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Professor Anais Missakian 84 TX in a textiles studio
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.

Works by Elizabeth Shevelev 19 AP
Singular Style at Collection 19

Each graduating senior in Apparel Design presented a wholly unique design perspective at this year's runway show.

Still from Graduated Exposure, Nathan Taylor 19 FAV
Film Festival in Full Swing

The 2019 Film/Animation/Video senior festival features an exceptional range of final projects.

Gorham silver nutcrackers on display in exhibition at The RISD Museum
Designing Brilliance at the RISD Museum

Gorham Silver: Designing Brilliance 1850–1970 showcases 600 pieces—along with original tools and drawings—created during the company’s heyday in Providence.

Photo of girl holding snake by Jennifer Garza-Cuen MFA 12 PH from her series Imag[in]ing America
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.

Tavares Strachan 03 GL
Between + Beyond at the Biennials

Nicole Eisenman 87 PT and Korakrit Arunanondchai 09 PR are the only two artists worldwide invited to show in both the 2019 Whitney and Venice biennials.

Creative Process

Monocle profiles President Rosanne Somerson and RISD’s tight-knit leadership team.

Children at Karam House in Syria
Innovative Humanitarianism

Lina Sergie Attar MArch 01 and the Karam Foundation are helping young Syrian refugees learn new ways of thinking through design-based education.