Stories about studios + projects
Uncreative Practices
Poet and provocateur Kenneth Goldsmith 84 SC leads a cross-disciplinary discussion about questions of plagiarism and originality in art, design and higher ed.
Iron in Winter
Students in a Sculpture studio learn about the surprises of working with molten metal during a full-day “iron pour.”
Wild Sculpture
Two graduate students recently made substantial steel sculptures that now have a permanent home at Roger Williams Park Zoo in Providence.
Waxing Poetic
Recent graduate Haley Davis 13 SC lands a plum job maintaining the wax figures at Madame Tussauds in San Francisco.
Light and Dark
The Hollywood tabloids are abuzz this summer with news about first-time novelist Annie Weatherwax 84 SC.
Students Propose Public Art for Providence
Students in an interdisciplinary studio taught by Professor Ellen Driscoll, head of the Sculpture department and an accomplished public artist herself, are designing public art installations for the Kennedy Plaza area of downtown Providence.
Local Collaboration Fosters Global Innovation
Students from RISD and neighboring Brown University worked together again this year to hostA Better World by Design, an annual conference aimed at addressing sustainable solutions to complex social issues such as food, health care and the built environment in the developing world.
Alum’s Neurotic Machines at Bell Gallery
Meridith Pingree MFA 03 SC is a maker of geometric and jittery forms.
Poetics of Space
In her 30-year career, international contemporary artistKristin Jones 79 SC has explored concepts of space and time with public art projects that are often enormous in scale.