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The 15 Best Art Schools in the US

Editors place RISD at number four and mention new CTC department and first tattooing course.

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RISD Sculpture Department’s Digital Fabrication Lab Offers Innovative Approaches to Making

Hands-on fall studios encourage students to incorporate contemporary technologies and platforms into their evolving creative practices. 

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RISD-HMG Research Partnership Explores Tangible Futures in Advanced Biodesign

Fall 2025 Regeneration Studio focuses on biomimicry research in structures, materials, mechanisms, and interfaces. 

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Fall RISD Course Combines Age-Old Art Forms of Ceramics and Printmaking

Students are using such techniques as silkscreening and block printing to transform blank clay canvases into unique and expressive ceramic objects.

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RISD’s Sustainability Design Lab Focuses on Sheep’s Wool and Other Waste Fibers

Students traveled to Ocean Hour Farm in Newport, RI as part of their yearlong investigation into earth-friendly materials like wool.

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New TLAD Course at RISD Positions Pedagogy as Source of Limitless Innovation

Creative practitioners in a wide range of disciplines are invited to experiment with the notion of teaching as creative practice.

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Life After RISD: Checking in with Alum Njari Anderson

The Brown | RISD Dual Degree Program grad discusses his worldly, discipline-melding approach to sculpture and installation.

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In the Studio with 33 of the Hottest Art Stars on the Planet

Vanity Fair guide to emerging artists includes RISD alums Sasha Gordon, Sanya Kantarovsky, Anna Weyant, Jordan Wolfson, and Joseph Yaeger.