Get to know a transfer!!!!
May 11th, 2009 8:38am by Antonio Peters
Year transferred: 2007
Class Year: Junior
Major: Sculpture
Hometown: Philadelphia
Favorite Movie: The Graduate, although I haven’t seen the new Star Trek yet!
Favorite Teacher: Tom Roberts! I took a class with him on the history of sports last Wintersession. All the closet sports fans at RISD took the class. We were required to watch the Super Bowl and go to a Providence College basketball game. He also had us stretch (literally!) before our final.
Free time: I do a lot of cooking and baking in my free time. I make a legendary cranberry pecan upside-down cake. I also go to Providence Bruins games whenever I can (the minor league hockey team). In the summer, I always try to make it to Waterfire (http://www.waterfire.org/) and spend a lot of time in the pool.
Favorite Project: My favorite project was for the Casting Elective in the Sculpture department. We were assigned to make a project relating to skin that would be cast in aluminum. I cast my foot with alginate and molded a cup on top. For the crit, I drank a milkshake out of my foot.
Like best about RISD: I like that RISD relies on the creativity of the students to make the school better outside of the studio. For example, I’m working with another student to plan orientation for new students in 2009. We’re designing t-shirts, planning the schedule, and training other students to take part in the program. There are so many opportunities like this such as the student gallery board, the What We Do conference (which was completely student run), and student sales.
Antonio Peters, Admissions Officer, apeters@risd.edu