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Robert Arneson, “Funk” Questionnaire © Estate of Robert Arneson/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY

Robert Arneson / Funk Questionnaire

Curator

Using a questionnaire, curator Peter Selz—and the artists he queried—helped define a movement.

Testing projected graphics for Arlene Shechet: Meissen Recast in the RISD Museum Graphic Design Office

In Production

Graphic designers share their work
Portfolio

As the RISD Museum hosts the final stop on the tour of Graphic Design: Now in Production, an exhibition that began at the Walker in 2011, we're starting a series that updates the show by checking in with some of the designers featured in it, to see the work they have been doing since 2010.

Painting with large, energetically painted swathes of earthy red, whites, and yellows which both bleed into each other and form defined shapes. Large white splatters feature prominently in the center.

Out of the Emergency Department into the RISD Museum

Clinical Arts College

How a project designed to enhance pain management was born and made possible by the collaboration between RISD Museum and the Brown Emergency Medicine Residency.

Fabric embrodery

From Flax To Finish

College How To Student Voices

Embroidery samplers are inextricably linked to an image of colonial America: farmhouses waved sheets of linen like flags of surrender, with fields of flax extending beyond, as far as the eye could

The Studio Visited and Re-visited

Considering artists' production in Rhode Island
Curator Studio Notes

In this series, RISD Museum curator Dominic Molon considers the importance and setting of the studio, and calls on Rhode Island artists.

An earthy-toned, riverside scene of a figure in a white dress stepping into a red canoe as others lounge in nearby canoes, with surrounding impressionist-style trees and a distant building.

New Ways to Paint

A Boating Party
Curator How To

Unfinished paintings by Eastman Johnson, John Singer Sargent and Mary Cassatt reveal new techniques that emerged in France in the second half of the 19th century.

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.

The Flower, the Labor, and the Sea

Bhasha Chakrabarti  

b. 1991; from Honolulu, Hawaii; works in New Haven, Connecticut

Ashdeen, design studio

Painted wall mural of Barack Obama and Nelson Mandela along city street with several people walking in front.

Interview with artist Steffani Jemison

Curator Studio Notes Artist

Curatorial assistant of contemporary art A. Will Brown interviews artist Steffani Jemison about her film *Maniac Chase* (2009), *Escaped Lunatic* (2010–2011) and Personal (2014)

The Election Gloves

Studio Notes Artist

Exploring the process and context behind "The Election Gloves", a work created by Cranston artist Jessica Deane Rosner.

Participation through Voting

Jordan Seaberry and Jacob Lawrence on Why It Matters
Educators Student Voices

Looking closely at a print by artist Jacob Lawrence showing voters in the 1920s, artist and activist Jordan Seaberry shares why voting matters.

Master Craft

Robert Emlen, curator at Brown University, and furniture designer, Timothy Philbrick examine the craftsmanship, features, and significance of the Goddard/Townsend desk and bookcase.

Realistic marble bust depicting a stoic woman whose clothes contrast with the smooth white marble of the bust, the outermost layer being textured black and gray stone, and the innermost tan and striped.

Peregrinations of a Portrait and the Legacy of Agrippina the Younger

College Student Voices

Agrippina the Younger watches as men of the emperor move nearer and nearer to her. They carry weapons. Having survived one attempt on her life, she knows that she will not survive another.

Cold Moon X

Studio Notes Artist

Exploring the process and context behind "Cold Moon X", a work created by Jamestown artist Georgia Marsh.

I'm the Sweetest Teddy Bear

Studio Notes Artist

Exploring the process and context behind "I'm the Sweetest Teddy Bear", a work created by North Scituate artist Entang Wiharso.

Reading List

Sustainability & the Natural World
Sustainability and the natural world

These are additional resources we’ve found useful to engage in dialogue and to provide information around environmental and climate issues, impacts and actions.

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

artist in chair in costume

Bromance

Studio Notes Artist

Exploring the process and context behind "Bromance", a new work created by Providence artist J.R. Uretsky.

Drawing Outside the Lines

Family

For many of us, a line is the first mark we make. It is a huge developmental milestone when a young child's first scribbles are set to the page (or wall!).

Seeking Visibility

A summer intern reflects on diversity in the museum's Western European galleries and suggesting curatorial strategies for greater visibility

Untitled (I don’t think this textile has anything to say to us quite yet but when it does, it’s all mic’d up)

Interview with Object 52.339
College Student Voices

I begin with the assertion that textiles are agents-deemed-objects.

Pixilation Party!

Studio Notes Artist

Pixilation Party!, or how, with the help of dozens of RISD Museum visitors, Providence artist Xander Marro recently created one minute of black and white magic.

American Drawings and Watercolors

William Stanley Haseltine's Amalfi
Curator Drawing

William Stanley Haseltine first studied painting in Philadelphia with the German expatriate Paul Weber, who encouraged him to continue his training in Düsseldorf.Haseltine attended the Univer

The Cycle of Healing

Piecing Together the Past to Set a Blank Canvas for the Future
College Student Voices

This piece is in conversation with the Gee’s Bend quilt

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