Faculty Stories

Faculty members Sara Jordenö and Pouya Ahmadi and alum Nina Martinez view forced migration through unique lenses and present radical and creative interventions.

Intermediary Softness, an installation investigating the slippery boundary between architecture and infrastructure, was built at Tillinghast Place earlier this fall.

More art schools are teaching AI this fall despite ethical concerns and ongoing lawsuits.

Director of Research Soul Brown hosts A I R Showcase of Arts, Innovation and Research as part of DESIGN WEEK RI.

RISD team led by principal investigator Johanna Barthmaier-Payne and researchers at URI, UNH and University of Louisville will develop nature-based climate solutions to stormwater management issues. 

Hyperallergic reviews book about the 1923 RISD alum by art historian and RISD faculty member Suzanne Scanlan.

The new hires round out RISD’s Architecture & Design, Experimental and Foundation Studies, Fine Arts and Liberal Arts divisions.

President Crystal Williams, Provost Touba Ghadessi, other academic leaders address the Class of 2028 at uplifting Convocation ceremony. 

As a designer and educator, RISD alum and faculty member Rene Payne strives to break down social and cultural barriers.