Today is the final day of RISD’s Annual Graduate Thesis Exhibition featuring work from 14 art and design disciplines including ceramics, industrial design, glass and photography. (Reviewed by Bill Van Siclen in the ProJo) Artist Elizabeth Skadden sends out this invitation, … my final thesis work was a reconstruction of the [AS220 Mercantile] building … …
Tonight is the famous RISD Fashion Show at the Veterans Memorial Auditorium downtown. The work of RISD’s apparel design students always runs from traditional (read: I could totally see me in that) to high concept (read: who the hell would wear that?) with students modeling the clothes for each other. It’s always fun and the …
Fourteen years ago, Gus Van Sant made To Die For, one of my favorite movies. In it, Nicole Kidman plays a New Hampshire weathergirl whose affair with the underage Joaquin Phoenix leads to all sorts of suburban bloodshed and hilarity. It also features Matt Dillon, the mob, a scene that makes me not hate “Sweet …
Gus, Who’s Coming To (A) Dinner(time Chat At RISD) Read More »
The longest line at Saturday’s RISD Student Art Sale was for the caricatures — or as the lady behind me was saying “Look, characters! I want to get my character done”. The talented artist is Ivy, a RISD sophomore, who worked pretty quickly (and will do parties and bar mitzvahs). Also a hit were the …
Tucked away on Eddy Street, heir offers a well edited collection of antiques, art and uncommon home and personal accessories that you will not find anywhere else. Discover one of a kind pieces, in a gallery setting that is more downtown art opening than dusty antique store. Industrial furniture is set amidst elegantly worn folk …
Join us as we view this 55-minute documentary portrait of the Hmong community from 1982 followed by a talk and discussion with co-director Peter O’Neil as he explains his recent work documenting his subjects over 20 years later. The film explores the challenges of several Hmong individuals and shows some of their involvement with the …
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Dazzle painting, or razzle-dazzle, refers to the style of marine camouflage painting briefly employed during World War I for the purpose of confusing the German U-boats. “Bedazzled”, an exhibition of original blueprints from the era, will open today at RISD’s Fleet Library. The show’s curator — a woman with the unbelievable Bond Girl name, Claudia …
For those who don’t want to trek to Watertown for the 2009 RISD alumni biennial show, some pictures from yesterday’s opening reception. It features 74 works by 55 New England artists (75 works were selected, but my husband chose not to exhibit. Ah well.) You’re going to have to go yourself to get the titles/artists/explanations, although …
Right in my wheelhouse. Today is the last day of the ‘Chihuly at RISD’ exhibit. Former RISD professor, Dale Chihuly, is held in some contempt these days for being too commercial, or predictible, or whatever — it’s not cool to like him any more. That whole Bellagio thing in Vegas probably did him in. Apparently …
[youtube]kpu724EY7rI[/youtube] Tonight at 7, Hedwig and the Angry Inch is screening at the RISD Auditorium, and afterwards dreamy director John Cameron Mitchell will be speaking. If you’ve never seen Hedwig, you are missing out on a) the best use of Gummi Bears in cinema, b) a number of amazing musical numbers, and c) something called …
Threadless is a typical website with weird and wacky t-shirts (pictured: the adorable “Wanted” by Jean-Sebastien Deheeger), with the distinction that fans can both submit and vote on designs. What better pairing than with Providence’s own RISD, an institution that encourages, among other things, future weird and wacky t-shirt designers. Tonight, the first-ever guest-curated Threadless …
Oh my God, cracked-out old people. SHUT UP. So your kids are trampy! We get it. You don’t need to tell the whole effing library about it… Anyway, David Macaulay’s going to be at the RISD Auditorium at 6:15 tonight. Get there early if you want an aisle seat (which, if you’re taller than 5’2″, …
Lifting the Hoods: Abu Ghraib, Torture, and the Art of Daniel Heyman Thursday, October 23, Lecture @ 5:30pm RISD College Building, Room 412 and Viewing of Prints in Minskoff Study Center
Since we’ve been having some typography discussions here lately I thought I might mention the cool little font movie, Helvetica. It’s quiet and talky — hardly any car chases — but these people are really serious about their typography and it will open your eyes to our helvetica-soaked world. Now I see it everywhere I …
Tonight at 9pm is the season premiere of Family Guy on Fox. If you are new to town you may not know that you now basically live in Quahog. Seth MacFarlane is from Connecticut, with a BFA from RISD, and the show is heavily larded with inside names and visual jokes that outsiders probably ignore. …
The Chace Center officially opens today, so head down to the RISD Museum to escape the drizzle and check out the fancy new galleries. I’ve always been partial to the discreet Benefit Street museum entrances, but the new entry on South Main is a lot nicer-looking than I’d expected. My favorite thing about the museum, …