Longtime RISD faculty member Chris Specce 01 ID was recently named Schiller Family Endowed Chair in Furniture Design. The ...

“I learned Jacquard design while earning my MFA in Textiles at RISD and wanted to push the limits of this technology by harnessing the speed and scale of industrial weaving and introducing ...

Students in a fall Ceramics studio are blending two artforms, ceramics and printmaking, to create new work that is both personal and profound. Developed by Ceramics Department Head Lesley Baker and ...

This semester, 12 high school students participating in the Project Open Door (POD) Saturday Portfolio Program facilitated by RISD’s Teaching + Learning in Art + Design department are spending their ...

In early March, 300 art and design enthusiasts came together in person and via livestream for TEDxRISD, the second annual student-organized event bringing together student, faculty and alumni speakers ...

Rising junior Claire Kim 25 ID wasn’t planning to do an internship this summer, but when she saw NASA included on the list of opportunities offered through the Career Center, she just had to apply. “I ...

Visitors entering the Rhode Island Convention Center for RISD Grad Show 2026 immediately encounter Traenziens, an installation exploring the shifting nature of memory and experience by Sculpture grad ...

RISD is grateful for the support of alumni, parents and friends. Your generosity makes it possible for RISD to deliver the best art and design education in the world. Thank you. It’s quick and easy to ...

Rhode Island’s arts community came out in droves for the opening of RISD Grad Show 2025, the annual celebration of artists and designers earning their master’s degrees from RISD. Once again, the Rhode ...

Six research projects combining art and design thinking with a focus on sustainability earned financial support in the 2022–23 academic year from RISD’s new Somerson Sustainability Innovation Fund ...

“As a queer woman of color, I know the fear of retribution for simply existing,” says senior Kailyn Bryant 25 FD. “The World Is on Fire underscores the urgency of protecting shared histories and ...