Teaching + Learning In Art + Design

Teaching + Learning in Art + Design (TLAD) offers graduate students a progressive and dynamic center of inquiry and practice that directly links academic study to engagement with communities beyond campus. TLAD students both explore and contribute to the development of new practices in art and design teaching across an arts learning continuum spanning from kindergarten to college and beyond.

In both the MAT and MA programs, practice-based studies with RISD professors and visiting professionals are enriched through ever-evolving partnerships with the RISD Museum, Brown University, community-based youth arts organizations and public and independent schools.

After RISD, TLAD alumni go on to work as art educators and advocates in a broad range of contexts. Recent alumni now hold rewarding positions at organizations as diverse as the Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art, the Mattress Factory, the College Board and the Hive Archive. Alumni are at work helping to preserve Indigenous culture in the US, promote Portuguese art and culture, and help young Tibetan refugees express themselves through film. And of course, countless alumni are bringing their energy and commitment to teaching and mentoring young people at public and private schools throughout the country and the world.