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The artist believed he could create a sculpture that would transform even the most sadistic individual into an empathetic person who felt unity with all humanity.

Faculty- and alum-led initiatives focus on everything from new materials to sustainable fishing practices to strategies for mitigating urban heat island effect.

This summer’s courses focused on the architecture of Brazil, printmaking in Italy and the use of glass as an architectural element in Japan.

RISD’s Nature Lab designs using nature’s blueprints.

The sprawling show brings together 30-plus years of large-scale sculptural pieces, fashion, needlework, drawings and ephemera by the RISD alum and former faculty member.

RISD alum Geoff Rockwell crafts a striking mural for Mexico City’s US Embassy.

RISD alum Rebecca J. Miller completes the film she began in 1976 about a 1940s Robert Flaherty documentary focused on RISD Professor John Howard Benson that never came to be.

Kris Wilton, deputy director of audience and engagement, discusses how an art museum can compete for attention in an Internet-obsessed world.