Alumni Stories

Students, families, friends, faculty and alumni joined together to welcome RISD’s newest alums into the fold.

Many Hands, Many Voices: Textile Histories and Entanglements, taught by RISD Museum curator Kate Irvin, highlights marginalized makers of the past.

Korean-American architect and sculptor Janny Baek speaks about expressing “vibrancy, pleasure and hope” through her vivid ceramics, ahead of a major show at Culture Object, New York.

Public service events included book drives, open studios and more in celebration of the school’s 146th Founders Day.

Grad students Ann Lewis and Viraj Mithani, undergrad Yuqing Liu and recent alumna Elizabeth Meiklejohn use SPUR funding to conduct research in the US and abroad.

Furniture designer Urvi Sharma and painter Anna Weyant are both included in this year’s Art & Style list, bringing the total number of RISD alums cited over the years to 51.

RISD alums Sasha Gordon, Zoé Blue Maestu and Anna Weyant are included in the editors’ list of “brand-new talents we can’t wait to see more from.”

RISD Museum’s Extraordinary Realities show featuring work by alum and trustee Shahzia Sikander makes the curator’s annual list.

Alums Kelly Walters, Alexander Williams and Qualeasha Wood speak about their post-RISD journeys as part of the Career Center’s annual Mindshare lecture series.