Keefe Tech valedictorian pursuing an artistic career Jun 3, 2008
After being accepted at Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), Pratt, Massachusetts College of Art, and the New England Institute of Art, she finally settled on the highly competitive RISD.. Keefe Principal James Lynch will be sad to lose the valedictorian. (Holliston Tab, MA)
Laura Little Holt is an illustrator and graphic designer Jun 3, 2008
One of her professors encouraged her to go on to Rhode Island School of Design and she pursued a BFA in illustration. While at RISDE, she did an internship in the field of advertising photography and from there moved right into an opening with the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management. (Westerly Sun, RI)
Mixed Metaphor at the library Jun 2, 2008
Showstack has a master of arts degree from Rhode Island School of Design, where she also studied in three summer programs in Rome, Provincetown and Nantucket. She has a bachelor of arts degree from Simmons College, and attended the Syracuse University Foreign Study Program in Florence, Italy. (Brookline TAB, MA)
Chatham Hall to hold graduation Saturday May 30, 2008
She will attend Rhode Island School of Design in the fall. "The one thing I will miss the most about Chatham Hall will be the art studio and my art teacher Mr. Mellor," said Rappaport. (Chatham Star Tribune, VA)
Kildonan receives $500K grant May 23, 2008
The school works with 140 students in the 10 grades that it serves, and its students have gone on to such prestigious colleges as Boston University, Columbia University, Princeton, and the Rhode Island School of Design. For those interested in supporting Kildonan's work with dyslexic students, giving opportunities can be found on the school's Web site at www. (Henrietta Post, NY)
Museum of Art snags trove of modern works May 22, 2008
Mary Patton also grew up in Durham, where her father taught at Duke University; she attended Women's College (which is now UNC-Greensboro) and pursued her love of art at the Rhode Island School of Design. WHEN CAN WE SEE THE WORKS. (News & Observer)
Hes reinventing the alarm clock May 20, 2008
Tang, a 2002 graduate of Rhode Island School of Design with a bachelor s degree in fine arts, and a 2005 Harvard University graduate with a master s degree in design studies, is not quite an everyday inventor by Cable s definition but, Cable said, he was a brilliant guy, and he s go a lot of God-given ability. Tang, who moved to Somerville just outside Inman Square after finishing Harvard, will be on the show for an invention he calls the anemone clock. (Cambridge Chronicle, MA)
Top 10 Art Schools Compared May 11, 2008
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island. While this is the priciest school on the list, RISD also has the best reputation, especially as a school for industrial designers. (Suite101.com)
Milestone for 'Dancing' May 8, 2008
Dushku has been filming Joss Whedon's new Fox series "Dollhouse." And MacFarlane, a Rhode Island School of Design alum, recently signed a deal - reportedly worth more than $100 million - to keep his animated shows on Fox. A Grateful meeting. (Boston Globe)
More of this story May 6, 2008
Last week, the school broke ground on a foundation for an 800-square-foot solar house designed by architecture students at Rhode Island School of Design. This is a continuing effort to lessen our carbon footprint, said Portsmouth Abbey director of operations and project manager Paul Jestings. (Newport Daily News, RI)
Simply smashing Apr 23, 2008
Having studied at the Rhode Island School of Design, she was prompted by a dream to move to Seattle and become a musician. She has since settled in Boston, where she studies at Berklee College of Music. (Boston Globe)
Big Publishers' Copyright Suit Tests How Much Is Too Much Apr 18, 2008
Steven McDonald, general counsel of the Rhode Island School of Design, who deals with copyright issues frequently in the context of artwork, explains how those guidelines affect the interpretation of the 1976 act. "They don't have the force of law, but they are generally viewed as a safe harbor within copyright law," he says. (Law.com)
Chariho student wins best of show at duck stamp competition Apr 17, 2008
Walsh has since graduated and is a freshman at the Rhode Island School of Design. Lind, who is the acting chair of the Fine Arts Department at the school, has had her students participate in the contest for eight years. (Westerly Sun, RI)
Small businesses discover a world of opportunity in exports Apr 8, 2008
As a student at the Rhode Island School of Design, Gebbia noticed that classmates were uncomfortable sitting on hard chairs and floors during day-long critiques of their work by professors. He designed the fashionable cushions and plunged full time into his new business after graduation. (USA Today -- Money)
Having a Ball Apr 6, 2008
"We typically start with an inspirational fabric for the period, hunt down a pattern, and then search for trims and embellishments," says the Rhode Island School of Design graduate. "All this while my mother travels back and forth to her home in Connecticut with her sewing machine!" Koss's 3-year-old daughter often joins in the fun, loving to "dress fancy" herself. (Boston Globe)
Spanierman Modern - For the Curious: New Work by Susan Jamison Apr 5, 2008
An interest in the "overtly feminine" was out of fashion when Jamison was attending the Rhode Island School of Design, where art was "not supposed to be decorative or girly," but after moving to Roanoke, Virginia, in the 1990s, she felt a freedom to probe this subject ... Rhode Island School of Design. (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)
'New media' profile Apr 4, 2008
Raymond was earning a master's in fine art degree in new media at the university after graduating from the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) and teaching high school art for several years. Pages: 1. (San Antonio Business Journal, TX)
Breaking down the beauty of Styrofoam Mar 28, 2008
At: The Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, through July 20. 401-454-6500, risdmuseum. (Boston Globe)
No Empty Spaces Mar 28, 2008
Lopes, 29, who earned a degree in printmaking from the Rhode Island School of Design and a master's degree in painting/drawing from California College of the Arts, began working on old houses while in Providence, R.I. He was born in Massachusetts, where he absorbed the colonial architecture, and missed it when his mother moved to Santa Rosa. He's been living in the Vallejo house since December. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Panther Pages make headlines Mar 20, 2008
Tessa Roever is the "resident cartoonist." Although she has written a few articles and done some reporting, she really appreciates the opportunity to make use of skills developed during a basic cartooning class she took at Rhode Island School of Design. She sees cartooning as a chance to draw and tell a story. (Westerly Sun, RI)
Hope Valley artist evokes sense of nostalgia Mar 19, 2008
After graduating from Rhode Island School of Design in 1982, she went into graphic design and spent some time as the art director at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. Nowadays, she works part-time as director of marketing at Up Country, Inc. in East Providence, creating designer pet products and the catalog that markets them. (Westerly Sun, RI)
FBI probes potential hate crime near college Mar 18, 2008
The victim is also the Israel fellow on the staff of Hillel, a Jewish student group serving Brown and the Rhode Island School of Design ... About 20 percent of Brown students and 10 percent of Rhode Island School of Design students are Jewish, according to Hillel. (Boston Globe)
Restaurants are new venues for firms like Office dA to show their chops Mar 16, 2008
I've teased Office dA in the past for its love of what look to me like tobacco-stained surfaces, as for example in its recent library in Providence for the Rhode Island School of Design. Banq's bamboo is no exception. (Boston Globe)
SU fills deanships for VPA, Newhouse Mar 16, 2008
Clarke, who has worked on numerous creative projects in the Syracuse community, holds a bachelors degree in painting and printmaking from the University of Michigan and a master of fine arts degree in textiles from the Rhode Island School of Design. Braham has held the position of dean at UT since 2002. (Daily Orange, NY)
Lindsay may be running low on cash Mar 15, 2008
Both March and Mackenroth were overhead telling Rhode Island School of Design students in attendance what they can do to get their start in the fashion business. Im guessing that advice was to audition for a certain show on Bravo. (MSNBC -- News)
Recycled records replayed as art Mar 7, 2008
When artist Jeff Davis was a masters student at Rhode Island School of Design in 2002, he needed sustainable or obsolete material for his thesis project. He found some old LPs at the Salvation Army. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Living)
Material: Contemporary Ceramic Sculptors Mar 5, 2008
Casey McDonough holds an MFA in Ceramics from the Rhode Island School of Design, and a BS in Studio Art and Marine Biology from Eckerd College. Using his background in Science, his works relate to social interactions and their relationship to scientific principles. (AbsoluteArts.com)
Bear with him Mar 3, 2008
Aaron Demuth, a Rhode Island School of Design graduate who works for Harmonix Music Systems (they make Guitar Hero), opens an art show at ZuZu today. The untitled show is basically a collection of paintings of sad bears. (Boston Globe)
Prout student artists win awards Feb 29, 2008
Looking forward to studying industrial design or illustrating, Josh is deciding between the Massachusetts College of Art and Rhode Island School of Design. This was his first award for art. (Westerly Sun, RI)
Urban Outfitters Feb 17, 2008
Daniel, a Rhode Island School of Design graduate, came up with the idea for SEE with Ecko, who had grown up frustrated with school and saw a chance to do something productive with teenagers' "naive optimism," as he calls it. Ecko bought in enthusiastically, donating money, equipment, and space at his firm's Manhattan headquarters. (FastCompany)
Animated women Feb 13, 2008
Animator Yvonne Andersen, known for leading film workshops in the 1960s and teaching animation at the Rhode Island School of Design, will show a few of her short animated films. Joining her will be Amy Kravitz, who began studying with Andersen when she was 11 and now has her mentor's old job at RISD. Works include Kravitz's abstract animation "Roost." 7 p.m. Free. (Boston Globe)
High-tech tinkerers on the rise Feb 11, 2008
Paul Badger, an instructor at the Rhode Island School of Design who runs Modern Device Co. out of his house, creates cheap microcontroller boards, called "Bare Bones Boards," that take off from a popular microcontroller called Arduino. Badger's art students work on things like a wig that can flip up and down and back and forth, or experiment with lighting; the Arduino microcontroller is often used in other artistic products, such as clothing melded with computing, or basic robotics for artists. (Boston Globe)
Forging hope from heartache Feb 11, 2008
CONVERSATIONS WITH: Animators Yvonne Andersen, a professor emerita and now adjunct faculty member at the Rhode Island School of Design, and her former student Amy Kravitz, now an associate professor of animation at RISD, will present an evening of their works and conversation about life in the world of animated film and video on Wednesday at 7 p.m. at MIT.. In 1963, Andersen started the Yellow Ball Workshop, providing animation workshops for young children in her Everett kitchen as she was... (Boston Globe)
Running a college on the avant garde Feb 10, 2008
In June, Maeda will leave his alma mater, MIT, where he has taught at the Media Lab since 1996, to become the next president of the Rhode Island School of Design. He's already showing signs that he'll bring the same kind of fresh, playful, "why not try it?" thinking to college administration that has guided his career in art, design, and technology. (Boston Globe)
Richard Florida Feb 9, 2008
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New art academy on the horizon Jan 31, 2008
Degopper said she aims to put her school on par with the nation's best - including the Rhode Island School of Design, Parson's The New School of Design, and School of the Art Institute of Chicago by 2020. The proposed artists' colony for the Rawleigh building didn't inspire her idea. (Freeport Journal-Standard, IL)
Alice Rawsthorn: Four speakers debate the future of design Jan 28, 2008
Joining me in the debate were: Paola Antonelli, senior curator of architecture and design at the Museum of Modern Art in New York; Hilary Cottam, who develops design solutions to problems in education, health care and other public services as co-founder of the London-based agency Participle; and, the digital design star and newly appointed president of the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), John Maeda. What did we all choose. (International Herald Tribune)
Son of Kan. governor creates board game Jan 27, 2008
-- The son of Gov. Kathleen Sebelius is peddling a board game titled "Don't Drop the Soap," a prison-themed game he created as part of a class project at the Rhode Island School of Design. John Sebelius, 23, has the backing of his mother and father, U.S. Magistrate Judge Gary Sebelius. (Albany Times Union)
Filmmaking marathon; what keeps projects going Jan 24, 2008
As a student at Brown University (she also studied at the Rhode Island School of Design), Kuras, now 48, became involved with community work with immigrant families. She wanted to make a film about one family's experiences in the new country. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Prayer flags focus of York artist's latest project Jan 19, 2008
She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Rhode Island School of Design and is on the faculty of Heartwood College of Art in Kennebunkport. She is a member of both the Maine and New Hampshire Arts Commission rosters. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
Pasquale Morano, 81; directed Brockton arts department Jan 18, 2008
He served in the US Navy during World War II, attended the University of Arizona, and graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design in 1953. He earned a master's in education from Bridgewater State University in 1955 and taught art for a short time before being hired to head the arts department. (Boston Globe)
Richmond artist branches out in Newport Jan 5, 2008
Wahl received her bachelor s degree at California State University, Northridge, and her master s at the Rhode Island School of Design ... Her work is included in many private collections as well as the Smithsonian s Cooper-Hewitt Museum in New York and the Museum of Art at Rhode Island School of Design. (Westerly Sun, RI)
First Left, Second Right: Abhishek Hazra - Yamini Nayar - Kiran Subbaiah Dec 31, 2007
1975, Rochester, NY); 2005 MFA School of Visual Arts; 1999 BFA Rhode Island School of Design; 2007 ExitArt, NY; 2006 BosePacia Modern, NY; 2005 Queens Museum of Art, NY.. Kiran Subbaiah (b. (AbsoluteArts.com)
Tracks fire shuts down Red Line briefly Dec 23, 2007
PROVIDENCE MIT official to lead R.I. School of Design School officials say John Maeda will become the 16th president of Rhode Island School of Design in June. Maeda is currently a professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Boston and is associate director of research at MIT Media Lab. (Boston Globe)
A Kent Artist Likes to Keep It Simple, Fun and Full of Color Dec 14, 2007
Educated in painting at The New School in New York City and Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) in Providence, R.I., Mr. Funk's commissioned work stares down at corporate executives from hallways and conference rooms at IBM, Mitre Corporation and Raytheon, but because he hasn't show his work much locally, many people are surprised to learn about his distinctive style. His work is on semi-permanent exhibition at the hot new Washington Depot eatery J.D. Tucker's, he has a piece up at the... (Litchfield County Times, CT)
Charlestown's Green Cafe explores polar attractions Dec 14, 2007
"They re meant to be notations of the light," says Siebel, who is on the faculty of Wellesley College and the Massachusetts College of Art as well as the visiting faculty of Harvard University and Rhode Island School of Design. "The light is beautiful, the kind of light I ve always been dreaming about," she says. (Westerly Sun, RI)
Chesto: Mass. a strong player in computer game industry with Cambridge as leader Dec 11, 2007
Both companies planted roots in Cambridge largely because the founders of both firms attended MIT. Spencer Saltonstall, director of public relations at Harmonix, says her company plans to stay here because of the talent that's available - not just from MIT, but also Harvard, the Berklee College of Music and the Rhode Island School of Design. It would be very hard for us to find that talent anywhere else,'' she says. (Cambridge Chronicle, MA)
The mighty Quinn, maker of fine furniture Dec 6, 2007
A degree in architecture at Rhode Island School of Design led to work at two different Boston practices for four years where, as self-admitted low man on the totem pole, he did mostly interior elevation and case work or cabinetry designs. He left to get a real estate license, learned how to make jewelry, started a wholesale gift business called Robinwood with a retail outlet in Newton then hung it all up to go to the North Bennet Street School, a trade school in Boston, to learn how to make... (West Roxbury Transcript, MA)
Soldier built models to guide invasions of Pacific islands by model' soldier Dec 4, 2007
After the war he earned a painting and fine arts degree from Rhode Island School of Design, then taught fine arts at Boston University until 1957. He tired of teaching and tried advertising with the Larcom Randall Advertising Agency, finding himself so good at it that in 16 years he rose to become company president. (The St. Augustine Record)
Elaine Lorillard; helped start Newport Jazz Festival Dec 3, 2007
According to longtime Globe jazz writer Ernie Santosuosso, the idea for the festival was offered in 1953 at a garden luncheon by John Maxon, who was director of the Rhode Island School of Design. Mrs. Lorillard visited Storyville later that year and told Wein that jazz might liven up the "terribly boring" social scene in Newport. (Boston Globe)
Her lines draw on a slightly warped perspective Nov 30, 2007
When Chast graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design with a degree in painting in 1977, there was no clear career path for her to follow. She had wanted to draw since she was a child, watching Betty Boop cartoons and reading Charles Addams and Mad magazine. (Boston Globe)
Left-handedness rules at Ballard Nov 22, 2007
Also, he wrote, "there may be regional variations in the proportion of left-handed people. That would change the base probability of being left-handed. For example, I could imagine a community with many artists having a higher rate of left-handedness." This past September, Roger Mandle, president of the prestigious Rhode Island School of Design, asked in his convocation message to students and faculty, "Why are there so many left-handed people at RISD?" The claim has been made that a higher... (Mid Iowa Enterprise, IA)
Kara Walker pushes boundaries Nov 16, 2007
Walker developed her thinking as a graduate student at the Rhode Island School of Design. But the chance discovery of a silhouette of a black girl in a book on American art was an epiphany. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Southbury Food Center Celebrates 61st Anniversary Nov 14, 2007
Daughter Susie, a recent gradate of the Rhode Island School of Design, is working in the store's Produce Department. "She's very health conscious and very artistic," said Patti. (Voices, CT)
Around the Ivies Nov 12, 2007
Students from Brown and the Rhode Island School of Design responded to the open call for nude models to pose with fresh local produce for a sexy-veggie calendar. Organized by the Brown Sustainable Food Initiative, the calendar, Ripe 2008, is being sold online, with plans to send the proceeds to various organic farmers and farming organizations. (Yale Herald, CT)
BTH | Meet Emory's newest professor: The Dalai Lama Nov 5, 2007
More than 100 students from Brown University and Rhode Island School of Design recently posed in their birthday suits with fresh local produce. It was all part of a photo shoot for Ripe 2008, a fundraising calendar from Sustainable Food Initiative. (Daily Orange, NY)
Getty exhibition highlights idea exchange between East and West Nov 3, 2007
associate professor of Chinese art and archaeology at the Rhode Island School of Design, the time is right. "For a long time," Dematt. (Los Angeles Times)
Elsa Peretti Oct 28, 2007
" At the time her least costly design for Tiffany & Co. cost $33. Compared to the mass produced costume jewelry available at department stores during the same time period, this was perhaps twice as expensive. However, the $15 different was made more than worthwhile by the chi chi blue Tiffany bag in which all Tiffany jewelry is placed in at sale. Ms. Peretti uses nature as inspiration for her jewelry designs, a theme that is clearly shown in the charms used in her jewelry. But her most... (Suite101.com)
* Animamix: fusion art Oct 28, 2007
With stylish hair, designer clothes and fluent English that betrays his eight years spent in the US - including four at the Rhode Island School of Design where he studied video, film and animation - the 27 year-old South Korean artist looks like he just walked off the set of a soap opera. Kang is one of a new kind of Asian artist: computer savvy, working in pixels rather than pigment and using easy-to-understand visuals. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Kenneth Jay Lane show at Rhode Island School of Design looks like a million Oct 26, 2007
Starting tomorrow, the public can get a closer look at some of these baubles when the Museum of Art at the Rhode Island School of Design in Providence unveils "Fabulous Fakes: Jewelry by Kenneth Jay Lane." More than 350 necklaces, bracelets, brooches, and earrings will be on display. We caught up with Lane, a 1954 RISD grad, to chat about his work. (Boston Globe -- Living)
Students do independent study when teacher retires Oct 26, 2007
Both students are in the process of applying to colleges, and their target schools range from MIT and Rochester Tech to Mass Art and the Rhode Island School of Design, but Lynch believes their ambition and dedication to their careers is already evident. They are both great students, and very ambitious. (Pembroke Mariner, MA)
For fliers and weavers, it's good to be home Oct 22, 2007
Carroll, a graduate of Massachusetts College of Art, and fellow artist Linda Gilbert, an alumnus of the Rhode Island School of Design, teach the participants the weaving techniques, tailoring the various duties to each individual's capability. Carroll stresses, however, that it is not a weaving class as much as it is job training. (Pawtucket Times, RI)
Boutique moves to Dover Oct 19, 2007
The shop s staff is well trained, and most days customers will meet Samara Cary, who began working with Greenwood during the summer as an intern from the Rhode Island School of Design. Another member of the artistic team and Greenwood s assistant designer, Kristin Wilkins, will work with her on color and larger consultations for clients. (Dover Sherborn Tab, MA)
Public art program launched at high school Oct 18, 2007
Wulke teaches a course on public art at the Rhode Island School of Design, but Needham is the only high school she knows of to offer such a class. I think this is a very exciting pilot program, Wulke said. (Needham Tab, MA)
Rolling thunder: L-S team turns heads at derby Oct 18, 2007
Image courtesy of Red Bull. The Valhalla Express races down the course at the Red Bull Soapbox Race in Providence, R.I.. (Lincoln Journal, MA)
