At Rhode Island School of Design, you’ll join a creative project that started in 1877
At Rhode Island School of Design, you’ll join a creative project that started in 1877
At Rhode Island School of Design, you’ll join a creative project that started in 1877
RISD is a college and museum located in Providence, Rhode Island
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The Graphic Design department welcomes the art director, designer and educator, who works at the intersection of design and identity systems, with a focus on accessibility and emerging technologies.
Recent American Academy of Rome fellow Nathaniel Donnett presents an afternoon lecture and an evening hot shop event in the Glass department.
The RISD Museum educator helps participants tap into the power of craft and discover its profound relationship to personal well-being.
Civic Engagement and Conversation
Lifting Every Voice
Artists and designers play a key role in building more democratic and equitable societies. From events on campus to resources that support healthy discourse and ethical action, our civic engagement programs offer opportunities to listen, share and learn, and give us a deeper appreciation for how our community lives and experiences the world.
Lifting Every Voice
Artists and designers play a key role in building more democratic and equitable societies. From events on campus to resources that support healthy discourse and ethical action, our civic engagement programs offer opportunities to listen, share and learn, and give us a deeper appreciation for how our community lives and experiences the world.
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Hear more about RISD’s community of artists, designers and scholars.
Students consider how their photographic imagery exists within three-dimensional space and when to take risks and push boundaries in their work.
A fall course led by Professor Calef Brown considers the long, intertwined history of sound and visual art.
A studio led by Professor Rachel Berwick brings to light the transformative effects of heat and molten glass on a variety of natural materials.
An Experimental and Foundation Studies assignment focused on cowboy culture inspires a wide range of responses and meaningful dialogue.
Students in two spring 2023 studios used scientific methodologies combined with design thinking to explore collaborative future living.
