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Decolonizing Design, Imagining Alternative Futures

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Butterfly Hymnals That Won’t Disturb the Pleasant

Complacency, And Other Lullabies
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Writings based on a series of vernacular photos

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Maces and Chains

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

Anchors and Attractors

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

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Twill, Tape or Hang
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A summer intern creates an article of clothing inspired by the meticulous logistics of collections care.

Spatial Memory

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

Hand of the Maker

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

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Objects by Architects

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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?

Digital Restoration of a 3rd-century Panel Painting of the God Heron

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

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Peregrinations of a Portrait and the Legacy of Agrippina the Younger

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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.

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Gwaneum: The Moon in the Water

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An Ambitious but Essential Multi-Purpose Checklist for Discerning Black Artists

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1. Be steadfast.

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Entr'acte

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(Re)tracing the Silver Seaweed: A Maker's Process

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THE INSPIRATION

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A student-run workshop generates quirky and creative digital animations.

Fabric embrodery

From Flax To Finish

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Embroidery samplers are inextricably linked to an image of colonial America: farmhouses waved sheets of linen like flags of surrender, with fields of flax extending beyond, as far as the eye could

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