Critical Encounters

Drawing can capture a fleeting thought or externalize the germ of an idea. It can synthesize an elaborate plan or brainstorm multiple solutions to a problem. Explore and experience a variety of approaches to drawing processes, historic and contemporary, global and experimental with artists, scholars, scientists, and students across disciplines.
Presented in conjunction with the exhibit Lines of Thought and co-sponsored with RISD's department of Experimental and Foundation Studies.
Free, registration requested.
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Schedule of Events:
10:00
Check in, Visit Lines of Thought
10:30
Welcome, Jan Howard, Chief Curator and Houghton P. Metcalf Jr. Curator of Prints, Drawings, and Photographs
Lines of Thought Exhibition Origins, Isabel Seligman, Bridget Riley Art Foundation Curator, British Museum
Provisional Fluency, Ali Dipp, Brown RISD Dual Degree, 2021, Painting
Drawing as Thinking
Tracie Costantino, Associate Provost & Dean of Faculty, RISD
Marit Dewhurst, Director of Art Education and Associate Professor at the City College of New York
Judith Fan, cognitive scientist and postdoctoral scholar in psychology at Stanford University
Maya Valladares, Manager of Fashion & Textiles at the Parsons School of Design's Making Center
12:30-1:00
Break
1:00-4:00
A Drawing ExperienceBoth Sides Now, Deborah Zlotsky, Associate Professor, Experimental and Foundation Studies, RISD
Gallery Conversations:
Arc Procession 9 by William Kentridge
Leora Maltz-Leca, Associate Professor and Department Head, History of Art and Visual Culture, RISD
Emanuel Admassu, Assistant Professor, Architecture, RISD
Untitled study for Arrest series by Bridget Riley
Carl Lostritto, Assistant Professor and Graduate Program Director, Architecture, RISD
Masha Ryskin, Assistant Professor, Experimental and Foundation Studies, and Drawing Concentration Coordinator, RISD
3:30-4:00
Closing Remarks, Jan Howard