Founded in 1877, RISD is a college and museum in Providence, RI, where curiosity and creativity spark progress.
Providence, RI
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Rhode Island School of Design is pleased to announce Crystal Williams as its 18th president. Williams believes that education, art and design, and commitments to equity and justice are essential to transforming our society. risd.edu/risd-18th-president #RISDpresident #RISD #RISD1877
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'Creativity is highly valued in all industries' @virgilabloh #VirgilxRISD
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During a recent campus visit @virgilabloh encouraged to be open to both collaboration + failure: risd.cc/2pJoKki #VirgilxRISD
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'I urge all students to pick your mentors + understand what makes them tick' @virgilabloh #VirgilxRISD
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"Theoretically Speaking" A conversation with President @rsomerson + @VirgilAbloh May 2 - Free Tickets: risd.cc/VirgilAbloh #VIRGILxRISD
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RISD was founded in 1877 by Helen Adelia Rowe Metcalf and nurtured by a small group of women more than 40 years before women in America gained the right to vote. Pictured: class photo from 1892 #RISDFoundersDay #RISDServes #RISDGives
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During a recent campus visit @virgilabloh urged students to work in a genre-less space: risd.cc/2r6xJL0 via @BarneysNY
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Visiting artist @grimanesaamoros recently spoke on campus about her luminous, large-scale installations: risd.cc/2mLafNv
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"Not being around assholes should be the goal of every graduate here today" @RISD Commencement speaker John Waters #RISDGrad15
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Portrait of @BarackObama by Kehinde Wiley— a 2017 RISD honorary degree recipient— unveiled today @NPG risd.cc/2EoEW3q
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#RISD alum and Board of Trustees co-chair @ilenechaiken, co-creator of "The L Word," joined White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on Tuesday in honor of #LesbianVisibilityWeek to thank the Biden administration for supporting the LGBTQIA+ community
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#RISD is projecting 'RI Angel of Hope and Strength' by @risdalumni Shepard Fairey 92 IL @OBEYGIANT to inspire Rhode Islanders and help launch Governor @GovRaimondo's #RIarts initiative: risd.cc/3d1WDlU
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Kara Walker [MFA 94 PT/PR] recently appeared on #FindingYourRoots with @HenryLouisGates risd.cc/1JMFn4d
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Jan Baker, a well-loved member of the RISD community and a professor of @risd_gd died on Saturday, April 28 in Providence: risd.cc/2jlPXFK
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“Theoretically Speaking” President @rsomerson + @virgilabloh Tonight [5/2] at 6 - Watch via Livestream: risd.cc/2qjWUZ5 #RISDxVirgil
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Tapped by @mo_ri_sa_wa, type designer @CyrusHighsmith [97 GD] is establishing the Providence Drawing Office with help from two recent graduates: risd.cc/2AFCqRj
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A conversation with @matthewshenoda RISD’s first vice president of Social Equity and Inclusion: risd.cc/2PMAmxO
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Thank you to @RISDalumni Shepard Fairey 92 IL @OBEYGIANT for the inspiring piece ‘R.I. Angel of Hope and Strength.’ See it projected on the #RISD Auditorium in Market Square and on the rear of 20 Washington Place (Steeple St.) 7:30-10 pm through May 2. #RIarts #Providence
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Object-based lessons inspired by collections @RISDMuseum + Nature Lab now @PBSLrnMedia risd.cc/1Pvjjci #STEAM
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'Extraordinary Realities' on view November 12—January 30 @RISDMuseum—the show traces the creative journey of award-winning artist @shahziasikander 95 PT/PR from Lahore, Pakistan to New York City: risd.cc/3c5V8op #RISDalumni #RISDmuseum #RISD
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#STEAM Now Close in US Congress. A significant breakthrough in support of arts education! risd.cc/1Ocehnu
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Married alumni Chris @buzelli 95 IL + SooJin Buzelli @sbuzelli 96 IL showcase the power of creative collaboration @RISD_Illus ISB Gallery: risd.cc/2niIlJ6
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Nancy Skolos + Tom Wedell of the design partnership Skolos-Wedell are being recognized with a 2017 @AIGAdesign risd.cc/2oyctv1
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Author and illustrator @CyrusHighsmith [97 GD] has created a couple of amazing Japanese picture books for kids: risd.cc/2AKHEtb
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Museum educator Michelle Grohe MA 02 takes an inclusive approach at Boston’s @gardnermuseum risd.cc/2yVkIZP
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.@RISD_Illus faculty R. Kikuo Johnson [03 IL] illustrated cover of this week’s @NewYorker risd.cc/1XMDF5c
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Today we are honored to welcome Crystal Williams on her first day as RISD’s 18th president. Learn more about how she is getting to know our community through introductions and events: risd.edu/risd-18th-president #RISD #RISDPresident
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#RISD—along with the @RISDMuseum—was founded 146 years ago today on March 22, 1877. Helen Adelia Rowe Metcalf urged 34 members of the RI Women’s Centennial Commission to invest their group’s surplus funding of $1,675 in founding a school of art and design. #RISDFoundersDay
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Chest Ornament inspired by Mapuche (Chilean native tribe) jewelry - student Lucas Montenegro risd.cc/1uEIMHv
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.@Airbnb co-founder Brian Chesky [04 ID] @bchesky to Deliver Keynote Address at RISD's 2017 Commencement risd.cc/2rzXd3B #RISDGrad17
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RISD Craft is today [10/7] 10-5 on Benefit Street! More than 125 alumni + student artists and makers: risd.cc/2kwljN1 #RISDWeekend
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Public interest lawyer and civil rights leader Bryan Stevenson will deliver the keynote address at Commencement 2019. He will accept an honorary degree along with artist Theaster Gates, author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and activist Nadya Tolokonnikova: risd.cc/2IaW5y9
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Members of two Congressional caucuses announce the new STEM to STEAM Act of 2017 at a briefing on Capitol Hill: risd.cc/2uY2jet
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Associate Professor Brooks Hagan MFA 02 TX worked with recent grads Claire Harvey 18 TX and Emily Holtzman 18 TX to create this 3D-woven shoe, further developing Weavecraft as a robust digital design tool: risd.cc/31qaEEl
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RISD's Nature Lab on has been awarded a $280K @NSF EAGER grant to develop a new bio-design maker space: risd.cc/2u1mZRw
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The 14 students who graduated from the @BrownUniversity | RISD Dual Degree program recently presented their capstone projects: risd.cc/3QhQ0AC #RISD
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'Canvases of Courage' is being screened at the RISD Auditorium Wednesday, April 20 at 6:30 risd.cc/1pe9UhL
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Congratulations Early Decision admitted students! We look forward to welcoming you to campus. #RISD2021
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Jayson Musson @therealhennessy is speaking at #RISD tonight (4/20) 6:00 Chace auditorium: risd.cc/22NL5Xf
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#RISD Furniture Design + Textiles present 'The Narrative of Making' @LaTriennale + @ICFF risd.cc/1M0APsD
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Celebrate Arts in Education Week With #STEAM! Object-based lessons @PBSLrnMedia risd.cc/1Pvjjci
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Thanks to @RISDalumni Shepard Fairey 92 IL @OBEYGIANT for another inspiring piece. Catch it (from a safe distance, of course!) projected on the side of the #RISD Auditorium in Market Sq and on the rear of 20 Washington Place tonight 7:30-10pm through May 2.
Thank you, Shepard, for creating this amazing image of strength and resilience. This is a reminder for all Rhode Islanders that we will get through this together.
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#RISD was founded in 1877 by Helen Adelia Rowe Metcalf and nurtured by a small group of women more than 40 years before women in America gained the right to vote. Pictured: class photo from 1892 #InternationalWomensDay
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Congratulations admitted first-year students! We look forward to welcoming you to campus: congratulations.risd.edu #RISD2021
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It is with sadness that we share the passing of Roger Mandle, RISD's 15th president: risd.cc/2HX3PpH
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Furniture Design Professor Lothar Windels BID 96 creates a new version of his award-winning Joseph Felt Chair for the President’s House: risd.cc/2n1bpEO
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RISD was founded in 1877 by Helen Adelia Rowe Metcalf and nurtured by a small group of women more than 40 years before women in America gained the right to vote. Pictured: class photo from 1892. #RISDFoundersDay #Providence
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The first RISD classes took place at Hoppin Homestead and on October 24, 1893 Waterman building was dedicated. To this day, Waterman is home to the RISD Nature Lab + Experimental and Foundation Studies. #RISDFoundersDay #ThenandNow #Providence
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On #InternationalWomensDay we celebrate our founder Helen Adelia Rowe Metcalf and the other visionary women who established RISD in 1877. #RISD #RISD1877
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Author/illustrators Jarrett Krosoczka @StudioJJK + Grace Lin @pacylin co-curate an exhibition @carlemuseum that celebrates childhood artwork: risd.cc/2RlElo1 #RISD #RISDalumni
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More than 400 current RISD students are working as paid interns across the country and beyond this summer, interning with design firms, nonprofits, publishing companies and more: risd.cc/3PjN9Gx #RISD #RISD1877
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Anne Jordan [07 GD] + Mitch Goldstein [06 GD] designed cover of the summer issue of @printmag risd.cc/1TqBiU8
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Commencement 2021 featured surprise appearance from David Byrne @DBtodomundo—@VirgilAbloh delivered Keynote Address and received an honorary degree along with Byrne, Elizabeth Diller @dsrny, Shepard Fairey 92 IL @OBEYGIANT + Lynn Nottage @lynnbrooklynm risd.cc/3v13moT
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We did it!! #ESSA onto @POTUS. Thanks to #STEAM Caucus @RepBonamici @RepStefanik @jimlangevin @davidcicilline for turning STEM to STEAM!
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An anonymous $4 million gift jump-starts plans to renovate the iconic 1914 Metcalf Building: risd.cc/3f4XSUo #RISD #RISD1877 #Providence
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#RISD was founded in 1877 by Helen Adelia Rowe Metcalf and a small group of women more than 40 years before women in America gained the right to vote. Pictured: class photo from 1892 #RISDFoundersDay #Providence
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M///ATH - a deck of cards that depict mathematical concepts - by student Philip Bayer: risd.cc/1y5xqBT
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A SPUR-funded project by grad student Zoë Pulley presents positive images of Black people to counteract the negative imagery flooding the media: risd.cc/3uOM4xY #RISD #RISD1877
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Interior Architecture + Industrial Design students reimagine non-commercial aviation: risd.cc/1P0LCyF
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"Go out in the world and fuck it up beautifully" - @RISD Commencement speaker and honorary degree recipient John Waters #RISDGrad15
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Emily Holtzman [18 TX] worked with a team of @BrownUniversity students helping to develop a textile-based embolic protection device that took first prize @jhu_cbid Healthcare Design Competition: risd.cc/2J5lTJC
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One of the cool things about RISD is the way that @RISDLiberalArts concentrations inform the work students make in studio: risd.cc/2KhYVQj
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As part of its commitment to address institutional racism and advance social equity, RISD is hiring 10 new faculty as part of a cluster hire initiative focused on race and decolonization in art and design. Learn more: risd.cc/33Cr6Wd
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An evening with Roxane Gay @rgay - RISD 2018 MLK Keynote. Friday, March 2 at 7:00pm RISD Auditorium. Reservations for Gay’s talk are full, but you can watch via Livestream: risd.cc/2GXKE9h
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It’s decision day! Congratulations to all our accepted applicants. Visit welcome.risd.edu for next steps and to learn more about upcoming in-person and virtual events. #RISD #RISD2026
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Last night's MLK keynote, legal scholar and social justice advocate Michelle Alexander @thenewjimcrow, was amazing; the evening was topped off by this moving gift presentation by @RISDalumni @JordanSeaberry 14 PT.
I’ve had to keep this secret SO LONG, but I’m thrilled to share that a few months back @risd asked me to make a new painting for the MLK Keynote, Michelle Alexander. One of my true heroes, it’s such a privilege to imagine a painting of mine going home with her.
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.@14thStreetY unveils 'Movescape' a rooftop playground by ID Associate Professor @casholman risd.cc/1jQdZWG
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Students in a Wintersession studio hone new ways to tell stories through comic books and graphic novels: risd.cc/2lIWSbO
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Thanks to @Hasbro, Project Open Door students got the opportunity to explore the possibilities of toy + game design risd.cc/2wPlvbA
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