Rhode Island School of Design
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Rhode Island School of Design
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At Rhode Island School of Design, you’ll join a creative project that started in 1877
At Rhode Island School of Design, you’ll join a creative project that started in 1877
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RISD is a college and museum located in Providence, Rhode Island
Explore Our Programs
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An immersive, cross-disciplinary environment where making begins with a question
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Graduate
Continuing Education
Pre-Collegiate
Museum
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We generate and challenge the ideas that shape our future
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Upcoming events
7–8:30 pm | Apr 27
Artist/Activist Webinar
Join President Crystal Williams in an online conversation featuring artists working for change, including Tracie Ching, RISD alum Shepard Fairey, Dread Scott, and Yana Buhrer Tavanier.
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11 am–12 pm | Apr 23
Visiting Artist Analia Segal
The Digital + Media department welcomes Analia Segal, whose studio practice is driven by research and conceptual concerns that integrate a wide range of mediums and processes.
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12–1 pm | Apr 27
Build-a-Shelf Party
Join the Landscape Architecture department for some furniture making and social time in our studio space. Featuring furniture designed and created by LDAR students!
See All Events
Anniversary Celebration
RISD 150: Limitless Vision
RISD was founded on the belief that art and design matter to everyone.
Limitless Vision
, our 150th anniversary commemoration, will celebrate the forward-looking spirit of our founders and the way it continues to inspire new generations of creative leaders.
Get ready for RISD 150
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RISD 150: Limitless Vision
RISD was founded on the belief that art and design matter to everyone.
Limitless Vision
, our 150th anniversary commemoration, will celebrate the forward-looking spirit of our founders and the way it continues to inspire new generations of creative leaders.
Get ready for RISD 150
It Starts with a Question
It Starts with a Question
, a new video interview series hosted by
RISD President Crystal Williams
, features conversations with thought leaders, art and design luminaries, and other notable creatives and changemakers. In the latest episode, founding father of North American lighting design, alum
David Weeks
and President Williams have a wide-ranging discussion reflecting on family influences, creative outlets, the value of curiosity, and joy.
ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT
Life After RISD: Wael Morcos
The multilingual type and graphic designer probes existential and personal questions about what it means to be an immigrant designer in New York City.
Read the Interview
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Life After RISD: Wael Morcos
The multilingual type and graphic designer probes existential and personal questions about what it means to be an immigrant designer in New York City.
Read the Interview
Latest stories
Hear more about RISD’s community of artists, designers and scholars.
Tenth Annual RISD UNBOUND Fair Draws Crowds of Book Lovers
The community event celebrates artists’ books, zines, and experimental printed matter created by makers from across the region.
Photography Grad Students at RISD Learn to Leave Room for the Unexpected
A critique-based course encourages students to verbalize their creative goals and approaches to the medium while allowing themselves to play with new ideas.
RISD Studio Explores Interplay of Natural and Cultural Conditions in Post-Industrial Cities
Interior Architecture and Landscape Architecture departments join forces to teach adaptive reuse, ecological restoration, and urban revitalization strategies.
A Wide Range of Companies Seek Fresh Talent at RISD’s Design Portfolio Review 2026
Many of this year’s reviewers are RISD alums who made their own early professional connections via the annual Career Center event.
RISD’s Center for Community Partnerships Introduces Civics Program for K-12 Educators
Rhode Island Histories in Action
offers a standards-aligned, historically grounded curriculum that promotes civic literacy, creativity, critical thinking, and interdisciplinary learning.
RISD-HMG Research Partnership Explores Tangible Futures in Advanced Biodesign
Fall 2025 Regeneration Studio focuses on biomimicry research in structures, materials, mechanisms, and interfaces.
see more stories
Latest from #RISD
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Thank you to all of the artists and designers whose work is featured here. From top to bottom: Bhen Allen MFA 22 PT (photo by Jo Sittenfeld MFA 08 PH), Alexander Kern BArch 21, photo of 20 Washington Place by Bruce Damonte, Kaori Yasunaga 21 FAV, Kunyue Qi BArch 21 & Jen Chenyu Zhang BArch 21, Qihang Li 20 PR, Meredith Binnette 20 FAV, Miguel Enrique Lastra MFA 22 CR, Jon Key 13 GD, Nickole Klarou 21 FAV, Tanya Aguiñiga MFA 05 FD (photo by Gina Clyne), Jackie Oh 22 AP/FAV, Michael Maltzan BArch 85 (image courtesy of Michael Maltzan Architecture), Julia Chien 22 FAV.
Skip to main content
At Rhode Island School of Design, you’ll join a creative project that started in 1877
At Rhode Island School of Design, you’ll join a creative project that started in 1877
At Rhode Island School of Design, you’ll join a creative project that started in 1877
Scroll to next section
RISD is a college and museum located in Providence, Rhode Island
Explore Our Programs
Online Info Sessions
Your browser does not support the video tag.
An immersive, cross-disciplinary environment where making begins with a question
Undergraduate
Graduate
Continuing Education
Pre-Collegiate
Museum
Your browser does not support the video tag.
We generate and challenge the ideas that shape our future
Meet our students
Meet our alumni
Your browser does not support the video tag.
Your browser does not support the video tag.
Your browser does not support the video tag.
Your browser does not support the video tag.
Your browser does not support the video tag.
Your browser does not support the video tag.
Your browser does not support the video tag.
Your browser does not support the video tag.
Resume motion
Upcoming events
7–8:30 pm | Apr 27
Artist/Activist Webinar
Join President Crystal Williams in an online conversation featuring artists working for change, including Tracie Ching, RISD alum Shepard Fairey, Dread Scott, and Yana Buhrer Tavanier.
Image
11 am–12 pm | Apr 23
Visiting Artist Analia Segal
The Digital + Media department welcomes Analia Segal, whose studio practice is driven by research and conceptual concerns that integrate a wide range of mediums and processes.
Image
12–1 pm | Apr 27
Build-a-Shelf Party
Join the Landscape Architecture department for some furniture making and social time in our studio space. Featuring furniture designed and created by LDAR students!
See All Events
Anniversary Celebration
RISD 150: Limitless Vision
RISD was founded on the belief that art and design matter to everyone.
Limitless Vision
, our 150th anniversary commemoration, will celebrate the forward-looking spirit of our founders and the way it continues to inspire new generations of creative leaders.
Get ready for RISD 150
Image
RISD 150: Limitless Vision
RISD was founded on the belief that art and design matter to everyone.
Limitless Vision
, our 150th anniversary commemoration, will celebrate the forward-looking spirit of our founders and the way it continues to inspire new generations of creative leaders.
Get ready for RISD 150
It Starts with a Question
It Starts with a Question
, a new video interview series hosted by
RISD President Crystal Williams
, features conversations with thought leaders, art and design luminaries, and other notable creatives and changemakers. In the latest episode, founding father of North American lighting design, alum
David Weeks
and President Williams have a wide-ranging discussion reflecting on family influences, creative outlets, the value of curiosity, and joy.
ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT
Life After RISD: Wael Morcos
The multilingual type and graphic designer probes existential and personal questions about what it means to be an immigrant designer in New York City.
Read the Interview
Image
Life After RISD: Wael Morcos
The multilingual type and graphic designer probes existential and personal questions about what it means to be an immigrant designer in New York City.
Read the Interview
Latest stories
Hear more about RISD’s community of artists, designers and scholars.
Tenth Annual RISD UNBOUND Fair Draws Crowds of Book Lovers
The community event celebrates artists’ books, zines, and experimental printed matter created by makers from across the region.
Photography Grad Students at RISD Learn to Leave Room for the Unexpected
A critique-based course encourages students to verbalize their creative goals and approaches to the medium while allowing themselves to play with new ideas.
RISD Studio Explores Interplay of Natural and Cultural Conditions in Post-Industrial Cities
Interior Architecture and Landscape Architecture departments join forces to teach adaptive reuse, ecological restoration, and urban revitalization strategies.
A Wide Range of Companies Seek Fresh Talent at RISD’s Design Portfolio Review 2026
Many of this year’s reviewers are RISD alums who made their own early professional connections via the annual Career Center event.
RISD’s Center for Community Partnerships Introduces Civics Program for K-12 Educators
Rhode Island Histories in Action
offers a standards-aligned, historically grounded curriculum that promotes civic literacy, creativity, critical thinking, and interdisciplinary learning.
RISD-HMG Research Partnership Explores Tangible Futures in Advanced Biodesign
Fall 2025 Regeneration Studio focuses on biomimicry research in structures, materials, mechanisms, and interfaces.
see more stories
Latest from #RISD
View all
1
/
6
Thank you to all of the artists and designers whose work is featured here. From top to bottom: Bhen Allen MFA 22 PT (photo by Jo Sittenfeld MFA 08 PH), Alexander Kern BArch 21, photo of 20 Washington Place by Bruce Damonte, Kaori Yasunaga 21 FAV, Kunyue Qi BArch 21 & Jen Chenyu Zhang BArch 21, Qihang Li 20 PR, Meredith Binnette 20 FAV, Miguel Enrique Lastra MFA 22 CR, Jon Key 13 GD, Nickole Klarou 21 FAV, Tanya Aguiñiga MFA 05 FD (photo by Gina Clyne), Jackie Oh 22 AP/FAV, Michael Maltzan BArch 85 (image courtesy of Michael Maltzan Architecture), Julia Chien 22 FAV.