Archive for July, 2009

Pre-College Reviews

July 29th, 2009 3:03pm by Leon Hovanesian II

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Summertime on the RISD campus means that the Pre-College Program must be here as well. The RISD Pre-College Program is designed to give high school students an introduction to the college art school experience. For six weeks, you follow a college-like studio curriculum, and live in RISD residence halls. The course of study is focused, serious, challenging, and a lot of fun. Basically it’s a chance to be a RISD student for six weeks, see if you like our campus, and make some great artwork.

This program can provide an excellent way to prepare a strong works of art that can later be used as a competitive portfolio for applications to schools like RISD. You can learn more about out Pre-College program here.

A special opportunity for Pre-College students is a chance for a portfolio review here in the Admissions Office. In general we are not able to provide reviews of portfolios in the Admissions Office due to the our limited staff and travel obligations. This provides an opportunity for feedback that can help Pre-College students look at their artwork from the summer and get the Admissions perspective. This option is available to students who arrange an appointment with us during the weeks they are here in the Pre-College program.

If you are a rising high school sophomore or Junior, keep this mind if you find your way to the Pre-College program next summer. It’s a great way to get a little leap on your RISD application plans.

Want to know? Contact Me!

Leon Paul Hovanesian II
Admissions Officer
lhovanes@risd.edu

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One of the Special Things

July 24th, 2009 2:40pm by Edward Newhall

nature labYour time at RISD will be enriched by many wonderful people, of course,  and by many wonderful facilities, as well.  Everyone here has a favorite place or two — places they feel are truly out of the ordinary and are likely to really spark your creative juices.  The RISD Museum is near the top of most lists and so is our Nature Lab, a unique combination of natural history museum and lending library.  The creative folks at Etsy recently came to explore the wonders of the Nature Lab and made a wonderfully evocative short film.  Take a look and, if you’ve never walked through this “magic” door before, put it on your list of things to do the next time you’re on campus.

Ed Newhall, Director of Admissions

contact me at enewhall@risd.edu

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Get to know your summer tour guides!

July 23rd, 2009 1:28pm by Antonio Peters

 

Jacob Andrew Lohmann

 

Class year: 2011

 

Major: Architecture

 

Hometown: Berryville, VA (Born and raised in Dallas, Texas)

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Summer plans: Workin’ in Providence

 

What do you do in your free time: Play guitar, basketball with my friends 

 

Favorite project at RISD: Figure drawing during freshman year

 

What do I like best about RISD: Its a unique place

 

Future plans: Be an architect one day

 

If you have any questions about visiting RISD or Admissions, please feel free to contact me.

Antonio Peters  

apeters@risd.edu

AIM: risd1877 

 

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Get to know your summer tour guides!

July 9th, 2009 12:09pm by Antonio Peters

Tyler DiBiasio

 

Year: 2012

 

Major: FAV

 

Hometown: Exeter, Rhode Island

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(the picture is from z-day)

 

http://providencedailydose.com/2008/04/25/is-it-z-day-already/ 

 

Summer plans:   Working in the admissions office and fighting communism

 

What do you do in your free time: Play guitar

 

Favorite project at RISD:  Making the instructional video “How to Keep Yourself Entertained in the Middle of Nowhere” (aka my hometown)

 

What you like best about RISD:  The people

 

Future plans:  Writing and directing my own films

 

Additional info: Next year my dorm in 15 West will be known as the Lazer Jungle.  Why? because we’re filling it with plants and Lazers and seeing how we can get a fog machine past the smoke detectors.

 

If you have any questions. Please feel free to contact me.

Antonio Peters

Apeters@risd.edu 

aim: risd1877 

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