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American Drawings and Watercolors

Eastman Johnson's Child in Bed
Curator Drawing

Eastman Johnson was raised in Maine in a family of eight children, and

Defending the Right to Live: Political Prints in Providence, 1971

College

In 1971, a group of radical students in Providence produced stirring silkscreen posters. Their images contributed to the vibrant visual culture of antiwar protest.

Screenprinted graphic of Colonial pillow case created by Walker Mettling. Contains clues and findings for his research.

Artist Fellow Walker Mettling

on the Louisiana Purchase Exhibition Souvenir Textile
Studio Notes Artist

2017 Artist Fellow Walker Mettling delves into the history and context of a previously overlooked textile with colonial origins.

Hidden Beauty

College Studio Notes Artist

Inspired by the European galleries, graphic designer Kelly Walters explores 19th-century notions of exoticism and beauty through the creation of a folded broadsheet poster.

Inuit Printmaking and the Concept of Purity

College Student Voices

This article explores the concept of purity in criticisms of Inuit prints by briefly introducing the history of printmaking in Cape Dorset and looking at 1970s Western art historians' expectations of Inuit art.

American Drawings and Watercolors

Charles Burchfield
Curator Drawing

Five works on paper in the RISD Museum’s collection follow the arc of Charles Burchfield’s career, introducing and reprising themes that reveal his desire for artistic unity with nature.

Christ in the House of Simon the Jew?

Contemporary Perceptions of Pharisees in Germany
College Student Voices

This article argues that Simon the Pharisee would have been viewed as an explicitly Jewish character by sixteenth-century viewers.

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.

Private Investigation, Art-History Style

College

Intern Margaret North finds that every successful treasure hunt has a moment of shining glory.

Fur-covered rectangular bag with thin looped handles, featuring central beaded seal silhouette within a black striped diamond, surrounded by red-blue patterned seals and multi-colored tassels, including a brown side panel.

Natchiq | Onkeehq | Isuwiq

Indigenous Artists Honor the Seal
April 4 - October 25, 2026
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desi-gned

Launch event Issue 2
May 19, 2024 / 1-3 pm
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Critical Encounters

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

Diné Textiles

Nizhónígo Hadadít’eh
September 2, 2023 - September 29, 2024

Being and Believing in Nature

Perspectives from Ancient Mediterranean, Asian, and Native American Art
October 8, 2022 - June 4, 2023

Take Care

August 13, 2022 - February 26, 2023
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Weaving Music at 24 Frames per Second
May 22, 2022 / 2-3 pm
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Artist Talk

Ann Agee
April 27, 2022 / 1:30-2:30 pm
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Indigenous Histories

Past, Present and Future
March 18, 2022 / 1-2 pm

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Best Practices for Teaching and Learning about Native People, Part 2. Engaging with Native Art and Objects in Museums
March 14, 2022 / 1-3:30 pm
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Teachers’ Lounge

Best Practices for Teaching and Learning about Native People, Part 2: Engaging with Native Art and Objects in Museums
March 14, 2022 / 1-3:30 pm
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Screening

Blitto Underground
March 9, 2022 / 6:30-8:30 pm
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Text, Paratext, and Images
January 15, 2021 / 12-1 pm
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Assembly

Poetry Reading
January 3, 2021 / 7-8 pm
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Twelve Installations by Gray Horan

April 15, 2020 / 7-8 pm

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