11/16/2012The permanent storefront shared by RISD Exposé and Second Life is getting prepped for The White Tie Show, a showcase of eclectic works by students and alumni.
Tags: alumni, partnerships + collaborations, students
10/25/2012“Designtrepreneur” Joe Gebbia 05 GD/ID, cofounder of Airbnb, spoke at RISD last week to launch the Career Center’s Mindshare 2012.
Tags: alumni, entrepreneurship, innovation, Graphic Design, Industrial Design, students
10/31/2012Dick Jones, a new exhibition featuring the RISD library’s latest acquisition to its Archive of Graphic Design and Illustration, celebrates America’s golden age of advertising.
Tags: alumni, graduate, Graphic Design, students
09/07/2012All incoming undergrads are reading Junot Díaz’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel as part of the 2012 Common Reading Program – and then meeting the author in November.
Tags: English, Liberal Arts, students, Literary Arts + Studies
09/06/2012RISD is working to raise funds for an endowed scholarship in honor of Professor Emeritus Malcolm Grear, an internationally known graphic designer who was also one of the school’s most highly respected teachers.
Tags: alumni, faculty, Graphic Design, students
08/22/2012In a collaboration that reflects RISD’s commitment to critical making and community engagement, students in Ceramics and TLAD worked with local teens to create new tile murals for Providence's Hope High School.
Tags: academic collaborations, Ceramics, local/global, nonprofits, partnerships + collaborations, public engagement, students, Teaching + Learning in Art + Design
08/17/2012In the spring studio Communicating Medical Risk, Brown undergraduates teamed up with RISD art and design majors to look at better ways of disseminating medical information.
Tags: academic collaborations, Brown, Film-Animation-Video, Graphic Design, interdisciplinary, Illustration, Industrial Design, partnerships + collaborations, research, STEAM, students
07/16/2012Increasingly more RISD students have turned to yoga to help them relax, focus and tap into their creative strengths.
Tags: Foundation Studies, Illustration, Industrial Design, Painting, students
06/26/2012Students in a spring Sculpture studio taught by Professor Ellen Driscoll are creating public art for Kennedy Plaza as part of a major initiative funded by the NEA.
Tags: alumni, governmental, local/regional, graduate, interdisciplinary, Industrial Design, nonprofits, partnerships + collaborations, public engagement, research, Landscape Architecture, Painting, students, Sculpture
06/07/2012Weaving fiber art together with years of environmental activism, Margaret Kearney 13 TX becomes the first-ever art school student to be recognized by the Udall Foundation.
Tags: public engagement, social responsibility, students, sustainability, Textiles
Graduates let loose at the close of RISD's colorful outdoor Commencement.