Global Arts and Cultures News

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RISD’s Global Arts and Cultures Program Hosts Counter-Colonialism Board Game Symposium

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.

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Tracing the Roots of Universal Design

Students in a research seminar led by Associate Professor Eric Anderson analyze groundbreaking home design projects headed up by late Industrial Design faculty member Marc Harrison.

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Five Questions: Naimah Pétigny

A brief interview with one of RISD’s recently hired Schiller Family Assistant Professors in Race in Art and Design.

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Five Questions: Christopher Roberts 

A brief interview with one of RISD’s recently hired Schiller Family Assistant Professors in Race in Art and Design.

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Cultivating a Global Perspective

Liberal Arts faculty members reflect on the inaugural years of RISD’s Global Arts and Cultures MA program.

Faculty Members Honored

Matthew Bird and Avishek Ganguly earn the 2019/20 John R. Frazier Award for Excellence in Teaching.

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Whitney Curators Visit RISD

Whitney Biennial co-curators Rujeko Hockley and Jane Panetta offer RISD graduate students insightful feedback and advice.

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New Grad Programs Address 21st-Century Needs

Beginning in fall 2018, students in two new graduate programs in Liberal Arts will grapple with the complexities of globalization and urgent ecological challenges.