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Faculty members Deborah Zlotsky and Yevgeniya Baras and alumna Jennifer Garza-Cuen MFA 12 PH win 2019 Guggenheim Fellowships.
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Monocle profiles President Rosanne Somerson and RISD’s tight-knit leadership team.
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Lina Sergie Attar MArch 01 and the Karam Foundation are helping young Syrian refugees learn new ways of thinking through design-based education.
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Nicole Eisenman 87 PT and Korakrit Arunanondchai 09 PR are the only two artists worldwide invited to show in both the 2019 Whitney and Venice biennials.
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Students make meaningful connections with alumni and other creative professionals at the Fine Arts Portfolio Review hosted by RISD Careers.
![2019 Dorner Prize winner, Nathan Wong 19 PR, performs a silent piece in honor of the RISD Museum’s ancient Buddha sculpture](/sites/g/files/upbtqy111/files/styles/landscape_3_2_250x166/public/2021-02/1555079309006_WongDorner2.jpg?h=56d0ca2e&itok=lXX1GlnY)
Two student projects exploring art and religious expression win Dorner Prize support from the RISD Museum.
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In an early April event on campus, a multidisciplinary group of experts addressed the problem of coastal sustainability within global and local contexts.
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A multidisciplinary exhibition curated by seniors Hannah Bartlett 19 FD and Raina Wellman 19 GD reflects on chairs as both objects and symbols.