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Founded in 1877, RISD is a college and museum in Providence, RI, where curiosity and creativity spark progress.
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Rhode Island School of Design is pleased to announce Crystal Williams as its 18th president. Williams believes that education, art and design, and commitments to equity and justice are essential to transforming our society.
#RISDpresident
#RISD
#RISD1877
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During a recent campus visit
@virgilabloh
encouraged to be open to both collaboration + failure:
#VirgilxRISD
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'I urge all students to pick your mentors + understand what makes them tick'
@virgilabloh
#VirgilxRISD
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RISD was founded in 1877 by Helen Adelia Rowe Metcalf and nurtured by a small group of women more than 40 years before women in America gained the right to vote. Pictured: class photo from 1892
#RISDFoundersDay
#RISDServes
#RISDGives
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"Theoretically Speaking" A conversation with President
@rsomerson
+
@VirgilAbloh
May 2 - Free Tickets:
#VIRGILxRISD
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Portrait of
@BarackObama
by Kehinde Wiley— a 2017 RISD honorary degree recipient— unveiled today
@NPG
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Visiting artist
@grimanesaamoros
recently spoke on campus about her luminous, large-scale installations:
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"Not being around assholes should be the goal of every graduate here today"
@RISD
Commencement speaker John Waters
#RISDGrad15
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During a recent campus visit
@virgilabloh
urged students to work in a genre-less space: via
@BarneysNY
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#RISD
alum and Board of Trustees co-chair
@ilenechaiken
, co-creator of "The L Word," joined White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on Tuesday in honor of
#LesbianVisibilityWeek
to thank the Biden administration for supporting the LGBTQIA+ community
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#RISD
is projecting 'RI Angel of Hope and Strength' by
@risdalumni
Shepard Fairey 92 IL
@OBEYGIANT
to inspire Rhode Islanders and help launch Governor
@GovRaimondo
's
#RIarts
initiative:
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“Theoretically Speaking” President
@rsomerson
+
@virgilabloh
Tonight [5/2] at 6 - Watch via Livestream:
#RISDxVirgil
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Tapped by
@mo_ri_sa_wa
, type designer
@CyrusHighsmith
[97 GD] is establishing the Providence Drawing Office with help from two recent graduates:
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A conversation with
@matthewshenoda
RISD’s first vice president of Social Equity and Inclusion:
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Object-based lessons inspired by collections
@RISDMuseum
+ Nature Lab now
@PBSLrnMedia
http://t.co/kU5dKzxuIc
#STEAM
http://t.co/f5ZFcQZiYZ
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Just Walk Elevator Vinyl by
@risd_gd
Student Amanda Pickens:
http://t.co/DOrS5N3S47
http://t.co/aQsZEUEUXl
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Thank you to
@RISDalumni
Shepard Fairey 92 IL
@OBEYGIANT
for the inspiring piece ‘R.I. Angel of Hope and Strength.’ See it projected on the
#RISD
Auditorium in Market Square and on the rear of 20 Washington Place (Steeple St.) 7:30-10 pm through May 2.
#RIarts
#Providence
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Nancy Skolos + Tom Wedell of the design partnership Skolos-Wedell are being recognized with a 2017
@AIGAdesign
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Married alumni Chris
@buzelli
95 IL + SooJin Buzelli
@sbuzelli
96 IL showcase the power of creative collaboration
@RISD_Illus
ISB Gallery:
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'Extraordinary Realities' on view November 12—January 30
@RISDMuseum
—the show traces the creative journey of award-winning artist
@shahziasikander
95 PT/PR from Lahore, Pakistan to New York City:
#RISDalumni
#RISDmuseum
#RISD
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Rosanne Somerson
@rsomerson
Named 17th President of RISD:
http://t.co/L13KYgz2J9
#RISDPresident
http://t.co/TcYFAHwkGa
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Author and illustrator
@CyrusHighsmith
[97 GD] has created a couple of amazing Japanese picture books for kids:
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@Airbnb
co-founder Brian Chesky [04 ID]
@bchesky
to Deliver Keynote Address at RISD's 2017 Commencement
#RISDGrad17
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Chest Ornament inspired by Mapuche (Chilean native tribe) jewelry - student Lucas Montenegro
http://t.co/ZvZKKKAfCU
http://t.co/gInMcpWc2a
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Today we are honored to welcome Crystal Williams on her first day as RISD’s 18th president. Learn more about how she is getting to know our community through introductions and events:
#RISD
#RISDPresident
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#RISD
—along with the
@RISDMuseum
—was founded 146 years ago today on March 22, 1877. Helen Adelia Rowe Metcalf urged 34 members of the RI Women’s Centennial Commission to invest their group’s surplus funding of $1,675 in founding a school of art and design.
#RISDFoundersDay
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RISD Craft is today [10/7] 10-5 on Benefit Street! More than 125 alumni + student artists and makers:
#RISDWeekend
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The 14 students who graduated from the
@BrownUniversity
| RISD Dual Degree program recently presented their capstone projects:
#RISD
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Associate Professor Brooks Hagan MFA 02 TX worked with recent grads Claire Harvey 18 TX and Emily Holtzman 18 TX to create this 3D-woven shoe, further developing Weavecraft as a robust digital design tool:
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Members of two Congressional caucuses announce the new STEM to STEAM Act of 2017 at a briefing on Capitol Hill:
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Public interest lawyer and civil rights leader Bryan Stevenson will deliver the keynote address at Commencement 2019. He will accept an honorary degree along with artist Theaster Gates, author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and activist Nadya Tolokonnikova:
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'Canvases of Courage' is being screened at the RISD Auditorium Wednesday, April 20 at 6:30
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Celebrate Arts in Education Week With
#STEAM
! Object-based lessons
@PBSLrnMedia
http://t.co/kU5dKzxuIc
http://t.co/RQMHTICP9W
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Thanks to
@RISDalumni
Shepard Fairey 92 IL
@OBEYGIANT
for another inspiring piece. Catch it (from a safe distance, of course!) projected on the side of the
#RISD
Auditorium in Market Sq and on the rear of 20 Washington Place tonight 7:30-10pm through May 2.
Thank you, Shepard, for creating this amazing image of strength and resilience. This is a reminder for all Rhode Islanders that we will get through this together.
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Author/illustrators Jarrett Krosoczka
@StudioJJK
+ Grace Lin
@pacylin
co-curate an exhibition
@carlemuseum
that celebrates childhood artwork:
#RISD
#RISDalumni
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#RISD
was founded in 1877 by Helen Adelia Rowe Metcalf and nurtured by a small group of women more than 40 years before women in America gained the right to vote. Pictured: class photo from 1892
#InternationalWomensDay
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It is with sadness that we share the passing of Roger Mandle, RISD's 15th president:
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The first RISD classes took place at Hoppin Homestead and on October 24, 1893 Waterman building was dedicated. To this day, Waterman is home to the RISD Nature Lab + Experimental and Foundation Studies.
#RISDFoundersDay
#ThenandNow
#Providence
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On
#InternationalWomensDay
we celebrate our founder Helen Adelia Rowe Metcalf and the other visionary women who established RISD in 1877.
#RISD
#RISD1877
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An anonymous $4 million gift jump-starts plans to renovate the iconic 1914 Metcalf Building:
#RISD
#RISD1877
#Providence
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Anne Jordan [07 GD] + Mitch Goldstein [06 GD] designed cover of the summer issue of
@printmag
http://t.co/ZrMwCgFI72
http://t.co/o3UKkUPKDx
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President
@rsomerson
along with three alumnae named by
@artsy
as 'Women Pushing Design Forward in the United States'
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Commencement 2021 featured surprise appearance from David Byrne
@DBtodomundo
—
@VirgilAbloh
delivered Keynote Address and received an honorary degree along with Byrne, Elizabeth Diller
@dsrny
, Shepard Fairey 92 IL
@OBEYGIANT
+ Lynn Nottage
@lynnbrooklynm
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As part of its commitment to address institutional racism and advance social equity, RISD is hiring 10 new faculty as part of a cluster hire initiative focused on race and decolonization in art and design. Learn more:
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'Just Thinking' - illustration by Molly Walsh [13 IL]:
http://t.co/JAPlQeuFRh
http://t.co/PEsUD2ACBA
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'Looking' - Watercolor paintings of Providence by student Scott Harano
http://t.co/L0A8QiHEDZ
http://t.co/bWJkOek7ii
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Furniture Design Professor Lothar Windels BID 96 creates a new version of his award-winning Joseph Felt Chair for the President’s House:
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RISD was founded in 1877 by Helen Adelia Rowe Metcalf and nurtured by a small group of women more than 40 years before women in America gained the right to vote. Pictured: class photo from 1892.
#RISDFoundersDay
#Providence
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Interior Architecture + Industrial Design students reimagine non-commercial aviation:
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Emily Holtzman [18 TX] worked with a team of
@BrownUniversity
students helping to develop a textile-based embolic protection device that took first prize
@jhu_cbid
Healthcare Design Competition:
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"Go out in the world and fuck it up beautifully" -
@RISD
Commencement speaker and honorary degree recipient John Waters
#RISDGrad15
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Students in a Wintersession studio hone new ways to tell stories through comic books and graphic novels:
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'Self-Portrait in 11 Dimensions' by student Laura Bejarano:
http://t.co/fioNwSIOus
http://t.co/SaNELMsh4Q
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#RISD
was founded in 1877 by Helen Adelia Rowe Metcalf and a small group of women more than 40 years before women in America gained the right to vote. Pictured: class photo from 1892
#RISDFoundersDay
#Providence
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We did it!!
#ESSA
onto
@POTUS
. Thanks to
#STEAM
Caucus
@RepBonamici
@RepStefanik
@jimlangevin
@davidcicilline
for turning STEM to STEAM!
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M///ATH - a deck of cards that depict mathematical concepts - by student Philip Bayer:
http://t.co/I8wga6K6XD
http://t.co/fj5J2Uipsw
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With a community-wide vaccination rate approaching 90 percent, the RISD community is preparing for "near normal" fall semester. Returning students can expect in-person studio and extra-curricular experiences come September. Learn more:
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One of the cool things about RISD is the way that
@RISDLiberalArts
concentrations inform the work students make in studio:
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Last night's MLK keynote, legal scholar and social justice advocate Michelle Alexander
@thenewjimcrow
, was amazing; the evening was topped off by this moving gift presentation by
@RISDalumni
@JordanSeaberry
14 PT.
I’ve had to keep this secret SO LONG, but I’m thrilled to share that a few months back
@risd
asked me to make a new painting for the MLK Keynote, Michelle Alexander. One of my true heroes, it’s such a privilege to imagine a painting of mine going home with her.
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#RISD
honorary degree recipient Kehinde Wiley selected by
@BarackObama
to paint his official portrait for
@NPG
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