Equity and Inclusion Stories

A range of campus-wide activities promoting social justice ended with an inspirational panel discussion and musical performance.

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

From its on-campus Pre-College program to online classes and a new Summer Teen Art Institute in Shanghai, RISD CE focuses on accessibility.

As We Are opened during Pride month and showcased work by a number of local queer artists.

Shey Rivera Ríos and Ruchika Nambiar collaborate with research designers from the MIT Game Lab to explore how games can be used to subvert oppressive narratives.

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

Grad students Claudia Peck, Priyata Bosamia and Shivani Pinapotu gain hands-on experience working with museum staff.

Korina Emmerich and Liana Shewey of NYC incubator Relative Arts participate in ongoing Indigenous and First Nations Artist Series.