Grounded in craft, the artist’s practice was set in motion by a Southwestern-style bolo tie and other costume jewelry handed ...

In her foundational publication Killing Rage: Ending Racism, late social critic bell hooks wrote, “Beloved community is formed not by the eradication of difference but by its affirmation, by each of ...

Designer Georgie Stout 89 GD, co-founder of studio 2x4 in New York City, transferred to RISD as a sophomore and built lifelong relationships with her classmates. At 2x4, she leads projects across the ...

Video games, earth sciences, social justice, and 2D animation were just a few of the topics covered during this year’s Brown | RISD Dual Degree capstone presentations, in which graduating students ...

A graduate-level Furniture Design course taught by faculty member Jonah Takagi 02 FD used Providence’s Lippitt House Museum as a lens for understanding how furniture and interiors reflect the social, ...

Menswear designer Robert Geller 01 AP got his first job in the industry at Marc Jacobs in New York City when he was still a student at RISD. There he met the love of his life and began a career that ...

When the Obama Presidential Center opens on Juneteenth, visitors will be greeted by Uprising of the Sun, a vibrant, 83-foot painted glass window by MacArthur Award-winning artist and RISD alum Julie ...

As visitors view work in the RISD Museum’s Grand Gallery, a seven-foot figure covered head to toe in black fabric quietly moves through the space, pausing to write in his notebook. He doesn’t speak or ...

Twelve area K-12 teachers are developing creative ways to bring Rhode Island’s diverse civic and cultural heritage into their classrooms as part of a new federally funded initiative offered through ...

As a senior in RISD’s Film/Animation/Video department, Lucas Ansel 23 FAV created a stop-motion masterpiece called The 12-Inch Pianist that went on to win silver in the 2025 Student Academy Awards ...

Ceramics artist Anina Major MFA 17 CR uses the vernacular of craft to reclaim experiences and relocate displaced objects. Her work is inspired by Bahamian straw plaiting, a skill she learned from her ...