Alumni Stories

The husband-and-wife Class of 1974 alums screened seminal concert film Stop Making Sense and discussed the band’s early days. 

The latest development in the successful partnership provides students with the rare opportunity to experiment and create new bodies of work using natural gems.

Offered through the Sculpture department, Immersive Worlds invites students to use experimentation and a plethora of making techniques to bring their ideas into reality.

Launched in 2021 by His Majesty King Charles III and Sir Jony Ive, the competition seeks to drive environmental progress through private-sector innovation.

Faculty members Sara Jordenö and Pouya Ahmadi and alum Nina Martinez view forced migration through unique lenses and present radical and creative interventions.

RISD Alums Paige Katherine Bradley, Leyla Faye Margolis-Brooks and Qualeasha Wood among selected artists. 

Ideas developed by recent RISD graduates were chosen as winners of the Terra Carta Design Lab competition.

RISD alum Qualeasha Wood shakes up the art scene with tapestries that mesh conventional craftmaking with contemporary themes and materials. 

An award-winning sculptor who works in clay, RISD alum Anina Major recalls the years as a child that helped drive the creativity she exhibits today.