Alumni Stories

Nine RISD students and recent alums worked with government and nonprofit organizations from Providence to Singapore.

Six funded projects explore radical solutions to longstanding problems that impact the environment and marginalized communities. 

Work by 21 emerging artists who honed their techniques at RISD is now on view at the Museum of Illustration in New York City.

The new scholarship offers support for students in the Architecture or Apparel Design departments.

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.