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.
The Painting department welcomes MoMA PS1 Assistant Curator Jody Graf, whose writing has been featured in such publications as Texte Zur Kunst, Frieze, Mousse, CURA, and The Exhibitionist.
RISD news
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.
Two group exhibitions on view this summer offer an inside look at the singular yet overlapping creative visions of 17 recent grads.