Talks by students and faculty members encouraged listeners to forge their own creative paths by tapping into life experiences ...

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, ...

Members of the RISD community recently gathered in the Fleet Library at RISD for the second annual Womxn @ Work celebration. The event included a panel conversation with this year’s honorees, along ...

Below you will find updates and resources, including frequently asked questions, regarding the actions and policies of the new administration in Washington. Please note that this page is intended to ...

With more than three months to go until June 30, the end of RISD’s fiscal year, a broad community of generous supporters including individual donors, corporate partners and foundations has contributed ...

Connecting RISD with partner organizations across the broader worlds of art, design and scholarship, in Strategic Partnerships we help bring to life mutually beneficial, collaborative research ...

How can art help scientists explain the mechanisms that allow bats to change course mid-flight? Would an interactive sculptural installation encourage kids to take an interest in the “drumming signals ...

Since RISD launched the Movement Lab in 2022, visiting fellows have been designing and teaching Wintersession courses exploring the role of movement in animation, filmmaking, immersive arts, ...

For the second year in a row, a team of RISD printmakers has won the Iron Print Competition hosted by MassArt and organized by master printmaker Carolyn Muskat. Now in its 10th year, the competition ...

RISD’s First New Undergraduate Department in Nearly 30 Years Features Two BFA Programs: Art and Computation, and Sound PROVIDENCE, RI – March 10, 2025 – In fall 2025, Rhode Island School of Design ...