Alumni Stories

The 20 fellowship recipients across the arts, humanities and sciences will each receive an $800,000, no-strings-attached stipend for their work.

Meet the creative team behind the Emmy-winning docuseries Octopus!

The internationally recognized street artist and provocateur discusses his compulsive need to create, the versatility that keeps his practice afloat, and his life-changing RISD experience.

A daylong series of exhibitions, conversations, and participatory experiences highlight the partnerships, research, and creative practices shaping the future of art and design.

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.

The award-winning, internationally recognized glass artist reflects on her obsession with the medium and the early days of RISD’s Glass department. 

The annual list reflects editors’ picks for people whose talents are defining the country’s creative landscape right now. (See our list of Wallpaper-recognized RISD alums to help explore the story.)