Stories about studios + projects
The Very Picture of Good Health
In March RISD will host Make It Better: a Symposium on Art, Design and the Future of Healthcare.
The Irresistible Lure of Looking Closely
While many students who intern at the RISD Museum work quietly behind the scenes, Graphic Design major Holly Broussard enjoys her constant interaction with visitors to the Siskind Center for Prints, Drawings, and Photographs, a resource for students, classes and individual researchers interested in works in the museum’s largest collection.
Museum Fellows Go Behind the Scenes
Students who choose to supplement their studio majors with a Concentration in Art History can get a firsthand look at the profession of museum curatorship via the Museum Fellows program.
Sustainable Design in Six Minutes or Less
“I have never met an engineer who willfully set out to damage ecosystems,” saysDawn Danby 00 ID, sustainable design program manager for the international software company Autodesk.
NEA Taps Alum to Promote Art Works
At first glance, this new identity, which Jeong-Hoon Kim MFA 08 GD designed for the National Endowment for the Arts’ Art Works campaign, is remarkably simple: the three equilateral triangles in primary colors delineate the letters A and W, and the name of the new program is spelled out below in black.
RISD Appoints Interim Academic Leadership
Rhode Island School of Design has tapped three RISD alumni, professors and department heads for key leadership positions for next academic year.
RISD Ranks #1 for Fine Arts Grad Programs
For the third year running, US News & World Report announced today that RISD tops its rankings of the best Fine Arts Schools, which looks at graduate programs in art and design throughout the country.
Game Changer
For the past decade, Katie Salen MFA 92 GD has been playing and designing games, employing everything from giant inflatable game pieces to karaoke ice cream trucks to transform her theories of gaming into powerful tools for innovation and learning.