RISD was founded on March 22, 1877 and the museum is celebrating its founding by offering free admission this Saturday, March 18 and again on Wednesday, March 22. Special offerings for Founders Day include a %18.77 discount at the RISD Store on Wednesday. In 1877, 35 women, armed with $1,675 and a vision, founded RISD. …
(2.19) The RISD Museum will be hosting a free day of family-friendly activities inspired by reuse, with hand-ons art-making that reimagines fabric design, gallery explorations focused on climate justice, and more. Fabric Design . . . Gallery Fun . . . Hands-On Art . . . and more! The schedule for Super Art Sunday includes: …
Art from the Ancient Mediterranean, Asia, and Indigenous America all come together in “Being and Believing in the Natural World” up now through May 7th. Highlighting different perspectives across cultures and time, these works consider complex and evolving relationships with and beliefs about nature. In more than 100 objects drawn from the RISD Museum’s Asian, …
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(9.18) Head over to the RISD Museum this Sunday for “Work in Progress: Painting Intuitively” and watch as artist Yukyung Chung turns the Radeke Garden and the adjacent Danforth Hall into her studio. Watch as artist Yukyung Chung (RISD MFA, Digital + Media, 2023) responds to her composed soundscape through live painting. Chung’s artistic practice …
We can all honor the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. by contacting our congressional delegation today, and every day, until the cornerstone of our democracy has federal protection. There is really only one issue before Congress right now — election subversion. It appears from recent remarks that the President now understands this. And the …
A new show opens Friday at the RISD Museum: Extraordinary Realities features the work of Pakistani American artist Shahzia Sikander (RISD MFA 1995, painting and printmaking), celebrated for her groundbreaking work integrating illustrated manuscript traditions from South and Central Asia into a contemporary idiom. This exhibition tracks the first 15 years of this artistic journey, …
(11.1) The RISD Museum has sent out an advisory about the approaching application deadline for its Research Residency Program. The application deadline is 11:59pm, November 1, 2021. We invite local artists and designers working in any medium to apply for the 2022 RISD Museum Research Residency for Artists (previously known as the RISD Museum Artist …
Hooray. The RISD Museum will finally be open to the general public. Faculty and students have had it all to themselves for long enough . . . the people need their paintings and ceramics and textiles and that adorable little Egyptian paint box. We are re-opening on June 13. We can’t wait to welcome you back. …
While the museum itself remains closed, some grad students and faculty members have taken over the exterior with a timely message. They have mounted a self-guided, three-part exhibit, to be experienced at one’s own pace along the sidewalk and across the street in Market Square. Scan the Qr codes as you go for a better …
The Chinese New Year starts Friday, marking the transition from the Year of the Rat to the Year of the Ox, and culminating on February 26th with the Lantern Festival. Oxen are honest and earnest. They are low key and never look for praise or to be the center of attention. This often hides their …
I suppose I should pace myself; Raid the Icebox Now at the RISD Museum will be up through September and I have already written up the insane wallpaper and the disco room. But I recently stumbled into this installment and it stopped me in my tracks. I believe I let out an audible gasp. Sculptor …
(1.16) The RISD Museum is hosting another installment of its ‘Think and Drink’ series. This Thursday the topic will be spider silk. Seen here is a shawl handwoven in Madagascar from golden orb spider filaments. (Facebook event.) If you can’t make this event, you have till through April 19th to see The Art and Design …
But I’m supposed to be on the list. Check out the hottest new club in town, Kiki’s Backdoor, an installation by Nicole Eisenman for Raid the Icebox Now at the RISD Museum. “Tonight we are going out and we are all getting hammered” features the obligatory velvet rope and disco ball, and great music — …
It is easy to miss the Gelman Student Exhibitions Gallery in the Chace Center of the RISD Museum. It’s on the 2nd floor and off the beaten path. Seen here is ‘Cloister Chair’ by Taylor Gray. Now through April 28th the gallery will be hosting The Chair Show featuring . . . chairs! There are …
The Chinese Year of the Pig kicks off today with the Spring Festival which runs through February 19th. To ensure good fortune and happiness during the Spring Festival there are a few taboos: do not clean or sweep; do not demand debt repayment; do not visit the wife’s family; do not break glass or ceramics. …
[New deadline: October 19, 2018 at midnight.] The RISD Museum is inviting local artists and designers, working in any medium, to apply for the 2019 artist fellowship. One selected artist will receive a stipend of $10,000, professional-development support, and the opportunity to work closely with the collections and staff members to realize a proposed project …