News and Events
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Upcoming events
RISD welcomes Black History Month with this annual celebration of the enduring voice of Harlem Renaissance poet Langston Hughes. The event will feature live music by jazz musician Emmanuel Escobar. Illustration by Winold Reiss.
Designer, RISD alum, and 2x4 co-founder Georgie Stout 89 GD will talk about her work leading 2x4, a multidisciplinary studio with such prestigious clients as Prada and MoMA.
Graduate Studies, in collaboration with Fleet Library and the Center for Arts & Language (A&L), kicks of a new series of graduate artist talks.
RISD news
The Furniture Design alum speaks with Michelle Millar Fisher about craft that explores relationships and connections.
Graduate students selected for the Society of Presidential Fellows are pushing creative boundaries as architects, sculptors, industrial designers, painters, textile artists, and global scholars.
The largest Fulbright cohort in RISD’s history is currently conducting research in host countries across Europe and Asia.
Offered through the Illustration department, the fall studio introduced eager students to tattooing as a recognized art form and viable career path.