Founded in 1877, RISD is a college and museum in Providence, RI, where curiosity and creativity spark progress.
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In a spring Theory and History of Art and Design course, students simultaneously cultivated a working knowledge of Navajo weaving techniques while developing a diverse set of writing tools for documenting lived experience risd.edu/news/stories/risd-s…
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Since Senior Lecturer Tom Roberts introduced the History, Philosophy, and the Social Sciences propaganda course in 1990, nearly 600 RISD students have had their eyes opened to propaganda’s pervasive power risd.edu/news/stories/long-r…
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At Collection 2026 twelve graduating students presented outstanding looks evoking everything from archaic rituals to intergalactic fashion to memories of place risd.edu/news/stories/risd-a…
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Students in a spring Ceramics class taught by potter, educator, and curator Seth Rainville shared their work with the community in a late-May event in Providence’s Prospect Park risd.edu/news/stories/studen…
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At Commencement 2026, visual artist Julie Mehretu MFA 97 PR/PT delivered the keynote address and received an honorary degree along with cartoonist Roz Chast 77 PT, arts advocate Stephen A. Metcalf, and designer David Wiseman 03 FD bit.ly/4eshX5N
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During final spring critiques RISD’s campus was buzzing as students in every department shared their work and gathered insightful feedback from faculty members, visiting critics, and peers risd.edu/news/stories/final-…
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At RISD Grad Show 2026, viewers experience an immersive, multidisciplinary graduate thesis exhibition.
On view through May 30
RI Convention Center, Halls C&D
One Sabin Street, Providence
Free and open to the public daily from 12–5 pm (10–5 pm on May 30) risd.edu/news/stories/risd-g…
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So much to do in PVD! Great piece in @nytimes just in time for Commencement visitors. Be sure to check out @RISDMuseum and all the other local gems highlighted while in town.
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President Crystal Williams recently spoke with "The Korea Times" underscoring the enduring role of art and design in defining human identity in the age of artificial intelligence koreatimes.co.kr/lifestyle/p…
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Step into "Grad Show 2026" with Ocean State Media and hear from some of the artists who have work on view oceanstatemedia.org/the-week…
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Menswear designer Robert Geller, who earned his BFA in 2001, got his first job in the industry at Marc Jacobs when he was still a student at RISD. Hear more from Robert on his career and the lessons from RISD assignments that have stuck with him.
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From live-action shorts exploring farming and Japanese arts to hand-drawn, stop-motion, and cut-out animations, the films in this year’s Film/Animation/Video Senior Show draw viewers in with compelling stories: risd.edu/news/stories/fav-se…
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In the latest episode of “It Starts with a Question,” Oscar and Tony award-winning actress Marcia Gay Harden and President Crystal Williams share how an appreciation for the simple beauty of nature inspires them in life: youtube.com/watch?v=eMSdBFwq…
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Global theme park retail merchandiser Sol Armada de la Cruz, who earned her BFA from RISD in 1992, reflects on her years at RISD and the importance of having fun in one’s career.
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Interdisciplinary Sculpture course "Metal and Performance" introduces students to the concept of “performance thinking” via steel objects fabricated in the Sculpture department’s foundry risd.edu/news/stories/spring…
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President Crystal Williams recently lead a passionate online conversation with activists and artists Tracie Ching, alum Shepard Fairey, Dread Scott, and Yana Buhrer Tavanier: risd.edu/news/stories/artist…
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Seven of the 30 artists commissioned for the
Obama Presidential Center in Chicago have RISD ties. Read more via @nytimes nytimes.com/2026/05/01/arts/…
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The Obama Presidential Center will feature monumental works by faculty member Tyanna J. Buie and alums Julie Mehretu, Jenny Holzer, and Spencer Finch as well as honorary degree recipients María Magdalena Campos-Pons, Theaster Gates Jr., and Nick Cave risd.edu/news/stories/risd-a…
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Painting junior Khalil McKnight is the RISD Museum 2026 Dorner Prize winner for his performance "The Observer," which critically examines institutional access and the relationship of Black and Brown bodies to museum spaces risd.edu/news/stories/perfor…
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Students in a spring Painting course taught by José de Jesus Rodriguez are exploring the centuries-old tradition of fresco painting. Working together they're creating a large-scale piece in RISD’s College Building risd.edu/news/stories/risd-s…
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