From Apparel Design to Textiles, campus hummed with innovative approaches and generative discussions the week before the ...

As we navigate this time together, we have compiled an at-a-glance list of current safety and wellbeing resources available to students, staff, and faculty at RISD. In addition to the resources below, ...

How can we apply the strategies we observe in the natural world to our own design research? Why have the characteristics of living creatures evolved in the ways that they have? These are the kinds of ...

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 ...

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 ...

RISD students who recently took part in RISD Global summer study courses will bring a fresh set of perspectives and ideas to their upcoming fall studies after exploring cities and historical sites ...

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 ...

VERY, VERY WHITE—EVEN IN MIDSUMMER, reports Michael Lye 96 ID in recalling his week in Iceland last summer. “White snow, white fog, white sky—just completely white,” the longtime RISD faculty member ...

Artists, alumni, faculty and community members gathered at Woods-Gerry Gallery in June for the 20th anniversary of RISD’s Project Open Door (POD). Run by the Teaching + Learning in Art + Design (TLAD) ...

A small group of talented and highly ambitious students is selected each year for the Brown|RISD Dual Degree (BRDD) program in which they earn degrees from RISD and Brown simultaneously over the ...

RISD’s campus was jumping in May as students presented their work to peers, professors and industry professionals at this year’s final spring critiques. First-year students in an Experimental and ...

The recent Graduate Photography Biennial in the Sol Koffler Gallery brought together works that reflect on material memory, inherited worlds, and the shifting spaces where images take form. Curated by ...