News and Events
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Upcoming events
President Crystal Williams and Provost Touba Ghadessi welcome students back to campus and mark the official beginning of the academic year.
The Rhode Island community is invited to join this participatory networking event hosted by RISD’s Center for Community Partnerships and Academic & Creative Partnerships.
Students, faculty, and staff are invited to celebrate the new academic year with music, art activations, food trucks, and more.
RISD news
Each painting is like an island awash with yearning, sending out a lighthouse signal into a fractured world.
Two group exhibitions on view this summer offer an inside look at the singular yet overlapping creative visions of 17 recent grads.
Members of the 2026 cohort are putting their art and design skills to work in humanitarian and environmental organizations worldwide.
The award-winning, internationally recognized glass artist reflects on her obsession with the medium and the early days of RISD’s Glass department.