News and Events
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Upcoming events
The Painting department welcomes the multimedia artist and founder of Passenger Pigeon Press, an independent venture that joins the work of scientists, journalists, creative writers and artists.
The Jewelry + Metalsmithing department welcomes the conceptual metalsmith, mixed-media sculptor and socio-commodity engineer.
The RISD professor, sociologist and political theorist delivers a talk about the just transition, a foundational concept of labor-environmentalism and progressive climate politics.
RISD news
The RISD alum discusses his latest film, Nickel Boys, an adaptation of a Colson Whitehead novel.
Students are building a traditional boat out of wood and investigating the material’s environmental, ecological and sociocultural impacts.
Students in a fall studio are exploring a wide range of motion design techniques, from stop-motion animation to film title sequencing.
Students in an interdisciplinary fall course learn to observe the living world in search of design strategies grounded in planetary health.