At Rhode Island School of Design, you’ll join a creative project that started in 1877
At Rhode Island School of Design, you’ll join a creative project that started in 1877
At Rhode Island School of Design, you’ll join a creative project that started in 1877
RISD is a college and museum located in Providence, Rhode Island
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Join Social Equity and Inclusion and the President’s Office as we come together for our annual MLK Series event. More details coming soon!
The Ceramics department welcomes the RISD community back to campus for the Ceramics Triennial, on view in Woods-Gerry Gallery through February 15.
The Furniture Design department welcomes the RISD community to their Graduate Biennial, on view in the Sol Koffler Gallery through February 15.
It Starts with a Question
It Starts with a Question, a new video interview series hosted by RISD President Crystal Williams, features conversations with thought leaders, art and design luminaries, and other notable creatives and changemakers. In the latest episode, award-winning author, illustrator, and alum Brian Selznick and President Williams sit down to discuss the importance of queer representation, bravery in the face of censorship, and finding inspiration and motivation.
ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT
Life After RISD: Juan Carlos Noguera
The empathic industrial designer and educator discusses how his own identity enables him to find unique solutions and effect positive change.
Life After RISD: Juan Carlos Noguera
The empathic industrial designer and educator discusses how his own identity enables him to find unique solutions and effect positive change.
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Hear more about RISD’s community of artists, designers and scholars.
From Apparel Design to Textiles, campus hummed with innovative approaches and generative discussions the week before the winter break.
Film/Animation/Video students presented their final projects in December, considering such aspects as camera angle, composition, pacing, and framing.
Spanning Architecture and Industrial Design, the fall course builds on cutting-edge atmospheric water-generating technology.
New grants totaling over 1ドル.6 million fund the study of everything from inclusive research approaches to carbon exchange in the Antarctic’s Southern Ocean to automated 3D textile manufacturing.
Nearly two dozen first-year students began their college journey immersed in Italian culture.
Fall 2025 Regeneration Studio focuses on biomimicry research in structures, materials, mechanisms, and interfaces.
ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT
Liz Collins: Motherlode
A new exhibition at the RISD Museum presents the first-ever US survey of work by artist and RISD alum Liz Collins 91 TX/MFA 99. Liz Collins: Motherlode brings together 30-plus years of large-scale sculptural pieces, fashion, needlework, drawings and ephemera that speak to the artist’s devotion to her medium and to her community.
on view through January 11, 2026
Liz Collins: Motherlode
A new exhibition at the RISD Museum presents the first-ever US survey of work by artist and RISD alum Liz Collins 91 TX/MFA 99. Liz Collins: Motherlode brings together 30-plus years of large-scale sculptural pieces, fashion, needlework, drawings and ephemera that speak to the artist’s devotion to her medium and to her community.
on view through January 11, 2026
Latest from #RISD
- As we move into winter break, we’re holding our community close and recognizing this has been a period marked by loss and heartbreak. Wishing you rest, peace, and moments of connection in the days ahead. See you in the new year RISD. Shown: "Orpheus Ascending" on Frazier Terrace by the late Professor Emeritus and alum Gil Franklin.
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- With boundless curiosity and an approach to visual storytelling that blends the sweet commonalities and grand mysteries of the human experience, filmmaker, photographer, and teacher @josittenfeld MFA 08 PH makes work that has been featured in @newyorkermag, @nytimes, and the @smithsoniannpg. Swipe through to learn more about her career, and check out the link in profile to see the full length videos shared here. As always, stay tuned for more alumni features highlighting RISD graduates who are shaping culture and industry in exciting, unexpected ways.
- Welcome to RISD! 🎉 Congratulations to our accepted early decision applicants, your journey has begun 💙 Visit link in profile for next steps.
- It’s that time again! Studios are filled with crits and end-of-semester energy 💙 ✨ 📸 James Jones Shown: 1. Ellia Baldwin, Apparel Design senior 2. Work by Abby Sunde, second-year MFA Glass 3. Noah Kanner, Furniture Design senior 4. Glass department examines work by Meka Tome, first-year MFA Glass 5. Julian Rodriguez, Furniture Design senior 6. Liam Rounds, Apparel Design senior
- Nearly two dozen first-year students began their college journey in Italy rather than Providence. Following RISD’s Experimental and Foundation Studies (EFS) curriculum, the First Year in Florence program centers studio and liberal arts education within the Italian landscape. "Every day has felt like a real balance between immersion and inspiration from the architecture to the history, the colors, the patterns, the sounds and smells." —Arabella Hay Learn more about the program—link in bio. See yourself or someone you know? Tag below 👇
Thank you to all of the artists and designers whose work is featured here. From top to bottom: Bhen Allen MFA 22 PT (photo by Jo Sittenfeld MFA 08 PH), Alexander Kern BArch 21, photo of 20 Washington Place by Bruce Damonte, Kaori Yasunaga 21 FAV, Kunyue Qi BArch 21 & Jen Chenyu Zhang BArch 21, Qihang Li 20 PR, Meredith Binnette 20 FAV, Miguel Enrique Lastra MFA 22 CR, Jon Key 13 GD, Nickole Klarou 21 FAV, Tanya Aguiñiga MFA 05 FD (photo by Gina Clyne), Jackie Oh 22 AP/FAV, Michael Maltzan BArch 85 (image courtesy of Michael Maltzan Architecture), Julia Chien 22 FAV.