“Wood is organic, alive and unpredictable, which is why I love it,” says furniture maker and sculptor Christopher Kurtz. “All of my ideas come from the shop.” Kurtz was speaking to RISD students about ...

The groundbreaking independent filmmaker discusses the inspirations behind his gritty characters and the early days of RISD’s ...

Mehretu is the winner of numerous prestigious awards, including the Officer of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the ...

“As you prepare to critique each other’s work, think about shape, color, line, and material. Consider each piece in relation to the tools that were used to create it. How could the maker take it ...

Since earning a dual degree from RISD and Brown in 2017, designer Nik Bentel BRDD 17 ID has carved out a niche in the home goods market for his tongue-in-cheek objects that play off contemporary ...

“There’s no mistaking the handmade quality of these animated prints,” said faculty member Judy Hecker at a recent interim crit in RISD’s Memorial Hall. “Think about scale as you work on these projects ...

“I’m more interested in clarity of vision, curiosity, and commitment to process than technical perfection,” says Executive Director and Chief Curator Ysabel Pinyol Blasi of the nonprofit, New ...

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 ...

For the past 35 years, RISD students have had their eyes opened to the pervasive power of propaganda thanks to a History, Philosophy, and the Social Sciences course taught by Senior Lecturer Tom ...

Designer and RISD alum Nada Debs 88 IA combines influences from her childhood in Japan with her contemporary Middle Eastern style to produce handcrafted interiors that reflect a modern Arab identity.

Students enrolled in the latest iteration of RISD’s Witness Tree Project collaboration with the National Park Service are using three species of wood to investigate themes of community, memory and ...

Los Angeles-based creative Sol Armada de la Cruz 92 AP left her home in San Juan, Puerto Rico to attend RISD in the 1980s and has been carving her own unconventional path ever since. A creative leader ...