(6.19) Check out the newly reopened and updated 6th floor galleries featuring Egyptian artifacts, Asian prints and ceramics — the Buddha’s back! — and the all new Costume and Textile Gallery, tonight at RISD Museum’s ‘Design the Night.’ Bill van Siclen reviewed the new galleries in the ProJo. One of the biggest beneficiaries of these …
Free admission on Sunday at the RISD Museum of Art. Check out “RISD Business: Sassy Signs and Sculptures” by Alejandro Diaz (walk in the Benefit Street side) — runs through June 9th. Ranging from quaint stereotypes of Mexican identity to current socio-economic and art-world commentary, Alejandro Diaz’s text-based works and installations use language as a …
(4.28) Come see real live artists in their natural habitat. Then you do it. Head over to the RISD Museum of Art for the third annual “Big Draw”. The Big Draw celebrates the power of drawing in its many forms. Join the RISD community for a museum wide exploration of drawing as action, perception, communication …
If you haven’t checked out ‘Building Blocks: Contemporary Works from the Collection’ at the Museum of Art, Saturday would be the perfect day. Admission to the RISD Museum on the last Saturday of every month is free. There’s a lot to like in this exhibit, for instance the 2006 Brian Chippendale installation Home on the …
Admission to the musem is free all day Christmas eve. This gallery has couches and chairs in it so you can take a load off. People often nap here. And there is a gift shop. Thursday, 10am to 5pm, RISD Museum, 224 Benefit Street, 454.6500
[youtube]hN9rF737IyM[/youtube] The Brilliant Line: Following the Early Modern Engraver, 1480–1650 opened up at the RISD Museum last Friday. I haven’t seen it yet, but I did just spend the last half hour checking out the awesome interactive website that accompanies the exhibition. Curator Andrew Raftery explores the use of lines in engravings by folks like …
Today’s your last chance to see the RISD Museum before it shuts down for a month. It’s also your last chance to see Carl Ostendarp’s colorful Pulled Up exhibit. I originally thought the show was just another way for RISD to be all like “Hey everybody, remember Talking Heads? They went here! Really world, please …
The new exhibition at the RISD Museum is called Evolution/Revolution:The Arts and Crafts in Contemporary Fashion and Textiles — just rolls off the tongue don’t it. Pictured here is… I don’t really know what the hell this is. opens Thursday/5:30 – 9:00PM/224 Benefit Street
I am normally pretty suspicious of music collectives (it’s usually code for ‘overly-earnest hippies with weird instruments’). But tonight is Music Friday at the RISD Museum and the music is being provided by the Cozy Collective and these guys are great! Comprising Tim O’Keefe, Tony Teixeira, Umberto Crenca and Cliff Wood, Cozy Collective will be …
Some familiar faces will provide the entertainment at Music Friday this week: The Cosy Collective combines the talents of well-known Rhode Islanders Tim O’Keefe on electronics, Umberto Crenca on flute, Cliff Wood on saxophone, and Tony Teixeira on bass as they perform a mixture of live and DJ-remixed improvisational jazz and electronic music. Also, I …
I finally made it by for last month’s MF. It was okay — I think I’ll give it another go this week, but it was a bit — how to say this tactfully… stuffier than I’d hoped for. Music Friday 6:15pm The second Friday of every month the Museum’s Main Gallery transforms into a funky …
Dale Chihuly, he of the crazy glass sculptures, will be opening up the new RISD Museum in September. Renowned artist Dale Chihuly [RISD MFA ’68, Ceramics] will create a special site-specific installation as the inaugural exhibition for the new special exhibition gallery in the Chace Center. Chihuly at RISD will be complemented by an exhibition …
Which I feel like an ass for not visiting more often. There’s a lot going on: Tuesday, December 11 Tuesday Talk: Daniel Harkett 1pm Harkett, Assistant Professor in the Department of Art and Visual Culture at RISD, explores 19th-century French paintings in the galleries. This is the final talk in a three-part series of art-history …