival
  • RI Black Storytellers
  • RI Judiciary
  • RI Latino Arts
  • RIDOH Academic Institute
  • Social Enterprise Greenhouse
  • Stages of Freedom
  • The Steel Yard
  • Tomaquag Museum
  • What Cheer Flower Farm
  • Woonasquatucket River Watershed Council (WRWC)
  • Youth Pride Inc.