Alumni Stories
![Assistant Professor of Illustration Eric Telfort 05 IL, with student](/sites/g/files/upbtqy111/files/styles/landscape_3_2_250x166/public/2021-02/1583935216825_Telfort.jpg?h=3cc0d8c8&itok=kXsmNv_-)
The Rhode Island Foundation names Assistant Professor of Illustration Eric Telfort a 2020 MacColl Johnson Fellow.
![A bioplastic by Megan Valanidas MID 18](/sites/g/files/upbtqy111/files/styles/landscape_3_2_250x166/public/2021-02/1582309688789_ValPlastic-hero%2B.jpg?h=aedf22a3&itok=Wm0cyVbI)
Industrial designer Megan Valanidas uses bacteria-centered design to formulate bioplastics that decompose naturally.
![Gijima (2019, silkscreen on paper) from Jazzmen Lee-Johnson 06 FAV's forthcoming afro-futurist graphic novel Grandma’s Lament/Sello sa Nkoko](/sites/g/files/upbtqy111/files/styles/landscape_3_2_250x166/public/2021-02/1582226534426_JLJGijimaLarger.jpg?h=9eabcbec&itok=bZ0D-_ZR)
Multidisciplinary artist Jazzmen Lee-Johnson works to transcend the legacies of enslaved peoples and gender inequality.
![Acacia Johnson 14 PH](/sites/g/files/upbtqy111/files/styles/landscape_3_2_250x166/public/2021-02/1569509746608_AcaciaListing.jpg?h=561fe1eb&itok=AgaEwKda)
Alumna Acacia Johnson’s stunning photo essay about Inuit peoples of the Canadian Arctic appears in National Geographic.
![Courtroom sketch by courtroom sketch artist Bill Hennessy 79 PT](/sites/g/files/upbtqy111/files/styles/landscape_3_2_250x166/public/2021-02/1580406142595_McConnell%2BSchumer-day-1-hero.jpg?h=a67fec55&itok=J-upuTBI)
RISD graduate Bill Hennessy is one of three courtroom artists covering the historic trial in the US Senate.
![Installation for the 2019 Singapore Biennale presents a visual representation of a poem by spoken word artist Pooja Nansi](/sites/g/files/upbtqy111/files/styles/landscape_3_2_250x166/public/2021-02/1579637624497_EeSingaporeListing.jpg?h=1d1d9559&itok=bQr6o6s9)
Visual artist Michael Ee collaborates on an installation for the Singapore Art Museum.
![Tables filled with Anther Kiley MFA 13 GD's build-it-yourself Cardkits paper toys](/sites/g/files/upbtqy111/files/styles/landscape_3_2_250x166/public/2021-02/1579883265705_Cardkits-thumb.jpg?h=78e13483&itok=iwLFEkIZ)
DESIGNxRI advances emerging businesses through mentorship and grant support.
![Francesca Woodman 79 PH](/sites/g/files/upbtqy111/files/styles/landscape_3_2_250x166/public/2021-02/1579663407758_FW-hero.jpg?h=371b3ca6&itok=dpK0KdNg)
A revealing exhibition draws from photographer George Lange’s friendship with the late Francesca Woodman while they were at RISD.
![Grace Lin 96 IL](/sites/g/files/upbtqy111/files/styles/landscape_3_2_250x166/public/2021-02/1579622619985_grace.jpg?h=1085eaaa&itok=_kGovGXH)
Author/illustrators Jarrett Krosoczka and Grace Lin co-curate an exhibition at the Eric Carle Museum that celebrates childhood artwork.