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Weaving Memory and Resistance

Artistic Research, Social Practice, and Pedagogy at the RISD Museum
College Educators Faculty Teaching

Mariela Yeregui was the 2022–2024 Faculty Fellow in Costume and Textiles at the RISD Museum. In this summary of her work, she describes her research, social practice, and the e-textile she created at the conclusion of the position.

Confronting our Carbon Footprint

College Student Voices Sustainability and the natural world

Traditional museum practice has a gigantic carbon footprint. How is the RISD Museum changing its own practices in response to the climate emergency?

Crusading Saint

College Student Voices

In the Middle Ages, several saints were represented as knights in art, making it difficult to identify RISD’s Crusading Saint. This article will explore his possible identities.

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)

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.

A tall, weathered wooden statue of a robed figure with a serene expression, draped in green and red garments, standing upon an octagonal base.

Angel of the Annunciation

College Student Voices

This article provides a brief introduction to this finely carved and dynamic sculpture of the Archangel Gabriel.

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.

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

Ingres Study in Three Parts

Curator

Insights into Ingres's studio practice and clues to his intellectual process

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.

Condition and Locations

Student Voices

Inventories have been occurring almost since the beginning of museum practice, but they have changed entirely from their original form.

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Happenings Artist

A new Chrome Extension brings the voices of first-time visitors into conversation with the RISD Museum’s voice.

A Dandy Installation

A time lapse view of the installation of the RISD Museum's groundbreaking exhibition Artist/Rebel/Dandy: Men of Fashion.

The Care and Preservation of Art Composed of Plastic

Conservation Sustainability and the natural world

RISD Museum conservator Ingrid Neuman discusses the challenges in caring for objects made from this ubiquitous material

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

Taken Out of Context: Walls on RISD's Walls

College Student Voices

A summer intern meditates on the medium of murals and how they appear on RISD’s walls, using Photoshop to understand what is lost when seeing incomplete works out of context.

Tablecloth of Identities

College Student Voices

We were inspired by the Paracas mantle because it has become fragments that are dispersed all around the world without c

Seeing Siapo

College Student Voices

A summer conservation intern’s investigation into the uses of infrared photography in recording Samoan siapo and the significance of new visual information gained.

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

A copper-colored chair with an angular and open frame, with a symmetrical geometric pattern on the seat and backrest.

Objects by Architects

College Student Voices

Architects have been recognized as key figures in furniture design since the late 19th century, although they've certainly been designing furniture for far longer. But what compels them to do so?

Marsden Hartley's Gorges du Loup, Provence

Curator

Over the course of his artistic life, Marsden Hartley sought unmediated

A fair-skinned figure with dark hair in a pink gown with soft ruffles and subtle floral details, sitting gracefully and gazing to the side against a dark burgundy background.

Communicating Melancholia /

Sad Young Men and Portrait of a Lady in Pink
Student Voices

to sit for a portrait

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