Alumni Stories

Launched in early December, The Art of Creativity taps into the expertise of RISD faculty members and alums trained in a wide variety of disciplines.

Recent grant recipients take on projects that call on art and design skills to explore complex topics. 

Ilana Savdie’s paintings—currently on exhibit at the Whitney—dazzle, beguile and refuse to stay put. 

Furniture Design alum Brodie Neill safeguards the planet, one piece of furniture at a time.
 

Interior Architecture alum Daniel Pelosi, or @grossypelosi, talks about the secret sauce that has launched his new career in the food space.
 

RISD alum Jevon Brown and 2016 exchange student Maika Palazuelos make Dwell’s annual list.

Manini Banerjee, Varun Mehta, Avantika Velho and Katia Zolotovsky are developing mycelium-based biofiltration pods capable of reseeding lost wetlands.

RISD’s 2023 fiscal year closes with more than $17 million raised in support of undergraduate scholarships, graduate fellowships, internships and museum programming.

RISD graduate Sahara Clemons is one of eight finalists.