Alumni Stories

With Redwood Preserve, Jarrett Mellenbruch offers an audacious vision for how art should shape the future.

The Rhode Island Foundation names Assistant Professor of Illustration Eric Telfort a 2020 MacColl Johnson Fellow.

Industrial designer Megan Valanidas uses bacteria-centered design to formulate bioplastics that decompose naturally.

Multidisciplinary artist Jazzmen Lee-Johnson works to transcend the legacies of enslaved peoples and gender inequality.

Alumna Acacia Johnson’s stunning photo essay about Inuit peoples of the Canadian Arctic appears in National Geographic.

RISD graduate Bill Hennessy is one of three courtroom artists covering the historic trial in the US Senate.

Visual artist Michael Ee collaborates on an installation for the Singapore Art Museum.

DESIGNxRI advances emerging businesses through mentorship and grant support.

A revealing exhibition draws from photographer George Lange’s friendship with the late Francesca Woodman while they were at RISD.