Kailyn Bryant (RISD BFA 2025 Furniture Design) asks: “What’s something you wish you could say out loud?”
The World Is on Fire, Bryant’s large-scale interactive painting, invites participants to post their responses to this question directly onto the painting itself. Winner of the 2025 Dorner Prize, this installation underscores how vital physical media is for expression and fostering community. Learn about Bryant’s inspiration, process, and hopes for this project in conversation with this year’s Dorner Prize jurors, Dr. Naimah Zulmadelle Pétigny, Schiller Family Assistant Professor of Race in Art and Design in RISD's Department of Literary Arts and Studies, and Gabrielle Walker, Nancy Elizabeth Prophet Curatorial Assistant at the RISD Museum.