Fall 2025 Regeneration Studio focuses on biomimicry research in structures, materials, mechanisms, and interfaces.

through Jan 11, 2026 RISD Museum Curated by Kate Irvin Three decades of work by RISD alum Liz Collins, who is known for bold abstract patterns, inventive uses of materials and radical experiments with ...

Students are using such techniques as silkscreening and block printing to transform blank clay canvases into unique and ...

Students traveled to Ocean Hour Farm in Newport, RI as part of their yearlong investigation into earth-friendly materials ...

Creative practitioners in a wide range of disciplines are invited to experiment with the notion of teaching as creative practice.

Every day RISD welcomes visitors from both near and far. Prospective students and families come to campus to learn more about our programs, studios and student life. Others come for exhibitions in our ...

Spring 2025 marked the return of in-person adult art classes offered by RISD’s Continuing Ed division after a five-year, pandemic-related pause. Although virtual and long-distance learning is still ...

MFA candidates with a BFA or BA in Graphic Design or an equivalent degree such as Visual Communications enroll in the two-year program. Designed for students who also have professional experience in ...

RISD was founded and nurtured by a small group of women well before any woman in America gained the right to vote. That year Helen Adelia Rowe Metcalf urged 34 members of the Rhode Island Women’s ...

Modeled on our EFS curriculum, this one-semester program for first-year students is a unique, immersive option for students beginning their RISD journey. The core Graphic Design curriculum encompasses ...

Where does perceived value come from and how do we as a society move from an extractive/zero-sum mindset into a more generative one inspired by nature? The question was posed by RISD alum Charlotte ...

In the first year of the program, sophomores learn fundamental design principles, the history of adornment and the traditional skills of the gold/metalsmith. You also begin to develop your own design ...