Alumni Stories
![Robin F. Williams 06 IL large-scale painting, Weathervane (2018)](/sites/g/files/upbtqy111/files/styles/landscape_3_2_250x166/public/2021-02/1576771427707_unnamed.jpg?h=8c69fef0&itok=JrWFf9hE)
Painter Robin F. Williams returns to RISD to discuss the inspiration behind her self-possessed female figures.
![The abject figures in Procession by Nicole Eisenman 87 PT](/sites/g/files/upbtqy111/files/styles/landscape_3_2_250x166/public/2021-02/1582066880722_unnamed.jpg?h=10d202d3&itok=UX7xJg2f)
After a hugely productive year, Nicole Eisenman took a break from making to deliver the RISD Museum’s Gail Silver Memorial Lecture.
![Maria Constanza Ferreira 17 FAV/GD work in chemical crystallography](/sites/g/files/upbtqy111/files/styles/landscape_3_2_250x166/public/2021-02/1572450339364_FerreiraAbuDhabi.jpg?h=e75c301f&itok=9V_Thx9C)
An experimental film by Maria Constanza Ferreira 17 FAV/GD brings satellite imagery to NYC’s Times Square.
![illustration of Rothman and Feinberg](/sites/g/files/upbtqy111/files/styles/landscape_3_2_250x166/public/2023-01/1572649487172_julia%2Bshaina-hero.jpeg?h=da5139b2&itok=MjXJOtxJ)
Illustrator Julia Rothman 02 IL teams up with writer Shaina Feinberg for Scratch, a new biweekly column in The New York Times.
![Zoetrope, a typeface designs by Tobias Frere-Jones 92 GD](/sites/g/files/upbtqy111/files/styles/landscape_3_2_250x166/public/2021-02/1575470904646_hero-alt-Zoetrope-words-13-100a.jpg?h=1982bea4&itok=5lkUQmW8)
Typeface designer Tobias Frere-Jones recently accepted the Cooper Hewitt’s 2019 award for Communication Design.
![Georden West (left) provides direction on the set of Patron Saint, an experimental short that won a 2019 Student Academy Award](/sites/g/files/upbtqy111/files/styles/landscape_3_2_250x166/public/2021-02/1571941850803_JamallFilm1.jpg?h=6efa1d31&itok=6Rh4FOqJ)
An experimental film featuring costumes by Jamall Osterholm 17 AP wins a Student Academy Award.
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Street artist Shepard Fairey 92 IL paints his 100th mural in Providence, where it all began.
![Artie, the protagonist in comics artist Olivia Stephens 17 IL new book in progress](/sites/g/files/upbtqy111/files/styles/landscape_3_2_250x166/public/2021-02/1571342959520_artiesketch-hero.jpg?h=0d092b87&itok=4bz-F_e7)
A Tulsa [OK] Literary Artist Fellowship gives Olivia Stephens 17 IL the time and space to complete her first graphic novel.
![Art Direction and Illustration: The Creative Marriage of Words and Images showcases selected works emanating from the creative partnership between Chris Buzelli 95 IL and SooJin Buzelli 96 IL at the ISB Gallery](/sites/g/files/upbtqy111/files/styles/landscape_3_2_250x166/public/2021-02/1569463583038_Buzelli-1.jpg?h=39cd9ed5&itok=U6CY6QE8)
Married alumni Chris Buzelli 95 IL and SooJin Buzelli 96 IL showcase the power of creative collaboration at RISD’s ISB Gallery.