Student stories
RISD’s First Black Biennial Now on View
A month-long, student-curated exhibition brings together artists and designers of color from RISD and beyond to illuminate the diversity of the Black experience.
An Insatiable Curiosity
RISD celebrates International Women’s Day with a visit from experimental European designer Patricia Urquiola.
Handcrafted Gems
Submissions to the eighth annual Baker & Whitehill Student Artists’ Book Contest beautifully marry craft and content.
Wintersession Whirlwind
A glimpse of students experiencing life outside their home departments during RISD’s annual five-week intersession term.
2022 GDUSA Students to Watch
RISD Graphic Design students Forough Abadian and Jada Akoto included in the trade publication’s annual list.
Symbols of Resistance
A new cross-disciplinary Wintersession studio focuses on the act of protest.
Witness Tree 2022 Examines Conservation
Students in this year’s Witness Tree Project studio-seminar create objects out of beetle-infested maple from Vermont’s Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park.
Viraj Mithani: The Reflective Artist
Forbes India profiles the painter/printmaker and current RISD grad student.
Narratives in Metal
RISD’s Jewelry + Metalsmithing department honors the legacy of late faculty member Michael Glancy in its ongoing Triennial.