Students in Patternmaking for Cast Iron Production investigate form, draw on age-old industrial practices, and develop ...

The painter and entrepreneur, who co-founded Calico Wallpaper with her husband in 2013, discusses the joy of doing what she ...

RISD was founded and nurtured by a small group of women well before any woman in America gained the right to vote. That year Helen Adelia Rowe Metcalf urged 34 members of the Rhode Island Women’s ...

Sophomore year is your first in your selected major. During this year you will work with two assigned advisors—one in your major and the other from Liberal Arts. Your primary advisor will be assigned ...

While Providence quiets down between the fall and spring semesters, students continue to learn, make, and iterate in studios on campus and across oceans. Throughout Wintersession, students immersed ...

With the countdown to Commencement well underway, RISD’s graduate class of 2022 stepped out of their studios to celebrate and share their thesis work at RISD Grad Show 2022, which opened in the Rhode ...

Spring 2025 marked the return of in-person adult art classes offered by RISD’s Continuing Ed division after a five-year, pandemic-related pause. Although virtual and long-distance learning is still ...

How can environmentalists help fellow citizens understand the importance of clean waterways and a diverse aquaculture to our long-term planetary health? That is one of the key questions a team of RISD ...

Students studying exhibition design in RISD’s Interior Architecture department are picking up where the Class of 2021 left off and using state-of-the-art technology to bring to life visions of a ...

“The world of photo books is fast growing, interesting and one of the richer aspects of art photography,” says Photography Department Head Steven Smith. “A lot of artists work specifically with groups ...

Studying a worm’s nervous system to shine light on a rare childhood disease. Investigating how global warming is killing coral reefs on the molecular level in French Polynesia. Translating data about ...

Where does perceived value come from and how do we as a society move from an extractive/zero-sum mindset into a more generative one inspired by nature? The question was posed by RISD alum Charlotte ...