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Egungun Atipako—with hand-woven aso ofi textiles. Ibadan, Nigeria. Photo: Bolaji Campbell, 2007

Cloth as Metaphor in Egungun Costumes

Curator

Egungun costumes are usually created from a wide variety of carefully chosen fabrics ranging from exquisite samples of local handwoven aso ofi to exotic fabrics imported from aro

A pair of masqueraders honors the spirits of departed twins, 1986.

Egúngún

Mysteries Concealed in Magical Cloth
Curator

For Yorùbá-speaking peoples in West Africa, cloth is equated with their most precious possession, children.

A brown skinned man with long hair, wearing a headdress, a beaded medallion, and carrying a short wooden staff stands in a dark landscape, looking into the distance.

Kunneepaumwuw ut Nahhiggananēuck aukéashut

You are standing on Narragansett lands.

The man in this painting lived in the same era and region as some of colonists seen in this gallery.

Seeing the Peacock Feathers

College Student Voices

RISD Museum intern Alicia Valencia (RISD 2015, Furniture) explains how the act of looking closely formed her impressions on Samuel Gragg's Elastic armchair.

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Day With(out) Art 2025

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Thursday, December 4 / 6:30-7:30 pm
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Out of the Picture

Screening + Discussion
March 6, 2025 / 6:30-9 pm
A wallpaper panel depicting a palatial courtyard framed by ornate blue and green drapery with stone archways, columns, and two lion statues flanking a cobblestone path.

The Art of French Wallpaper Design

November 15, 2024 - May 11, 2025
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46th Gail Silver Memorial Program

Future Possibilities in Contemporary Art
October 23, 2024 / 6:30-8 pm
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Pendleton House

July 18, 2024 / 6-7:30 pm
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Critical Encounters

Nancy Elizabeth Prophet’s Work and Legacy
March 15, 2024 / 1-5 pm
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Super Art Sunday

Shaping Tomorrow, Now!
February 18, 2024 / 11 am-4 pm
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Sanford Biggers

In Conversation
October 4, 2023 / 7-8:30 pm
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RISD Glass Visiting Artist Lecture

Preston Singletary
March 22, 2023 / 1:10-2:30 pm
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Ann Agee
April 27, 2022 / 1:30-2:30 pm
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Any distance between us
October 9, 2021 / 2-3 pm
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Exhibition Overview

Any distance between us: Co-presented with RISD's Queer Alumni
October 1, 2021 / 12-1 pm

Any distance between us

July 17, 2021 - March 13, 2022
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A conversation with Paul Scott, Beth Katleman, and curator Elizabeth A. Williams

June 8, 2021 / 12-1 pm

upcoming exhibition

Black Flyyy
November 21, 2020 - May 2, 2021
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Still Here

A conversation with muralist Gaia
April 7, 2020 / 7-8:30 pm

upcoming exhibition

Raid the Icebox Now with Beth Katleman: Games of Chance
November 8, 2019 - July 11, 2021
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Poetry Reading
October 25, 2019 / 7-8 pm

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David Hartt: Stray Light
July 19 - November 3, 2019

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