Student Stories
![Book crafted by Angelo Jeon 23 EFS, called Passport, draws parallels between a passport and a novel](/sites/g/files/upbtqy111/files/styles/landscape_3_2_250x166/public/2021-02/1582668046449_ArtistBookAngeloJeon-hero.jpg?h=d15ed4ae&itok=48326LOE)
Winners in the library’s annual Baker & Whitehill Student Artists’ Book Contest join its extraordinary and growing collection.
![Lunar New Year "forever stamp," by Camille Chew MFA 20 PR, was commissioned by the US Postal Service (USPS)](/sites/g/files/upbtqy111/files/styles/landscape_3_2_250x166/public/2021-02/1583203148122_Chew-hero.png?h=46c04edd&itok=5HFEhchG)
The US Postal Service commissions graduate student Camille Chew to create artwork for its Lunar New Year stamp.
![Desun Peoples MFA 21 CR discussing his work with visiting artist Dread Scott](/sites/g/files/upbtqy111/files/styles/landscape_3_2_250x166/public/2021-02/1583171919486_Dread-listing.jpg?h=e43589f0&itok=AayVHPaW)
Visiting artist Dread Scott shares his vision for change with RISD students.
![Students in three Wintersession travel courses learn through hands-on work with local artisans in Mexico](/sites/g/files/upbtqy111/files/styles/landscape_3_2_250x166/public/2021-02/1582767240080_MexicoKateWeavingMentor-tighter-crop.jpg?h=b49e56c3&itok=6WYoDRoX)
Students in three Wintersession travel courses learn through hands-on work with local artisans in Mexico.
![EFS Triennial on view in RISD’s Woods-Gerry Gallery](/sites/g/files/upbtqy111/files/styles/landscape_3_2_250x166/public/2021-02/1581633213813_EFS-hero.jpg?h=195e4868&itok=M2zdZi04)
An expansive exhibition at Woods-Gerry focuses on the inquiry at the heart of the first-year Experimental and Foundation Studies program.
![re- un- in- de-, the second of five Wintersession shows in Architecture’s BEB Gallery](/sites/g/files/upbtqy111/files/styles/landscape_3_2_250x166/public/2021-02/1579193899868_SrArchOddTighter.jpg?h=e4f440a4&itok=OxWqCzv8)
Now in their final year, Sophie Chien and Benjamin Han curate a new series of exhibitions featuring student work in Architecture.
![Architecture faculty member Laura Briggs BArch 82 earthen architecture techniques on the island of Sardinia alongside fifth-year student Hiba Hanif BArch 20](/sites/g/files/upbtqy111/files/styles/landscape_3_2_250x166/public/2021-02/1578866919354_Sardinia-alt-hero.jpg?h=8e82b69b&itok=w706Phvy)
A group of RISD students and faculty members learn earthen architecture techniques on the island of Sardinia.
![Plate by grad student Camille Chew MFA 20 PR](/sites/g/files/upbtqy111/files/styles/landscape_3_2_250x166/public/2021-02/1578520134726_unnamed.jpg?h=35494a46&itok=OREikjbb)
Students in Printmaking and Ceramics explore where their disciplines meet and also diverge.
![Interactive Fall River, Massachusetts city map](/sites/g/files/upbtqy111/files/styles/landscape_3_2_250x166/public/2021-02/1576511467183_FallRiver-listing.jpg?h=6e531ec8&itok=a3LpWxHm)
Students in a fall Landscape Architecture studio collaborate with residents of Fall River, MA on interventions for revitalizing the city’s downtown.