Alumni Stories
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RISD students and recent alums are using funding from RISD Research to develop interdisciplinary projects with communities around the world.
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Art in America reports on the RISD alum’s current exhibition at Lehmann Maupin gallery in New York City.
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2021/22 was among RISD’s top five years for fundraising and set a new record for volunteering and other forms of community involvement.
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Multidisciplinary artist and RISD alum Jes Fan uses fungi, bacteria and hormones to produce thought-provoking sculptures.
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Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture Emily Vogler and alum José R. Menéndez are bringing communities together through the Blackstone River Commons.
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Project Open Door students are back on campus this summer, trying their hands at everything from textiles to toy design in long-running RISD program.
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RISD students and recent grads are using design thinking skills to support positive change in Africa, Asia and North and South America.
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Recent Photography and Ceramics graduate students present historically grounded work at Microscope Gallery in Chelsea and Sculpture Space in Long Island City.
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Michael Maltzan’s 6th Street Viaduct addresses mistakes of LA’s past.