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During the Fall of 2015, Brown’s graduate students in the Department of the History of Art and Architecture undertook an investigation of the wood sculptures in the RISD Museum collections.

Website that uses the weather to make programmatic selections from the RISD Museum based on conditions, first in Providence, then in a city of the user’s choosing. The goal was to give museum-goers a tangible point of access to art, and to make unexpected groupings of objects.

Recorded on 05.03.19.

Writings based on a series of vernacular photos

A summer intern explores the context of ceremonial objects significant to RISD’s past and present.

A study of the elements that pull and push a visitor through the museum’s 3rd and 4th floor spaces

A summer intern creates an article of clothing inspired by the meticulous logistics of collections care.

A summer intern peeks into the Museum’s hidden corners and examines its architectural quirks.

A summer intern works with local artists to create an experimental audio project to be experienced in the galleries.

Architects have been recognized as key figures in furniture design since the late 19th century, although they've certainly been designing furniture for far longer. But what compels them to do so?

In earlier decades, retouching (or “inpainting”) using reversible painting materials would have been employed where compositional elements were missing.

Agrippina the Younger watches as men of the emperor move nearer and nearer to her. They carry weapons. Having survived one attempt on her life, she knows that she will not survive another.

1. Be steadfast.