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 ...

Using hot glass working techniques, the class is exploring ideas that define, present, magnify, and duplicate elements of the ...

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, ...

Students in a spring Ceramics studio called Figure Modeling are creating life-size portraits of a live model in water-based clay. Taught by faculty member Ann Hirsch, the course focuses on symmetry, ...

“There’s no mistaking the handmade quality of these animated prints,” said faculty member Judy Hecker at a recent interim crit in RISD’s Memorial Hall. “Think about scale as you work on these projects ...

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 ...

Painter and designer Rachel Cope 03 SC found her place in the world as an artist when she first arrived at RISD. After earning her BFA in Sculpture, she went on to study art therapy at the SVA and has ...

After earning a graduate degree from RISD’s Industrial Design department, designer Juan Carlos Noguera MID 15 went on to create culturally appropriate, low-cost wheelchairs and other mobility ...

“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 ...

Visitors entering the Rhode Island Convention Center for RISD Grad Show 2026 immediately encounter Traenziens, an installation exploring the shifting nature of memory and experience by Sculpture grad ...