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The once-vibrant, multiracial Providence community was razed in the 1800s to make room for the railroad and the Rhode Island State House.
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Students in a research seminar led by Associate Professor Eric Anderson analyze groundbreaking home design projects headed up by late Industrial Design faculty member Marc Harrison.
![An illustration of a young woman standing on a hill and looking down on a futuristic, sustainable world, drawn by Mikyung Lee](/sites/g/files/upbtqy111/files/styles/landscape_3_2_250x166/public/2022-10/22GristImagineReferenceDisplay.jpg?h=2e3eca71&itok=dydBauv6)
RISD’s Liberal Arts division welcomes sponsors of creative writing contest Imagine 2200: Climate Fiction for Future Ancestors.
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A brief interview with one of RISD’s recently hired Schiller Family Assistant Professors in Race in Art and Design.
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Liberal Arts faculty members reflect on the inaugural years of RISD’s Global Arts and Cultures MA program.
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SEI Research Fellow Christopher Roberts examines Providence’s historical connections to slavery and colonialism and their impact on the present day.
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Visiting artist Dread Scott shares his vision for change with RISD students.
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Students in three Wintersession travel courses learn through hands-on work with local artisans in Mexico.
![Gentile Bellini’s Procession in Piazza San Marco](/sites/g/files/upbtqy111/files/styles/landscape_3_2_250x166/public/2021-02/1575916831853_art-moves-hero-1.jpg?h=5910a606&itok=Ewgqz5Y5)
In a new book capping years of research, art historian Pascale Rihouet probes the meaning of materials in Renaissance processions.