On-Campus Exhibitions
Current exhibitions
![image of exhibition reception at Woods-Gerry featuring building arches](/sites/g/files/upbtqy111/files/styles/landscape_16_9_349x196/public/2024-07/Summer-Faculty-Exhibition.jpg?h=22c85e30&itok=pxVewm2f)
Jul 11–24, 2024
Woods-Gerry Gallery
![a viewer photographs a glass installation](/sites/g/files/upbtqy111/files/styles/landscape_16_9_349x196/public/2024-07/Pre-College-Exhibition-2024.jpg?h=4df20b07&itok=sC-HP7Os)
Aug 1-2, 2024
20 Washington Place Lobby
![proud Pre-College students and friends at the 2023 exhibition](/sites/g/files/upbtqy111/files/styles/landscape_16_9_349x196/public/2024-07/Screenshot%202024-07-08%20at%207.18.01%E2%80%AFAM.png?h=398effe7&itok=jTqytLAW)
August 1-2, 2024
Woods-Gerry Gallery
Exhibition hours: August 1 (9 am–8 pm) and August 2 (9 am–2:30 pm)
Opening reception: Thursday, August 1, 5–8 pm
![blue image reminiscent of an inkblot with names of student contributors](/sites/g/files/upbtqy111/files/styles/landscape_16_9_349x196/public/2024-05/Intimate-Oppositions-Exhibition.jpg?h=090bdddc&itok=j3f1NOWA)
Intimate Oppositions
through Apr 30, 2025
Bowen Suite Gallery, President’s House
(open by appointment or invitation only)
Work by students in Critical Curatorial Studies course
![wooden sculpture by Nancy Elizabeth Prophet](/sites/g/files/upbtqy111/files/styles/landscape_16_9_349x196/public/2024-02/Prophet-Negro-Head-Campus-Listing.jpg?h=2d7afa76&itok=tHDLpZRi)
through Aug 4, 2024
RISD Museum
The first major exhibition of art by Prophet, one of the first known women of color to graduate from RISD.
![detail of Sok installation showing an abstract object wrapped in red thread](/sites/g/files/upbtqy111/files/styles/landscape_16_9_349x196/public/2024-06/Sok-Dorner-Prize.jpg?h=490aade6&itok=B5SbDLNh)
through Sep 15, 2024
RISD Museum
2024 Dorner Prize-winning installation by current student Linda Sok MFA 25 SC
![a colorful Diné chief-style blanket](/sites/g/files/upbtqy111/files/styles/landscape_16_9_349x196/public/2023-08/Screenshot%202023-08-30%20at%201.55.21%20PM.png?h=539b1c13&itok=_75b0pBJ)
through Sep 29, 2024
RISD Museum
Diné (Navajo) works spanning 150 years of design resilience and creativity
![detail of a Japanese painting showing a woman with a baby](/sites/g/files/upbtqy111/files/styles/landscape_16_9_349x196/public/2024-05/Museum-Defying.jpg?h=4362216e&itok=seVFIFHO)
through Nov 4, 2024
RISD Museum
This exhibition addresses often-overlooked histories and stories of women in Japanese art.
![detail of a traditional-looking textile created digitally](/sites/g/files/upbtqy111/files/styles/landscape_16_9_349x196/public/2024-06/Museum-textiles-show.jpg?h=45c7e59f&itok=3BREG0oQ)
through Dec 8, 2024
RISD Museum
![close-up of an intricate yellow ceramics bauble](/sites/g/files/upbtqy111/files/styles/landscape_16_9_349x196/public/2024-06/Museum-ceramics-show.jpg?h=4a72205b&itok=WpBCCTHH)
through Jun 14, 2026
RISD Museum
Curated by Emily Banas
Gallery information
From student-curated shows to a world-class museum with vibrant programming, RISD invites art lovers to enjoy a range of ever-changing exhibitions on campus. (Click any gallery name for detailed location information.)
Illustration Studies Building
One Washington Place
Architecture exhibition space
Bayard Ewing Building
231 South Main Street
132 Bowen Street
(open by appointment or invitation only)
Chace Center
20 North Main Street
Chace Center, 2nd floor
20 North Main Street
Illustration Studies Building, 1st floor
One Washington Place
Memorial Hall
226 Benefit Street
Chace Center
20 North Main Street
Photography exhibition space
Design Center, 4th floor
30 North Main Street
224 Benefit Street
Center for Integrative Technologies, 1st floor
169 Weybosset Street
20 Washington Place, 1st floor
Waterman Street Building
13 Waterman Street
Woods-Gerry House, 1st floor
62 Prospect Street
Get to know RISD
Students are invited to propose and curate group shows for this vibrant gallery located at the entrance to the RISD Museum.
RISD’s downtown venue for showing graduate student work hosts a series of ever-changing shows throughout the academic year.
Activating the first floor of a 19th-century mansion, RISD’s original student gallery is the primary venue for showing undergraduate work.