Student Stories

Graduate students in a wide range of programs are expanding their creative practices and making ceramic sculptures that produce sound.

Students explore the unexpected connections between theatrical performance, performance art, animation, and printmaking.

Using hot glass working techniques, the class is exploring ideas that define, present, magnify, and duplicate elements of the natural world.

Sophomores in the program investigate a wide variety of fibers and processes, including spinning, yarn construction, and natural and synthetic dyes.

RISD Careers has helped hundreds of current students garner relevant experience in the art and design world that they’ll take with them after Commencement. 

This summer, kids, teens, and adults explored new creative pathways on campus, online, at RISD’s satellite locations, and across the globe in Shanghai, China.

From observing South African termites to creating manga comics in Japan, students in this summer’s RISD Global courses learned new skills and explored new environments. 

Launched together 150 years ago, RISD’s college and museum enjoy a unique, symbiotic relationship in which creativity and learning intertwine.

Students used craft and unusual material selections to address subjects both personal and profound.