Mehretu is the winner of numerous prestigious awards, including the Officer of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the ...

The groundbreaking independent filmmaker discusses the inspirations behind his gritty characters and the early days of RISD’s ...

Students in a fall Ceramics studio are blending two artforms, ceramics and printmaking, to create new work that is both personal and profound. Developed by Ceramics Department Head Lesley Baker and ...

“I’m more interested in clarity of vision, curiosity, and commitment to process than technical perfection,” says Executive Director and Chief Curator Ysabel Pinyol Blasi of the nonprofit, New ...

For the past 35 years, RISD students have had their eyes opened to the pervasive power of propaganda thanks to a History, Philosophy, and the Social Sciences course taught by Senior Lecturer Tom ...

Since earning a dual degree from RISD and Brown in 2017, designer Nik Bentel BRDD 17 ID has carved out a niche in the home goods market for his tongue-in-cheek objects that play off contemporary ...

Students enrolled in the latest iteration of RISD’s Witness Tree Project collaboration with the National Park Service are using three species of wood to investigate themes of community, memory and ...

Los Angeles-based creative Sol Armada de la Cruz 92 AP left her home in San Juan, Puerto Rico to attend RISD in the 1980s and has been carving her own unconventional path ever since. A creative leader ...

Designer and RISD alum Nada Debs 88 IA combines influences from her childhood in Japan with her contemporary Middle Eastern style to produce handcrafted interiors that reflect a modern Arab identity.

This summer, 19 undergraduate students embarked on a trip to Los Angeles to explore the game design, film and animation industries while building connections with RISD alumni. The fully funded trip, ...

Before Textiles majors at RISD can begin designing and creating original work, they must learn to differentiate between the fibers and dyes at their disposal and build a working knowledge of how to ...

How much magenta-colored paint appears in George Seurat’s 1884 painting A Sunday on La Grande Jatte? How might one re-create the quality of light in the Lascaux caves in a gallery setting? Can ...