Alumni Stories
What Are You Looking At?
Painter Robin F. Williams returns to RISD to discuss the inspiration behind her self-possessed female figures.
Eisenman’s Perpetual Motion
After a hugely productive year, Nicole Eisenman took a break from making to deliver the RISD Museum’s Gail Silver Memorial Lecture.
Mesmerizing Midnight Moments
An experimental film by Maria Constanza Ferreira 17 FAV/GD brings satellite imagery to NYC’s Times Square.
Refreshing Approach to Business
Illustrator Julia Rothman 02 IL teams up with writer Shaina Feinberg for Scratch, a new biweekly column in The New York Times.
Frere-Jones Wins National Design Award
Typeface designer Tobias Frere-Jones recently accepted the Cooper Hewitt’s 2019 award for Communication Design.
Magical and Divinely Queer
An experimental film featuring costumes by Jamall Osterholm 17 AP wins a Student Academy Award.
Fairey Faces the Giant
Street artist Shepard Fairey 92 IL paints his 100th mural in Providence, where it all began.
Character Development
A Tulsa [OK] Literary Artist Fellowship gives Olivia Stephens 17 IL the time and space to complete her first graphic novel.
Working + Growing Together
Married alumni Chris Buzelli 95 IL and SooJin Buzelli 96 IL showcase the power of creative collaboration at RISD’s ISB Gallery.