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RISD Art Circle 2022-2023

The RISD Art Circle (RAC) is a group of high school artists and art enthusiasts who explore the Museum collection and activate the galleries through events, interpretative projects, community colla

RISD Museum Announces New "Welcome Citizen" Membership Program

PROVIDENCE, RI, February 28, 2018 - Beginning March 1, 2018, the RISD Museum will welcome newly naturalized U.S.

RISD Museum presents Raid the Icebox Now exhibitions and digital publication

PROVIDENCE, RI, DECEMBER 12, 2019—A landmark example of artist-curated museum exhibitions, Raid the Icebox I with Andy Warhol (1970) presented entire sections of objects at the R

RISD Museum receives significant gift of contemporary artworks from collectors Avo Samuelian and Manuel Gonzalez

PROVIDENCE, RI, January 9, 2020— The RISD Museum is pleased to announce a significant gift of 66 contemporary artworks from collectors Avo Samuelian and Manuel Gonzalez.

Message from Director John W. Smith

6/5/2020 Dear Museum Friends,

RISD Museum announces retirement of Museum Director John W. Smith

PROVIDENCE, RI, August 7, 2020—After nearly 10 years of leading the RISD Museum, Director John W.

RISD Museum announces Interim Director Sarah Ganz Blythe

PROVIDENCE, RI, November 10, 2020–The RISD Museum is pleased to announce that Sarah Ganz Blythe has been named Interim Director of the RISD Museum upon the

RISD Museum announces Shahzia Sikander: Extraordinary Realities to open November 12, 2021

October 19, 2021, Providence, RI—The RISD Museum announces that Shahzia Sikander: Extraordinary Realities

Faculty Guide

RISD Museum Announces The Performative Self-Portrait

Providence, RI…In May 2023, the RISD Museum will present The Performative Self-Portra

College and University Art Museum Reciprocal Program

Through the College and University Art Museums Reciprocal Program, academic museums have opened their doors to the members of other teaching museums.

Landscape and Leisure

The practice of drawing in 19th-century America was defined by change and innovation.

RISD Museum Announces New Curatorial Leadership in Prints, Drawings, and Photographs

September 9, 2025 — The RISD Museum announces new leadership in its Department of Prints, Drawings, and Photographs (PDP).

RISD Museum Announces 2026 Research Resident: Toby Sisson

September 29, 2025 — The RISD Museum is pleased to announce that Providence-based artist and educator Toby Sisson has been selected as the museum’s Research Residen

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