Art thinkers are always listening to their inner muse, but are also learning from the world around.  At RISD, that world around is pretty large and there is much to absorb and enjoy.  There are numerous galleries showing student work but also the knockout resources of our Museum of Art.

The Museum has 84,000 objects in the collections and is used by students, faculty and classes daily.  Right now, there are several great exhibitions, offering insights for all but especially for students in several disciplines.  Printmaking students are learning more about engraving from The Brilliant Line, co-curated by faculty member Andrew Raftery; you should check out the interactive feature for this show.  Photography lovers are enjoying the recent work of Joe Deal and students from Ceramics and other 3-D disciplines have Inner City, an installation by Arne Zimmerman to inspire their efforts.

All RISD students are full members of the Museum and have their chance to absorb, absorb, absorb as they build and develop their own work.

Ed Newhall, Director of Admissions, contact me at enewhall@risd.edu

Here are some images of things I saw this week and Saturday, as I was walking around campus. The water building gallery has class projects on display right now. Paper folding and cardboard musical instrument. Then I ran across Architecture students work on a concrete form project near Woods-Gerry ground.  The project focused on the process of how to make concrete and applying it to a sculptural form. Here’s a picture from the RISD fall art sale that I went to on Saturday, Oct 10th. I saw a lot of great art and design items alumni and students were selling. Antonio Peters/RISD Admissions Officer/apeters@risd.edu