Category Archives: admissions

Meeting Sara Vanderbeek

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I travel for recruitment from September through January and meet so many individuals interested in RISD. It’s not uncommon to meet someone who has a RISD connection or shared experience. This truly shows us how small the world can be and how far reaching the RISD connection spans.

During my Fall 2012 recruitment travel, during a layover, I met Sara Vanderbeek RISD ’03 Printmaking.  Sara noticed I was wearing a RISD tee shirt. She approached me and told me that she attended RISD. We travelled on an airport shuttle together and from our short conversation, I learned that Sara is based in Austin, TX and works as a full-time artist. She shared with me her path after graduation and how she became a painter even though her focus in school was Printmaking.

Check out her post about her journey after RISD to becoming a successful portrait painter.

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If you have any questions please feel free to contact me-

Antonio Peters/ apeters@risd.edu/ Skype: risd1877

Dazzle Crayons: Illustration Show

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The Admissions Office would like to congratulate a few of our work-study students on their Senior Illustration Show. Best wishes to Molly Walsh, Anita Tung, Leah Artwick,  and Maddy Trower and a job well done on the show! The show will be on display in the Illustration Building from March 21- April 3rd 2013.

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If you have any questions feel free to contact me.

Antonio Peters/ Admissions Officer/ apeters@risd.edu/ skype: risd1877

Exposé & 2nd Life

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RISD’s Exposé and 2nd Life are two student run organizations, that have decided to  come together and collaborate on opening a storefront in the downtown area of Providence. This storefront will function as a part gallery space, part materials recycling center. This collaboration gives students the opportunity to learn about business/ entrepreneur, sustainability, and networking with in/outside of  the RISD community. To learn more about this great collaboration just click on the inserted links.  Press Releases.

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

Antonio Peters/ apeters@risd.edu/ Skype risd1877

Welcome Class of 2016

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WELCOME Class of 2016! Here’s to new friendships, journeys and adventures! Our Orientation Leaders are happy to help out and have been leading various activities. Students have moved in, said farewell to their parents and families and are busy doing lots of activities for Orientation. It was great to see the familiar acts of parents carrying many bags from CVS, Bed, Bath & Beyond, and cartons of beef flavored ramen noodles. Families walking around with campus maps and pointing at various RISD buildings at intersections, trying to get themselves situated. Our office is revving up for the new prospective students and we are happy to see so many new faces on campus. RISD Admissions office is busy preparing my travel for recruitment.

As part of RISD’s 2012 Common Reading Program, all incoming undergrads were asked to tackle a great read over the summer: The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz. The Pulitzer Prize-winning author is coming to campus in November to read from and talk about the book with students (and all the rest of us who are great admirers, too).

Today, I am helping to introduce this year’s Orientation speakers, Nate and Kirk Mueller, 2010 MFA Digital Media alumni. They are a dynamic duo impacting design and changing how we create and think about interactive media.

Check out these sites to learn more, Nate & Kirk Mueller website, Studio Mercury

RISD ICON 7

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RISD ICONS show will be up from June 14-24 at Woods-Gerry Gallery. You can find more information about this event by clicking on the blue link.  RISD ICONS

If you have any questions please feel free to contact us.

Antonio Peters/ apeters@risd.edu/ Skype: risd1877

Becky Fong/ rfong@risd.edu

Printmaking & Ceramic Senior Show 2012

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The Printmaking and Ceramic department had their opening on Thursday, May 24. and sad to say, the last senior show of the year.  We were really excited to see the artwork of one of our long time work-study students Dhvani Behl PT’ 12.  Great work!  Everyone in Admissions would like to give you a big ¡CONGRATULATIONS! on the wonderful show and graduating.  We wish you the best of luck and much success.    

If you have any questions feel free to contact me.

Antonio Peters/ apeters@risd.edu/ Skype risd1877