News and Events
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Upcoming events
Students, faculty, and staff are invited to celebrate the new academic year with music, art activations, food trucks, and more.
The Rhode Island community is invited to join this participatory networking event hosted by RISD’s Center for Community Partnerships and Academic & Creative Partnerships.
Providence World Music presents four short films: Between us the silence, Bubbling Baby, Blue Heart, and The man who planted Baobabs, part of this year’s African Film and Art Festival, Sep 16–20, 2026.
RISD news
The collective generosity of foundations, corporations, and 2,142 individual donors shattered the previous fundraising record.
The Fleet Library, Experimental and Foundation Studies division, and Graphic Design and Illustration departments welcome world-class new hires.
The aerospace designer and entrepreneur discusses his passion for prototyping and what RISD taught him about pushing through self-doubt to find a solution.
Each painting is like an island awash with yearning, sending out a lighthouse signal into a fractured world.