Category Archives: learning
“Ask the Art Professor”
“Ask the Art Professor” is an advice column for visual artists written by RISD Foundation Studies Professor Clara Lieu. This is your chance to ask a professional artist/educator your questions about being an artist, the creative process, career advice, etc. Anything from technical questions to large and philosophical questions are welcome. A comprehensive article will be written for every question.
Submit your question by emailing Clara Lieu at clara(at)claralieu.com, or by leaving a comment on claralieu.wordpress.com. All questions will be posted anonymously, and you’ll receive notification when your question is online.
If you have any questions please feel free to contact us me. Antonio Peters/ apeters@risd.edu/ Skype risd1877
Learning From Others
Among the possibilities available to fill your day at RISD are the many creative visitors who stream to the campus. Artists, designers, musicians, writers and leaders of every possible stripe spend time here speaking, in critiques and learning and observing themselves.
One of our most expansive lecture series is Shared Voices, which is sponsored by the President’s Office and brings thinkers from beyond the immediate boundaries of art and design. From particle physicists to learning technologists, these speakers expand the connections that visual creators have to one another and to the broader universe. The pace of change we are all experiencing can be both unsettling and exhilarating, and these Shared Voices visitors help us capitalize upon our moment in this broad arc of the path into the future.
Shared by Ed Newhall - Contact me at enewhall@risd.edu
Exposé & 2nd Life
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.
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Welcome Class of 2016
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.
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
SUMMER FACULTY EXHIBITION
Summer is here and RISD is full of energetic Pre-College and Summer studies students. What a great combination for an environment like RISD, artsy students and summer time weather!
Students participating in the 6 week summer pre-college program, are getting the chance to experience what it’s like to be at an art & design school. This experience provides students with the opportunity that foster their artistic and personal development.
The summer pre-college classes are taught by talented and professional artist from different art & design fields. On display in the Woods-Gerry gallery we have the Summer Faculty Exhibition and the work is wonderful. To see the work from the exhibit just click on the image below to start the slideshow.
To learn more about these programs just click on Pre-college and Summer Studies highlighted in blue. If you have any questions please feel free to contact me.
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Local business collaborates with RISD’s Foundation Studies
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RISD: Volunteering in the Community
Being at RISD not only do you learn to grow as an artist and designer but you also have opportunities grow in service and leadership. There are many organization in Rhode Island that students can be involved in through out the year, that range from social services, environmental clean up, to specialized programs. The images below are from the MLK day of Service at Martin Luther King elementary school. For more info about student groups visit RISD: Center for Student Involvement.
Click image to see slide show
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Gallery night openings + Joe Murray Lecture
Here are some pictures I took on Thursday, March 8th from the gallery openings at RISD. The images below are from the Graphic Design show at Woods-Gerry, Illustration show at the ISB, and Photography show at the Redeye gallery. Thursday night was very busy and it was nice to see everyone enjoying the shows. Click image to see slideshow
Joe Murray the creator of Rocko’s Modern Life and Camp Lazlo, gave a lecture later that night in the RISD Auditorium. Sponsored by the Programming Board, the Illustration Department and the Center for Student Involvement. I must say, Camp Lazlo is one of my favorite cartoons! Click image to see slideshow
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Spencer Finch at RISD Museum
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The Museum of Art Rhode Island School of Design announces Painting Air: Spencer Finch, a major exhibition by Brooklyn-based artist Spencer Finch. In this two-part show, the Museum debuts a largescale installation by Finch, shown with more than 60 pieces—from … Continue reading