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Open House: Five Engraved Scenes

Studio Notes Artist

Exploring the process and context behind "Open House: Five Engraved Scenes", a work created by Providence artist and RISD faculty Andrew Raftery.

Painting of a misty riverbank reflecting lush trees and a cloudy sky, all painted with soft, small brushstrokes blending blues, greens, pinks, and purples.

Museum Weather Website

Objects illustrate weather conditions
College Happenings Student Voices Artist

Website that uses the weather to make programmatic selections from the RISD Museum based on conditions, first in Providence, then in a city of the user’s choosing. The goal was to give museum-goers a tangible point of access to art, and to make unexpected groupings of objects.

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

Cloth as Metaphor in Egungun Costumes

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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

Wish you were here . . .

College Studio Notes

In the fall of 2014, RISD art history students curated an exhibition comparing Tokaido Road views by artist Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858). That exhibition is now on view in the Museum.

A richly embossed woodblock print with metallic embellishments. A seated man in a floral-patterned maroon robe plays the flute. A black lacquered screen is beside him.
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Performance

Flowing Wind, Beating Thunder: An Introduction to the Japanese Flute and Drums
May 14, 2022 / 2-3 pm
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Back to the Drawing Board

Family Ties. Session III - Looking Deeper, Preserving Memories and Artbooks
November 1, 2020 / 3-4:30 pm

upcoming exhibition

Dorner Prize 2020
October 30 - December 31, 2020
  • Workshops and studios

Back to the Drawing Board

Family Ties. Session II - Connecting Generations and Collage
October 25, 2020 / 3-4:30 pm
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Back to the Drawing Board

Family Ties. Session I - Childhood Memories and Drawing
October 18, 2020 / 3-4:30 pm
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  • Super Art Sunday

Super Art Sunday

January 29, 2017 / 11 am-4 pm

upcoming exhibition

Inventing Impressionism
October 21, 2016 - June 11, 2017

RISD MUSEUM ANNOUNCES NANCY ELIZABETH PROPHET: I WILL NOT BEND AN INCH

PROVIDENCE, RI November 17, 2023 – The RISD Museum announces Nancy Elizabeth Prophet: I Will Not Bend an Inch will be on view at the RISD Museum from February 17, 2024 through August 4, 20

RISD Museum Announces a $2 Million Gift to Endow the Curator of Painting and Sculpture Position and Appointment of New Curator of Indigenous Art

Providence, RI — February 7, 2025 —  The RISD Museum is proud to announce two transformative developments that highlight its dedication to celebrating and preserving art

RISD Museum Announces New Exhibitions

PROVIDENCE, RI, May 4, 2018 - The RISD Museum announces the presentation of three timely exhibitions of its collection--

RISD MUSEUM ANNOUNCES THE RETURN OF A BENIN BRONZE TO NIGERIAN NATIONAL COLLECTIONS

Providence, RI, October 11, 2022—The RISD Museum and the Rhode Island School of Design are pleased to announce the rightful return of

RISD Museum Announces The Performative Self-Portrait

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

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