Kate Blacklock

Critic - Industrial Design
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RISD faculty member Kate Blacklock
MFA, Rhode Island School of Design

Kate Blacklock received her undergraduate degree from University of California at Santa Cruz ('79) and her MFA (’87), in Ceramics from RISD. She has taught at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and Rhode Island College and for nine years co-chaired the Ceramics department at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, where she was associate professor. She has been teaching in the Industrial Design department at RISD since 2002.

Blacklock’s studio work has moved from sculptural ceramics to photography and painting. She has had solo exhibitions around the country including Franklin Parrasch Gallery in New York, The Works Gallery in Philadelphia and Shaw Guido Gallery in Michigan. She created a line of cast functional porcelains, retailing in museum stores and fine craft galleries. In 1996 she was an artist in residence at the Manufacture National de Sèvres, outside of Paris. Her works are in many private and public collections including The Mint Museum and Musée National de le Céramique. Recently she has worked on projects with the design firm Jeffrey Beers International and has two-dimensional works at the Fountainbleau Hotel in Miami and the Intercontinental and Westin hotels in New York.

Courses

Spring 2024 Courses

ID 24ST-03 - ADVANCED DESIGN: STUDIO
Level Undergraduate
Unit Industrial Design
Subject Industrial Design
Period Spring 2024
Credits 6
Format Studio
Mode In-Person
Start date
End date

ID 24ST-03

ADVANCED DESIGN: STUDIO

Level Undergraduate
Unit Industrial Design
Subject Industrial Design
Period Spring 2024
Credits 6
Format Studio
Mode In-Person
Start and End 2024-02-15 to 2024-05-24
Times: TTH | 1:10 PM - 6:10 PM Instructor(s): Kate Blacklock Location(s): Industrial Design Building, Room 302 Enrolled / Capacity: 15 Status: Open

SECTION DESCRIPTION

The 6-credit Advanced Design studios offer second semester juniors and seniors the opportunity to investigate product, socially responsible, and sustainable design; innovation through science and technology and other topics in contemporary practice. These studios are designed to strengthen the student's ability to conduct research, ideation, material exploration, presentation, and concept validation. Studios meet two days per week. Junior and Senior Industrial Design Students are required to take a total of three (3) advanced studios.

Majors are pre-registered for this course by the department. Preference is given to Junior, Senior or Graduate Industrial Design Students.

Major Requirement | BFA Industrial Design, MID (2.5yr): Industrial Design

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RISD faculty member Kate Blacklock
MFA, Rhode Island School of Design