Following an extensive international search, RISD is pleased to announce the appointment of Touba Ghadessi as provost, effective July 10, 2023. Ghadessi is currently the provost and a professor of the history of art at Wheaton College in Norton, MA.

Spring is here! As if we need another excuse to browse the bright and beautiful works on RISDmade. Whether spring cleaning has you in the mood for something fresh or you want to honor a special mom, we have you covered!

May 3, 2023

The Alumni Association, Fleet Library at RISD and the RISD Illustration Department invite you to a special lecture and book signing with Brian Selznick 88 IL to celebrate his latest book, Big Tree.

On view through October 22

Winner of the 2023 Dorner Prize, Passive Pollination by Claudia Peck MLA 25 invites viewers to observe and enjoy bees and other pollinators at work in a landscaping installation outside the RISD Museum on Benefit Street.

June 1, 2023

Julia Rothman 02 IL, the 2023 Helen Adelia Rowe Metcalf Visionary Award honoree, will kick off this year’s reunion weekend as our keynote speaker in a live conversation with Illustration faculty member Robert Brinkerhof.

The Fleet Library at RISD Alumni Collection celebrates RISD’s creative publishing community. The collection features books and other materials, including art and design, fiction, children’s literature, food, memoirs, social justice and more.

RISD’s second “Race in Art & Design” cohort began teaching this past fall. Focused on race, colonization, decolonization, post-coloniality, cultural representation and material practices of resistance, they have graciously agreed to share their unique pedagogical approaches in this series of Q&As.

RISD has partnered with FreeWill to help alumni create an estate plan this spring—100% for free! Your plan can protect the people and causes you love, and even inspire future generations of RISD students to pursue their passions.

Are you planning to be in New York for NYCxDesign May 18-25? We'd love to know if you are exhibiting or presenting at any shows or exhibitions! Share your plans with us and maybe we will see you there.

We are announcing our 2024 trips soon, but while you wait, there is still plenty to explore with the remainder of our 2023 trips. Up next: Italy’s magnificent lake district and the beauty of southern Spain.