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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.

A copper-colored chair with an angular and open frame, with a symmetrical geometric pattern on the seat and backrest.

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.

Realistic marble bust depicting a stoic woman whose clothes contrast with the smooth white marble of the bust, the outermost layer being textured black and gray stone, and the innermost tan and striped.

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.

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

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1. Be steadfast.

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Teen Museum Takeover

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The Teen Intensive is an annual two-week program that brings teens together to explore their own creative processes by meeting with artists and museum staff, participating in art-making workshops,

A fair-skinned figure with dark hair in a pink gown with soft ruffles and subtle floral details, sitting gracefully and gazing to the side against a dark burgundy background.

Communicating Melancholia /

Sad Young Men and Portrait of a Lady in Pink
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to sit for a portrait

Louise Bourgeois, Still Life

Still Life

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As a curatorial intern for the Contemporary Art Department at the RISD Museum during the summer of 2016, I was introduced to the in-depth experience of museum work.

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

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This salad spoon and fork set, made by the Gorham Manufacturing Company ca. 1885, is named after the coastal town of Narragansett, Rhode Island. Replete with intricately detailed shells, seaweed, and sea creatures—including small fish and tiny crabs—these two sea-encrusted utensils were my point of inspiration for a set of five brooches. In the following article I will describe some of the basic processes used to create my Narragansett-inspired jewelry

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

Inuit Printmaking and the Concept of Purity

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This article explores the concept of purity in criticisms of Inuit prints by briefly introducing the history of printmaking in Cape Dorset and looking at 1970s Western art historians' expectations of Inuit art.

Looking (Seeing)

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Tanks, but No Tanks: Gravel and the Museum

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During my summer internship, I saw hundreds of fabulous garments, shoes, and accessories arrive for the Spring 2016 exhibition on fashion designer Todd Oldham.

Condition and Locations

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Inventories have been occurring almost since the beginning of museum practice, but they have changed entirely from their original form.

A nude woman chained to a rocky cliff looks up towards a red-caped, sword-wielding warrior on horseback descending from the sky while a sea monster emerges from the waves below.

As Is Painting, So Is Poetry

Myth and Metamorphosis in the RISD Gallery
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Curatorial intern Anthony Stott explores the journey of the myths of Ovid—from text to visual medium—in three objects in the neoclassical galleries.

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