Faculty Stories
RISD’s First Endowed Chair in Textiles
Longtime Professor Anais Missakian 84 TX is honored to accept her new appointment as RISD’s first Pevaroff-Cohn Family Endowed Chair in Textiles.
Guggenheim Fellows Focus on New Work
Faculty members Deborah Zlotsky and Yevgeniya Baras and alumna Jennifer Garza-Cuen MFA 12 PH win 2019 Guggenheim Fellowships.
Reframing African Identities
Assistant Professor of Architecture Emanuel Admassu researches how evolving notions of global art and design play out across the African diaspora.
Prizing Pulitzer
Assistant Professor Ramón Rivera-Moret brings his vision to a new documentary about 19th-century newspaperman Joseph Pulitzer.
Designing for the Home
Furniture designer Debra Folz collaborates with West Elm on a collection of modern, functional pieces featuring simple and unexpected details.
Revisiting the Unicorn
A moving documentary by experimental filmmakers Isabelle Dupuis and Tim Geraghty (who teaches at RISD) is garnering rave reviews.
Polites Recognizes the Power of Place
An interview with Literary Arts and Studies faculty member Taylor Polites, who encourages students to engage with Providence’s rich history and diverse community.
Immaculately Conceived
FAV Professor Dennis Hlynsky remains fascinated by filming birds in flight—as a new exhibition at Essex Art Center in Lawrence, MA reveals.