Understanding Art Through Thumbnail Sketching How To Studio Notes Drawing in a museum is a way of slowing down and experiencing artwork on a nonverbal level.
American Drawings and Watercolors Edwin Austin Abbey's Old Peasant Woman Curator Drawing Curator Maureen C. O'Brien discusses American drawings and watercolors in the RISD Museum collection
American Drawings and Watercolors Childe Hassam's Woman and Mastiff in the Boston Public Garden and Diamond Cove, Appledore Curator Drawing Childe Hassam, a successful young book and magazine illustrator, made h
Lobsters and Snowshoes The Hayes Presidential Service Curator A chance meeting between the wife of President Rutherford B. Hayes and Theodore Davis, an illustrator and journalist for "Harper's Weekly", in the White House conservatory produced one of the most extraordinary dinner services.
Egúngún Mysteries Concealed in Magical Cloth Curator For Yorùbá-speaking peoples in West Africa, cloth is equated with their most precious possession, children.
Private Investigation, Art-History Style College Intern Margaret North finds that every successful treasure hunt has a moment of shining glory.
A Dandy Installation A time lapse view of the installation of the RISD Museum's groundbreaking exhibition Artist/Rebel/Dandy: Men of Fashion.
Maces and Chains The Ritual and Regalia of Commencement College Student Voices A summer intern explores the context of ceremonial objects significant to RISD’s past and present.
Critical Encounters Critical Encounters Nancy Elizabeth Prophet’s Work and Legacy March 15, 2024 / 1-5 pm
Talks and Conversations / Museum Professional Practices 101 Museum Professional Practices 101 Displaying 3-D Art October 20, 2023 / 1:30-3 pm
Workshops and studios / Hands-on Art Back to the Drawing Board with Margaret Owen May 7, 2020 / 2-3 pm
Performances and Screenings / Musical Performance Museum Concerts of Rhode Island September 24, 2016 / 7:30-10 pm
