RISD is widely known and respected for the quality of the studio education offered here, but there is another element (maybe a bit less well-known but equally important) in our educational mix. We believe you’ll become a more inventive and successful artist or designer if you are knowledgeable about the past, understand the issues of the present, have empathy for others around the world and are able to effectively express your idea and opinions by writing and speaking ….that’s right, the liberal arts. Art and Totalitarianism, Contemporary Ecological Fictions, Novels That Long To Be You, Understanding Southeast Asia and nearly 200 other electives are offered each year in our Liberal Arts Division, which we feel is the equal of many well-respected liberal arts colleges. If it is not among our many offerings, you can scan the course catalog and cross-register at our neighbor, Brown University. Learn a little more about the special “secret” in our midst.

Edward Newhall
Director of Admissions

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