Student Stories
![Squeak Anemone Ottoman by Joy Zhou MFA 20 FD](/sites/g/files/upbtqy111/files/styles/landscape_3_2_250x166/public/2021-02/1591039803544_FDGradJoyZhuoListing.jpg?h=453cbb0e&itok=JIjvrdVJ)
2020 graduates of RISD’s BFA and MFA programs in Furniture Design showcase solid work in online exhibitions.
![Alumni of a wide range of generations and disciplines virtually sending heartfelt congratulations via video to the Class of 2020](/sites/g/files/upbtqy111/files/styles/landscape_3_2_250x166/public/2021-02/1590804333857_alum-home.png?h=0d797834&itok=7Jln_Gj-)
Forced to postpone Commencement, the RISD community came together virtually to congratulate this year’s graduates.
![Ankit Mandawewala MA 20 vision of the Providence "Superman building" as a home for performance spaces with outward-facing LED screens on its facades.](/sites/g/files/upbtqy111/files/styles/landscape_3_2_250x166/public/2021-02/1590697509002_SupermanHero.jpg?h=02da49e4&itok=-LmpxAA2)
Grad students in Interior Architecture propose new uses for a long-vacated former bank building in downtown Providence.
![Riley McClenaghan 20 FAV](/sites/g/files/upbtqy111/files/styles/landscape_3_2_250x166/public/2021-02/1590547753147_Riley-McClenaghan-20-FAV-Paradigm-hero.jpg?h=35ecd652&itok=GzZu02QD)
From film premieres to the grad thesis show, graduating students are turning to alternative outlets for showcasing their work.
![Graduate student Francesca Rosati 19 PT/MAT 20](/sites/g/files/upbtqy111/files/styles/landscape_3_2_250x166/public/2021-02/1588011746152_TLADFrancesca.jpg?h=39c2fb18&itok=IWL71sd-)
Grad students committed to becoming teachers are developing alternative curricula and connecting with high school students remotely.
![Phillipsdale Historic Village abandoned site (drone photo)](/sites/g/files/upbtqy111/files/styles/landscape_3_2_250x166/public/2021-02/1588102486240_unnamed.jpg?h=9eabcbec&itok=xWGDyDiL)
Remote learning has inspired a dynamic revamp of a core Landscape Architecture studio—and a heightened sense of mission.
![Corrine Ang 20 GD and Jada Akoto 20 GD collaborated on the book design for Dialogues—Spring 2020](/sites/g/files/upbtqy111/files/styles/landscape_3_2_250x166/public/2021-02/1586891186680_EDU-hero-Corrine-Ang-21-GD-and-Jada-Akoto-21-GD-Dialogues-book-%7C-telephone-game-work-in-progress.jpg?h=f7d9296c&itok=kOpQdj_o)
Connecting from home this spring, Graphic Design students and faculty are rethinking what—and how—they make.
![Junior Sydney Mills 21 FAV improvised stop-motion animation space at her home in Texas](/sites/g/files/upbtqy111/files/styles/landscape_3_2_250x166/public/2021-02/1586537601403_Sydney_Mills-hero-cropped%2B%2B.jpg?h=c67cbe6b&itok=DExtt469)
In the face of the COVID-19 crisis, Film/Animation/Video students and faculty are embracing the department’s core values.
![Samples of different tree barks](/sites/g/files/upbtqy111/files/styles/landscape_3_2_250x166/public/2021-02/1585255905003_witness-3.jpg?h=2cb23ff7&itok=hD3ttrv8)
Students traveled to Australia over Wintersession for an intensive variation on RISD’s long-running Witness Tree course.