Alumni Stories

A new show at the RISD Museum pulls out all the stops.

Students prepared for life after RISD this summer by visiting alums and other creative professionals at studios, galleries, arts nonprofits, and museums in upstate New York.

From custom wedding dresses to homemade ice cream, sweet creating is the cornerstone of life for RISD alum Angela Muir.

Faculty members Catherine Andreozzi and Michael Lye teach courses focused on apparel design and habitats for astronauts and have created an informal pipeline for alums interested in working for the space agency.

The artist believed he could create a sculpture that would transform even the most sadistic individual into an empathetic person who felt unity with all humanity.

Faculty- and alum-led initiatives focus on everything from new materials to sustainable fishing practices to strategies for mitigating urban heat island effect.

The sprawling show brings together 30-plus years of large-scale sculptural pieces, fashion, needlework, drawings and ephemera by the RISD alum and former faculty member.

RISD alum Geoff Rockwell crafts a striking mural for Mexico City’s US Embassy.

RISD alum Rebecca J. Miller completes the film she began in 1976 about a 1940s Robert Flaherty documentary focused on RISD Professor John Howard Benson that never came to be.