Student stories
Making Ideas Tangible
New graduate Ayah Badr 18 ID leaves RISD with the confidence she needs to turn her ideas into viable products.
Puzzling through the Future
Recent graduate and 2018 Windgate Fellow Justin Seow 18 FD recalls discovering RISD, furniture design and the creative challenges that continue to excite him.
No Turning Back
Recent Apparel Design graduate William Lathrop 18 AP creates high-end couture for men.
Reconstructing the Past
This year’s Witness Tree studio challenged students to build wooden objects reflecting on the legacy of John, Abigail and John Quincy Adams and to consider how slavery shaped the US.
Dual Degree Grads Fuse Art + Science
Graduating Brown|RISD Dual Degree students present thought-provoking final projects.
Looking Ahead at Commencement
Thousands of family members and friends celebrate the accomplishments of the 672 new graduates who collected their hard-earned degrees on Saturday, June 2.
Hats Off to RISD’s 2018 MFAs
Graduating master’s degree students celebrate their profound achievements at the annual Graduate Hooding Ceremony.
Set on a Life in the Arts
Recent graduate Renee Yu Jin 18 SC reflects on the “lovable” problems of sculpture and the insight she has gained about privilege and art-making.
Graduating with New Confidence
Taking chances in and out of the studio is opening doors for graduating Illustration major Zharia Shinn 18 IL.