Faculty Stories

Members of RISD’s growing community of sound artists and researchers discuss how the evolving studio contributes to the college’s overall educational mission.

SEI Teaching and Research Fellow Zoé Samudzi explores images of violence and death and how humanitarian photography may or may not influence the viewer’s behavior. 

As the semester comes to a close, grads and undergrads in every department gather constructive criticism for their inspiring work.

RISD’s Interior Architecture department revisits a state-of-the-art installation presenting green retrofits to the iconic bridge connecting Newport and Jamestown, RI.

Architecture students present innovative and sustainable building designs to nonprofit client What Cheer Flower Farm.

Sophomores in a fall Sculpture studio make work that invites the viewer to physically engage with it.

Students in a fall studio highlighting humans’ impact on the natural world get encouraging critique from returning alum and wildlife artist Walton Ford.

Students in a research seminar led by Associate Professor Eric Anderson analyze groundbreaking home design projects headed up by late Industrial Design faculty member Marc Harrison.

The Cool City Project headed up by RISD faculty member Nick De Pace looks to use the city’s existing infrastructure to combat life-threatening heat waves.