Woods-Gerry Gallery opened the New Year with a BANG with its first show from Foundation Studies. As I walked around the gallery and admired the work of talented and hard working first year students, it brings me back to the time when I was a freshmen at RISD. Every wall in the Gallery was cover from top to bottom with student’s work ranging from hats, lamps, chairs, board games, and animations. The foundation projects showcased challenging and fun ideas, creative thinking, and experimentation with materials.
Here are some other links to the show.
http://www.risd.edu/About/Galleries_Exhibitions/Woods_Gerry/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/
If you have any questions please feel free to contact me.
Antonio Peters
Admissions Officer
apeters@risd.edu/ Skype: risd1877
Alumni Recognized by Forbes, Art in America and Whitney Museum
Stretch Shelves, by Pete Oyler
There’s been a number of RISD alumni mentions in the press in recent weeks. Pete Oyler, Furniture ’09, Lauren Geremia, Painting ’04, Ryan Sullivan, Painting ’05, and the designers behind Rich, Brilliant, Willing (Theo Richardson, Charles Brill and Alex Williams, Furniture ’06) all made Forbes’ 30 Under 30 list of young artists and designers who are making a difference.
An Arlene Shechet, Ceramics ’87, sculpture graced the cover of the January issue of Art in America. There’s also an article about Arlene’s work inside.
The 2012 Whitney Biennial opens in March, and will feature work by Nicole Eisenmann, Painting ’87 and Liz Deschenes, Photography ’88. I’m hoping I can make it down to New York City before the end of May to see their contributions to the show!
Meryn Hall
Admissions Officer
contact me at mhall@risd.edu
Another voice – Shared Voices
If you read Leon’s introduction to the new Shared Voices lecture series (see last post below), you might also want to hear a student perspective on Juan Enriquez’s visit. Carly Ayres, President of RISD’s Student Alliance posted this story on Core77
Ed Newhall, Director of Admissions. Contact me at enewhall@risd.edu
Shared voices at RISD
RISD has long been a forum of thought and discussion. These help to fuel the ideas and imaginations of our students, faculty, staff, and alumni. In this tradition, RISD’s President John Maeda has initiated a Presidential Speaker Series. Open to the public, it is a opportunity for expansive thinkers to share their insights on our campus.
I attended the first installment in the series with Juan Enriquez. A leading life scientist, he presenting the far reaching implications of “designing with life code”. The idea that in the not too distant future, artist and designers may be using biological tools to crate alongside of charcoals, oils, pencils, or computers.
Learn more about the lecture series here:
See you there!
Leon Paul Hovanesian II
Admissions
(401) 454-6310
lhovanes@risd.edu
Regular Decision deadline!!
Hope everyone had a great winter break and your second semester is off to a great start! I know you all have been hard at work on your portfolios and your academics. I just wanted to send a reminder, RISD regular decision deadline for Freshmen applicants is Feb 1st, 2012. (Please note this is not a post marked deadline). If you’re waiting to file the online application until you’re ready to complete your file, don’t wait. The online application is just the first step which allows us to start a physical file for you and more easily track what materials you have sent us. You can fill out the online application now, and then send your other credentials by the application deadline.
Contact the Admissions Office by phone, email or facebook to ask any questions you may have about our admissions requirements. We are open Monday-Friday and our office hours are 8:30am-4:30pm.
I would also like to remind you to print your full name and address on every document in your application. You can refer to an old post I wrote called Who? (Keep in mind we require 2 drawings and we no longer accept slides.)
Feel free to contact me if you have any questions. Hope to hear from you!!
Antonio Peters/ apeters@risd.edu/ 401-454-6302/ skype risd1877
Something Fun from Rome
Melanie Steinway, a RISD student from Illustration, made this stop-motion animation while attending our European Honors Program in Rome. I’m stop-motion interested and thought you might enjoy spending a couple of minutes watching this as well. If you are YouTube interested, there are many other pieces about RISD out there. Enjoy your browsing!
Ed Newhall, Director of Admissions – contact me at enewhall@risd.edu
Super Initiative
Many RISD students have an entrepreneurial mindset, and that focus has been part of the culture here long before the idea gained such recent and widespread popularity. Although the majority of our graduates find the path of working for someone else – individual or company, large or small – just fine for them, many others do not want to be told what to do and when, or to share their ideas and creativity for the benefit of someone else’s business. The power of independence and individuality is certainly part of the personality for many creative people.
Our Career Center has really amped up their efforts in the last two years to formally support students who want to develop their own business, pre or post graduation. Recently, they sponsored a conference to wrap together an energetic introduction on how to chart an independent career path. Check out the recap of the Mindshare event and, while you’re there, hit the links to the RISD pages at Etsy and Kickstarter.
Ed Newhall, Director of Admissions
Questions, thoughts? Contact me at enewhall@risd.edu
Providence Parks
Not to long ago one of RISD dorms “Farnum Hall” was demolished and it was a very sad moment for some of us who lived in that dorm back in the day. After months and months of removing the rubble and moving dirt around, RISD has gained a new little park to it’s campus. The park is located near the corner of Defoe Pl and Congdon Street. The view of the city is really nice but it also provides students with another place to relax, play, and be creative! There are many other parks in Providence that are in walking or driving distance of RISD, like Prospect Park, Roger Williams Park, Waterplace Park, Blackstone Park, Brown Street Park, India Point Park, Main Street Park, and Lincoln Woods, just to name a few. We do have some very nice lawn even though our campus is small!! By far Woods-Gerry is the best place to draw on campus.
If you have any questions please feel free to contact me
Antonio Peters/ RISD Admissions/ apeters@risd.edu/ skype risd1877
RISD street art makes it’s way into galleries
Check out NOMADE here:
http://www.thenomade.com/
Maybe NOMADE will appear in your town?
Leon Paul Hovanesian II
(401) 454-6310
lhovanes@risd.edu
Artist Ball 2011
Artist Ball with DJ 5AM from Mathew McNamara on Vimeo.
Early November in Rhode Island brings cooler temperatures, bright fall colors, and the annual RISD costume ball extravaganza know as Artist Ball. It’s a great time to take a break from studio, put your designing and constructing skills to good use on an amazing costume and dance around like mad with friends.
You can see some of this year’s costumes contest winners here, and last year’s here.
Meryn Hall, Admissions Officer
Questions? Email me at mhall@risd.edu