News and Events
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Upcoming events
RISD welcomes Black History Month with this annual celebration of the enduring voice of Harlem Renaissance poet Langston Hughes. The event will feature live music by jazz musician Emmanuel Escobar. Illustration by Winold Reiss.
The Furniture Design department welcomes the RISD community to their Graduate Biennial, on view in the Sol Koffler Gallery through February 15.
Graduate Studies, in collaboration with Fleet Library and the Center for Arts & Language (A&L), kicks of a new series of graduate artist talks.
RISD news
Offered through the Illustration department, the fall studio introduced eager students to tattooing as a recognized art form and viable career path.
Architecture faculty members Jonathan Knowles and Laura Briggs are working with students to design and build a butterfly pavilion on an organic farm in Ponta Delgada.
The Levantine interior designer discusses her love of craft and collaboration and how her style combines Asian and Middle Eastern influences to reflect a modern Arab identity.
From Apparel Design to Textiles, campus hummed with innovative approaches and generative discussions the week before the winter break.