Artist is coming from far away for class reunion Sep 3, 2009
Ms. Williams has taught art at Heritage Academy and is currently a student at the Rhode Island School of Design. ALSO OF NOTE: September is starting out with a couple of firsts. (The Augusta Chronicle)
In Providence, a frothy mix of fun Sep 2, 2009
On the east side of town, you can find Cafe Paragon (234 Thayer St., 401-331-6200, ) in the College Hill Historic District, home to Brown University, Rhode Island School of Design, and plenty of picturesque homes. For lunch, this is a great place to grab a tasty Cuban sandwich or a turkey club. (Boston Globe)
His Life Has Been a Tragicomic Struggle Aug 28, 2009
After two-and-a-half years in the WWII U.S. Navy he earned a BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design, and in 1952 joined Fortune. The Bad Pipsisewah * by Ronald Neil Campbell A Memoir Publication Date: May 15, 2008 Trade Paperback; $17. (Primezone Releases)
Allen Hazard Sr. carries on an old tradition Aug 27, 2009
Even Rhode Island School of Design contacted him to lecture on the craft. I ve been doing it since I was a midget anyway, says Hazard. (Westerly Sun, RI)
Michael Mazur; illustrator reinvigorated monotype; 73 Aug 21, 2009
He also taught for many years at Rhode Island School of Design and Brandeis University, before devoting himself full time to his art. My 40th birthday present to myself was quitting teaching, he told the Globe in 1987. (Boston Globe)
Profiles of Bay Area craftspeople Aug 6, 2009
San Francisco sculptor Szabo, 29, a graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design, warmed to metal craft while living on property where craftspeople and artists worked. He even built the geodesic dome he lived in. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Roanoke Rapids native named dean Aug 5, 2009
Wright graduated magna cum laude with a bachelor of fine arts in art education from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, earned her master of art education from the Rhode Island School of Design, and earned her PhD in curriculum and instruction from North Carolina State University. Copyright. (Roanoke Rapids Daily Herald, NC)
The Power of Courtroom Art Jul 24, 2009
A graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design, Hennessy's work has been featured all along the news services spectrum. Just to name a few: CNN, FOX, ABC, AP, Reuters, The Washington Post and News Week. (W-USA News, DC)
Melbourne man tearing up Brevard's art scene Jul 19, 2009
After studying art at the prestigious Rhode Island School of Design, he spent 12 years as the creative art manager at V.F. Imagewear in Tampa, working with major clients such as ESPN, Lucasfilm, Madonna and The National Football League. But he gave up his weekly paycheck to become a full-time artist. (Florida Today)
In luxury PR, it’s all about building desire Jul 12, 2009
Raised on a farm in New Jersey, Kortenhaus studied printmaking and painting at Rhode Island School of Design and stumbled on her knack for marketing while working for Phillips Son & Neale, a London-based art auction firm in Boston. Her first Kortenhaus client was the Ritz-Carlton Hotel Co., which hired her to assess its vast art collection. (Boston Globe)
Backstage with Julia author at Dunes Club Jul 11, 2009
Born and raised in Princeton, N.J., Lies graduated from Brown and studied at the Rhode Island School of Design and the Museum of Arts in Boston. Hubbell s book, Good Fences: A Pictorial History of New England s Stone Walls, begins with the basic geology of the region and then presents a chronological photographic overview of the varying styles and methods of wall-building and includes conversations with six contemporary wall-builders. (Westerly Sun, RI)
Read Indepth Article Jun 29, 2009
Alex ONeal received his BFA from Rhode Island School of Design in 1979 and his MFA from the Art Institute of Chicago in 1985. He has been the recipient of many fellowships and awards, including from the Guggenheim Foundation in 1999, New York Foundation for the Arts in 2001, and National Endowment for the Arts 1987-1988. (AbsoluteArts.com)
St. Petersburg: Craftsman style lives in 1912 Dickens house Jun 29, 2009
A graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design, he was well equipped to make the necessary modernizations while preserving the grand heart of pine staircase and coffered ceilings, the Craftsman connections to the past. He created five guest rooms, three on the second floor and two tucked under the roof on the third, the Cracker Suite with a custom-crafted bent willow bed and the Orange Blossom Room, smallest in the house with a Jenny Lind bed and tiny bath, but with a whirlpool. (FOX61, CT)
See young artists on the rise Jun 26, 2009
Painting, photography, prints, video, and sculpture are represented by students from BU, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Brandeis University, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Rhode Island School of Design, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, and more. Tonight s opening is 6-8 p.m. (through July 26). (Boston Globe)
Design Awards Show Kicks Off Promax|BDA Conference In Style Jun 17, 2009
On Thursday, June 18, visionary and President of Rhode Island School of Design John Maeda will give a highly anticipated keynote on Technologies Supporting Creative Leadership. Additionally, as it does every year, Promax|BDA will provide an exclusive look at the most revolutionary and compelling design work from around the world, covering advertising, promotion, gaming and film. (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)
Needham High Class of 2009 Awards Jun 16, 2009
Rhode Island School of Design Award - Perry Ashenfelter Sigma Award - Leah Alpert Superintendent s Award - Elizabeth Alpert, Adam Davis Twenty-First Century Award - Monte Linus Jeffrey Loading commenting interface. Comments Thank you for the abuse report. (Needham Tab, MA)
There's poetry in the focus of Akiba's Boston Jun 6, 2009
Having studied with Aaron Siskind and Harry Callahan at the Rhode Island School of Design, Akiba has carried on a tradition of instruction. He currently teaches at Emerson and Babson. (Boston Globe)
'Percy Jackson and the Olympians' Book Cover Art by Illustrator John Rocco Now Available for Sale on Imagekind.com May 27, 2009
John Rocco originally studied illustration at Rhode Island School of Design, and then at the School of Visual Arts in NYC. For more information about John Rocco and his books, visit. . (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)
Business people May 25, 2009
Shin received both a Bachelor of Architecture and Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the Rhode Island School of Design. Shin focuses on sustainable and energy-efficient practices related to architecture. (Anchorage Daily News)
Critic's picks - visual arts May 24, 2009
Rhode Island School of Design Museum of Art, Providence. 401-454-6400. (Boston Globe)
Building a thesis May 22, 2009
Micaelan Davis and Ruth Fore designed and built furniture pieces in a variety of mediums for their MFA theses at the Rhode Island School of Design. Their respective titles "Living Stories" and "Parasitic Mutations" are the subject of a new exhibit featuring Fore's "Crochet Crochet" and Davis's "Rope Chair(s)" and "The Impossibility of Sitting with Feet on the Floor." Fore's "Parasitic Mutations" began as a three-dimensional exploration of parasitic relationships, and wound up as a collection of... (Boston Globe)
Twins, Triplets Abound At Graduation May 17, 2009
Jarrett is going to Brown University, and Jonathan will be at the Rhode Island School of Design. In your voice. (13WMAZ.com, GA)
Students Face Fierce Competition for Summer Jobs May 17, 2009
Laura VanWylen, a student at Rhode Island School of Design in Providence, is playing it safe. She immediately decided to accept an offer for a part-time job through her school rather than going home for the summer. (Fox News)
Call for Artists : 2009 NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION May 14, 2009
Horenstein earned his BFA and MFA from Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) in 1971 and 1973 respectively ... Photographs from his book Honky Tonk: Portraits of Country Music 1972-1981 were exhibited at the Smithsonian Museum of American History in 2006 and The Museum of Rhode Island School of Design in 2007. (AbsoluteArts.com)
Keeping in tune with customers May 14, 2009
And MockingBird now has art classes, taught by an alumni of the Rhode Island School of Design. We re tying music and arts together, DeLuzio said. (Easton Journal, MA)
Brookline High awards 181 students May 14, 2009
Rhode Island School of Design Book Prize Yunxiang (Sharon) Zhou. The Renaissance Artist Award Yuki Mizuno. (Brookline TAB, MA)
Elsa Peretti Collection Given to Br... May 7, 2009
Peretti has won a number of accolades including the Coty American Fashion Critics' Award for Design (1971), the President's Fellow Award from the Rhode Island School of Design (1981) and the Council of Fashion Designers of America Accessory Designer of the Year Award for 1996. She received an honorary doctorate of fine arts from FIT in 2001. (Suite101.com)
A look at some of fashion's A-students May 7, 2009
Rhode Island School of Design. Hometown: Los Angeles. (Boston Globe)
Graduate goodies Apr 30, 2009
Think of this annual event as an artistic reunion for alum from the Rhode Island School of Design. And unlike many reunions, invited guests won't be bored because the artists are arriving from all over the world with their original creations for The Rhode Island School of Design Spring Alumni Art Sale ... Rhode Island School of Design, Benefit Street (between Waterman and Hopkins streets), Providence. (Boston Globe)
Culture, History and Food Awaits in Providence Apr 15, 2009
- Brush up on your Manet and Monet, and far more modern fare, at the Museum of Art at the Rhode Island School of Design - better known as the RISD Museum. Admission on Sunday is "pay what you wish" until 1 p.m. Besides paintings and sculpture, the museum's 84,000-object collection also specializes in costumes and textiles, ancient and decorative arts and prints, drawing and photographs; 224 Benefit St.. (Fox News)
Staying classy: Therman Statom brings art skills to classroom Apr 14, 2009
saw me enough times in their free art gallery that they took an interest in why I was there all the time and using their library, and ended up getting me work and getting me involved with the Rhode Island School of Design. As they walked out, two students talked about the project. (Racine Journal Times, WI)
SPOTTED: The focus is on you! Apr 11, 2009
FOR THE ART OF IT: Cedar Shoals High School senior Britny Ortega has been accepted to two of the largest art schools in the world - the Rhode Island School of Design and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. IN THE MILITARY. (Athens Banner-Herald)
SB Architects Announces Key Promotions Apr 10, 2009
A graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design with dual degrees in architecture and fine arts, Jessica has brought a progressive sense of design and high degree of creativity to the team in her five years with SB Architects. Erica Gilmore has brought unflagging energy and positive attitude to project teams ranging from island resorts to large, urban mixed-use developments. (PR Newswire)
Suzanne Mahler: Green thumbs up Apr 4, 2009
With a local connection to New England as a former student and faculty member at the Rhode Island School of Design, Chihuly has become world-renowned for his intricate and elaborate multi-colored blown glass artwork inspired by nature. Dozens of unique glass sculptures were superbly displayed as focal points or integrated into the desert landscape as colorful accents. (Hanover Mariner, MA)
Pop art and pop music converge at RISD show Apr 1, 2009
That's where painter Carl Ostendarp got the title for his show at the Rhode Island School of Design Museum of Art ... At: Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, through Aug. 23 ("Pulled Up") and Oct. 18 ("Connected"). (Boston Globe)
Green thumbs up: Get to know your garden Apr 1, 2009
With a local connection to New England as a former student and faculty member at the Rhode Island School of Design, Chihuly has become world renown for his intricate and elaborate multi-colored blown glass artwork inspired by nature. Dozens of unique glass sculptures were superbly displayed as focal points or integrated into the desert landscape as colorful accents. (Kingston Mariner, MA)
Digital Thinking at Rhode Island School of Design Mar 27, 2009
photograph by Jake Chessum As the new president of the Rhode Island School of Design, John Maeda brings digital artistry -- and an obsession with business -- to an ultra-analog world ... Then, in December, in a decision that stunned the clubby academic design world, trustees of the 131-year-old Rhode Island School of Design unanimously picked Maeda (pronounced my-AY-da), the former associate research director of MIT's famed Media Lab, as its next president. (FastCompany)
Tape artist thrives on the unconventional Mar 26, 2009
Townsend, a California native, first created with tape while attending the Rhode Island School of Design, where he graduated with a bachelor's of fine arts in printmaking in 1993. One night, he and some fellow artists used rolls of pale masking tape to create a figure holding a balloon on the ground - like a crime-scene chalk outline. (Boston Globe)
Shepard Fairey's brash-to-cash evolution Mar 19, 2009
Shepard Fairey has been committing illegal guerrilla strikes since his days as a student at the Rhode Island School of Design 20 years ago, and his Obama Hope poster is famous. Now, before his windows for Saks Fifth Avenue make it painful even to think about this artist, who did more than any other to get Barack Obama elected, you might consider a trip to the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston to see his first museum retrospective. (International Herald Tribune)
Design Annex opens in Union Square and youre wanted there too Mar 17, 2009
He is author of Commonplaces, Thinking about an American Architecture, and has taught graduate design studios at the Yale School of Architecture, MIT, the University of Pennsylvania, the Graduate School of Design at Harvard, and Rhode Island School of Design among many others. Ground Inc. is a landscape architecture practice committed to the creation of exceptional and artful landscapes. (Somerville Journal, MA)
Mark Thursday nights in color Mar 15, 2009
Indeed, the Rhode Island School of Design arguably sets the artistic vibe for Providence. Art is so ingrained in the city's identity that several institutions get in on the Gallery Night action. (Boston Globe)
Concert to showcase Irish music Sunday Mar 13, 2009
McKinley, a Rhode Island School of Design graduate, has been playing flute since the early 1980s. At the time, he says, RISD was a hot bed for aspiring musicians. (Westerly Sun, RI)
Artist Alex Lukas' disaster-themed drawings Mar 13, 2009
"I fully understand why people say that," said the 27-year-old Rhode Island School of Design graduate, "but the term postapocalyptic implies that something as concrete as an apocalypse has happened. I hope the drawings I make can be much more open-ended, where it isn't clear that one specific thing has happened, but only that something has gone terribly wrong.". His works may appear depressing and evoke feelings of anxiety among viewers, but the title of the show is meant to imply hope. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Web 2.0 Expo San Francisco Announces Keynotes Mar 12, 2009
John Maeda, Rhode Island School of Design. Web 2. (PR Newswire)
Yo-Yo Ma's global musical laboratory comes to Symphony Hall Mar 6, 2009
Over 60 works have been commissioned, and the project's educational arm has taken off through residencies at Harvard and the Rhode Island School of Design. In November in Qatar, the group premiered its new multimedia chamber arrangement of "Layla and Majnun," the epic Central Asian opera based on the ancient love story that Ma describes as "the 'Romeo and Juliet' of the Azeri-Persian-Arabic world." It's included on the second of the two Celebrity Series programs that Ma and the Silk Road... (Boston Globe)
Norton outreach program molds children into artists Feb 22, 2009
Gonzalez, originally from Colombia and a 2002 graduate of Dreyfoos School of the Arts, returned to this area after graduating from the Rhode Island School of Design. She is the perfect mother hen and cheerleader for her charges, who range from middle to high school. (The Palm Beach Post)
Music career chose Friedman (with SONG) Feb 20, 2009
A gifted visual artist who graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design with a degree in painting, Friedman spent his youth learning the techniques of the old masters and at the tender age of 23 decided it was time for him "to create the perfect piece of art." ... A gifted visual artist who graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design with a degree in painting, Friedman spent his youth learning the techniques of the old masters and at the tender age of 23 decided it was time for him "to... (Athens Banner-Herald)
Wustum Museum opens three shows Saturday Feb 18, 2009
m ``The Nude in Clay II." This is the scond in a series of exhibitions organized by Perimeter Gallery of Chicago featuring artists who use the ceramic medium to depict the human figure. The exhibition, curated by Karen Johnson Boyd, includes 16 artists from England, The Netherlands, France and the United States.m ``Ties That Bind: Fiber Art by Ed Rossbach and Katherine Westphal from the Daphne Farago Collection." This exhibition, organized by the Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design,... (Racine Journal Times, WI)
Online Video Becoming a Universal Medium Feb 18, 2009
The San Diego Zoo and the Rhode Island School of Design both recently launched Internet TV projects to promote cute animals and college admissions, respectively. For all the details on these next-generation Web producers, check out this weeks installment of the New Media Minute. (TVweek.com)
Peter Schjeldahl: A Shepard Fairey moment.00003266 Feb 16, 2009
He graduated from the technically rigorous Rhode Island School of Design with a bachelor s degree in illustration, in 1992. While a student in Providence, he took to applying gnomic stickers and posters, without permission, to buildings and signs. (New Yorker)
GQ Names Robert Geller 2009 Best New Menswear Designer in America Feb 13, 2009
In 2001, he graduated with a degree in fashion design from the Rhode Island School of Design and began a traineeship at Marc Jacobs in New York City. Geller launched his eponymous menswear line for fall/winter 2007. (PR Newswire)
Graphic designer shares experience Feb 12, 2009
Lenk, a former partner and design director of Dynamic Diagrams, a consultant group for website information architecture, and Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) professor, discussed concepts of designing and connecting ancient images to current concepts and shared some of his experiences. He also showed examples of visual communication and website architecture. (Northeastern News, MA)
More of this story Feb 12, 2009
Music Fridays - Feb. 13: The Rhode Island School of Design Museum will hold Music Fridays, a regular evening devoted to music, art, and food in a social atmosphere, on the second Friday of each month from 5:30 p.m. to 8:20 p.m., at The RISD Museum of Art, 224 Benefit St., Providence, R.I. Admission is 8, age 21 and over. For more information visit or call (401) 454-6793. (Westerly Sun, RI)
Husky Happenings Feb 9, 2009
Lenk is a former partner and a design director at Dynamic Diagrams, designing for companies such as Microsoft and IBM. He teaches graphic design at the Rhode Island School of Design, specializing in information design and typography. Jenna Duncan, News Staff. (Northeastern News, MA)
Artist behind presidential image arrested Feb 9, 2009
Fairey had spent the past two weeks in Boston installing his solo exhibition, giving sold-out public talks, being honoured by the Rhode Island School of Design (his alma mater) and creating and unveiling outdoor artworks. Fairey, who was influenced by artists such as Andy Warhol and Keith Haring, says he has been arrested 14 times. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Hysterical art to reflect an absurd reality Feb 8, 2009
Trecartin was creating these characters more or less for himself and a band of friends and collaborators from the Rhode Island School of Design when one of his works, posted on his Friendster page, was seen in 2005 by the artist Sue de Beer, who brought it to the attention of a curator at the New Museum in Manhattan. In stunningly short order, even for an art world then still moving at breakneck speed, his work was everywhere: the 2006 Whitney Biennial, the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles,... (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Celebrations Feb 8, 2009
A recent graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design with a degree in printmaking, Hart describes his work as all about juxtaposing and layering images to instill meaning. Fri Jan 16, 2009, 03:08 PM EST. (Somerville Journal, MA)
Street artist will get day in court for pasting up his art Feb 8, 2009
Fairey, whose poster and street art echoes and tweaks political campaigns, propaganda, and advertising, is a South Carolina native and Rhode Island School of Design graduate who two decades ago created a stylized, stenciled image of the wrestler Andre the Giant that wound up emblazoned on the backs of stop signs and alongside urban buildings across the country. That laid the groundwork for Fairey's "Obey Giant" art campaign, which had quietly but steadily grown in popularity before Fairey's fame... (Boston Globe)
Arrest shows Shepard Fairey hasn't gone entirely mainstream Feb 7, 2009
Fairey had spent the last two weeks in Boston installing his solo exhibition at the institute, giving sold-out public talks, being honored by the Rhode Island School of Design (his alma mater), and creating and unveiling outdoor artworks. Those included a 20-by-50-foot banner called "Peace Goddess" on the north side of City Hall and two murals on the Tufts University campus. (Los Angeles Times)
Street artists star rises with Obama portrait Feb 7, 2009
It started with Andre the GiantFairey arrived on the California art scene in the 1990s, soon after attending the Rhode Island School of Design where he made a name for himself by slapping posters and stickers of Andre the Giant, the 7-foot-4-inch, 500-pound professional wrestler, all over. The Andre campaign began as joke when a friend he was trying to teach to silkscreen T-shirts balked at putting a picture of the gargantuan wrestler on one. (MSNBC -- Lifestyle)
