New Associate Professor Shoji Satake introduces students to such old-school, high-output methods as molding, casting, ram ...

On view through May 2025, The Art of French Wallpaper Design highlights the deep connections between printmaking and early ...

Students in an an elective studio called Games We Play are exploring collaborative play as an integral element of artmaking and the creative process. Offered through the Painting department, the ...

Students in a Graphic Design studio called In Motion: Design for Video and Animation are learning best practices for creating short animations. They are exploring different design principles and ...

“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 ...

How can we apply the strategies we observe in the natural world to our own design research? Why have the characteristics of living creatures evolved in the ways that they have? These are the kinds of ...

When interdisciplinary sculptor Brian Oakes 18 SC was a student at RISD, they happened upon a huge pile of “techno-waste”—cables, dongles, monitors, speakers—that inspired a fresh take on materiality ...

In a fall studio called Designing Food, Industrial Design students are exploring the process of product development through the lens of cooking. Taught by RISD faculty member Erica Pernice 14 ID, who ...

Get a closer look at our annual show of final graduate student work—one of the signature events on the RISD calendar.

Tuition and fees are assessed of all enrolled, matriculated RISD students. Books and supplies, transportation and other expenses are budgeted items that RISD does not directly bill; rather they are ...