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Short films by Zenzele Ojore, Michaela Olsen and RaMell Ross premiere at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival.
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Experimental filmmaker Natalia Almada is one of four artists selected by Sundance for its 2018 Art of Nonfiction Fellowship program.
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Eleven students and new graduates are bringing valuable critical thinking skills to nonprofits around the world.
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Master's degree candidates showcase the culmination of their creative efforts in this year's lively and impressive graduate thesis exhibition at the Providence Convention Center.
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Senior Zenzele Ojore 18 PH returns from a summer internship in Uganda with surprising new insights about her own identity as a black American artist.
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Contributing to its critical and popular success, six RISD alumni were invited to show work in the 2017 Whitney Biennial.
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Photographer Nicole Buchanan 15 PH returns to RISD to talk about her compelling series now on view at the RISD Museum.