Student stories

Students in a fall Apparel Design studio construct gender-neutral capsule collections for 18 astronauts flying to the moon.

Ghanaian undergraduate Abena Acheampong Danquah wins a Creative Futures Grant from the Black Artists + Designers Guild.

A transdisciplinary, student-led initiative reimagines RISD’s relationship with the ecosystem that surrounds it.

First- and second-year MFA students simultaneously present two distinctive approaches to exhibiting fine art.

Students in a fall Digital + Media research studio use high- and low-tech tools to explore the changing Narragansett Bay and develop creative research projects.

RISD students test ideas about art and pedagogy by working directly with local teenagers.

Fast Company reports on Interior Architecture department project focused on reimagining Rhode Island’s Pell Bridge.

The fall 2021 semester gets underway with student move-in, orientation activities and an inspiring livestreamed Convocation event.

Interior Architecture sophomores work with community developer I. Lanre Ajakaiye on plans to transform a blighted Providence building into a multicultural gathering place.