Seen here is phase one of the new biodesign maker space located in the Wet Lab downstairs at the RISD Nature Lab. This 21′ living wall is a lush, vertical bed of plant material so inviting you want to sink into it somehow. (Detail below.) There is a framework of plumbing hidden behind this green …
(10.7) A block of Benefit Street will be closed to traffic this Saturday for the annual RISD Craft Show. Expect to see painting, textiles, glass, jewelry, apparel, lighting, printmaking, ceramics, and more. The work from this year’s participants can be viewed at RISD Craft Artists. The event takes place rain or shine — under a …
The second floor of the RISD Museum where the students exhibit their work is accessible only by the elevator. I think it is often missed by those rambling around the museum proper. This week I stopped by and was stumped to see the name of local progressive activist, photographer, and RI Future writer, Steve Ahlquist, …
Artists and designers — applications now being accepted for the 2018 RISD Museum Artist Fellowship. Application deadline: August 31, 2017, at midnight. The RISD Museum invites local artists and designers working in any medium to apply for the 2018 artist fellowship. One selected artist will receive a stipend of $10,000, professional-development support, and the opportunity …
(6.3) Don’t forget to check out the RISD Grad Show at the RI Convention Center. The event website is a vertiginous funhouse ride with a wildly kinetic design that makes it almost impossible to use. Sooooo as far as I can tell, the show is open today on the holiday from noon to 5pm. You …
(4.22) Head over to Benefit Street Saturday for the annual Spring RISD Student Art Sale. The street is blocked off in front of the RISD Museum between College and Waterman Streets with tables, tents, food trucks, and live entertainment. (If you have time check out Café Pearl right inside the museum entrance . . . …
(4.18) Frito-Lay leads the way on portion control. Come see the giant Cheeto at the RISD Senior Sculpture Show at Woods-Gerry. It is the work of Adrian Pulido (BFA Sculpture 2017). He calls the piece “All The Good That Won’t Come Out of Me Has Been Sent Into a Digital Black Hole” and it is …
(4.4) I want this canoe. Not to paddle in water but to hang upside down from my own ceiling. This beautiful “Skin on Frame Canoe” is the work of Jake Pill (BFA Industrial Design, 2017). It is made of ash, Dacron fabric, and Douglas fir (Special Agent Dale Cooper’s favorite tree). The RISD Senior shows …
Organic shapes abound in the ceramics on view at the Woods-Gerry Gallery: pods, husks, fungi, twigs, antlers, urchins, and the suggestive melty, drippy blobs seen here. Only a few members of the RISD Ceramics Department seem interested in geometric shapes. But there is a lot to like here. This illuminated installation by Ziheng Zhu (MFA …
And you don’t even have to leave the house. Why not give that special someone a membership to the RISD Museum. Seen here: Elevator Doors/third floor, ca. 2008, unknown artist, aluminum and steel (152 x 166 inches) Or maybe they would like to be a member of the Providence Athenaeum on Benefit Street? Click here. …
(12.10) Find unique gifts, while supporting the arts in the most direct way possible, at the annual RISD Alumni & Student Holiday Art Show. Shop for ceramics, painting, textiles, jewelry, prints, soft sculpture, glass, home decor, and more. Providence City Arts will be hosting a Holiday Craft Lab, featuring drop-in workshops for kids and families …
Vernacular Spectacular — where art meets life and you are on display — features work by RISD students, grad and undergrad, who invite you to take a second look at the everyday objects in your life. Curated by Cem Eskinazi (MFA GD ’17) and Drew Litowitz (MFA GD ’17). Every product you pull off the …
This chair really is a flotation device. The furniture shows at the Woods-Gerry Gallery never disappoint. Both undergrads and alums are represented in the Department of Furniture Design Triennial Exhibition which runs through December 12. Seen here is ‘Sinuous’ — powder coated steel and pool noodles — by Noelle Antignano (BFA Furniture Design 2016). In …
(10.15) Still room in the RISD Museum’s Artist Development Day. . . . an afternoon of professional development workshops, panels, and collegial dialogue for artists and designers is presented in collaboration with the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts. Practical tips and critical conversation on contemporary creative practice benefit individuals in every stage of …
The RISD Museum opened the new Café Pearl today. Located at the (newly reopened) Benefit Street entrance, the café honors longtime docent, the 102-year-old Pearl Nathan. The café is named in honor of one of the Museum’s first and longest-serving volunteer docents, Pearl Nathan. It is located just inside the RISD Museum’s Benefit Street entrance, …
(6.4) Among the many free things to enjoy this weekend is the RISD graduate show at the RI Convention Center. It’s a good year. Channing Gray has a comprehensive write-up in the ProJo, “RISD students show their mind-blowing work in sprawling show.” The show, up through June 4, contains the thesis work of some 225 …