Student Stories
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Students spent three weeks learning from local experts and engaging in lab experiments before presenting final concepts.
![A student struts down the runway as peers cheer on the sidelines](/sites/g/files/upbtqy111/files/styles/landscape_3_2_250x166/public/2023-02/23APBallroomHero.jpg?h=8b543a08&itok=iT10voQJ)
The Category Is…, a six-week Apparel Design course, culminated in students creating wearable architectural garments for a runway-style finale.
![Students sit around a table full of zines at Queer Archive Works and draw](/sites/g/files/upbtqy111/files/styles/landscape_3_2_250x166/public/2023-02/23CSPHero.jpg?h=fcf25457&itok=gw7dxvWO)
A Sculpture course called Complicating Social Practice helped students develop critical capacities for integrating community-oriented methodologies into their practices.
![colorful textiles against a blue Indian sky](/sites/g/files/upbtqy111/files/styles/landscape_3_2_250x166/public/2023-02/LISTIndiaMoreTextilesAndSky.jpg?h=5b8b993c&itok=zfVFc9pP)
Faculty members Catherine Andreozzi and Joy Ko lead a Wintersession course inspired by Jaipur’s rich handcrafting traditions.
![detail of whale painting by student Lucy Fricke](/sites/g/files/upbtqy111/files/styles/landscape_3_2_250x166/public/2023-02/SmickListing.jpg?h=56d0ca2e&itok=w9TDQQ8F)
Martin Smick’s long-running Wintersession course invites students to consider what museums tell us about our past and how they might guide us towards a more equitable and sustainable future.
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Daniel Heyman’s new Wintersession global studies course introduces students to contemporary artists using ancient techniques in the Netherlands and Germany.
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A Wintersession global studies course led by Lucy Spelman and Andrea Dezsö considers the important role that artists and designers can play in environmental conservation.
![Thelma Golden speaks in the RISD Auditorium](/sites/g/files/upbtqy111/files/styles/landscape_3_2_250x166/public/2023-01/23MLKHero.jpg?h=71e6663c&itok=NA04mg0w)
RISD’s 11th annual MLK Series keynote speaker addresses public art and the importance of creating space for Black artists.
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Brown|RISD Dual-Degree student Njari Anderson discusses the emotions behind Fountain, his Dorner Prize-winning sculpture now on view at the RISD Museum.