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The Studio Visited and Re-visited

Considering artists' production in Rhode Island
Curator Locally Made Studio Notes

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

Digital Restoration of a 3rd-century Panel Painting of the God Heron

College Conservation Perspectives Student Voices

In earlier decades, retouching (or “inpainting”) using reversible painting materials would have been employed where compositional elements were missing.

Pen and ink drawing depicting a great ravine in Amalfi, stone bridge and in the distance stucco buildings and roof of a barn.

American Drawings and Watercolors

William Stanley Haseltine's Amalfi
Curator Drawing Perspectives

William Stanley Haseltine first studied painting in Philadelphia with t

Fashionable dress women walks her dog in Boston Public Garden

American Drawings and Watercolors

Childe Hassam's Woman and Mastiff in the Boston Public Garden and Diamond Cove, Appledore
Curator Drawing Perspectives

Childe Hassam, a successful young book and magazine illustrator, made h

Two young women standing on deck the Staten Island ferry on its approach to Governors Island. A middle-aged gentleman in a fedora looks towards the downtown skyline in a panorama view across southern tip of Manhattan.

American Drawings and Watercolors

Reginald Marsh
Curator Drawing Perspectives

Reginald Marsh, the son of American artists Fred Dana Marsh and Alice R

Vertical composition depicting a narrow gorge whose high granite cliffs extend the length of the painting on both sides and are cropped at the upper left and right.

Marsden Hartley's Gorges du Loup, Provence

Curator Perspectives

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

An Ambitious but Essential Multi-Purpose Checklist for Discerning Black Artists

College Student Voices

1. Be steadfast.

As Is Painting, So Is Poetry

Myth and Metamorphosis in the RISD Gallery
College Perspectives Student Voices

Curatorial intern Anthony Stott explores the journey of the myths of Ovid—from text to visual medium—in three objects in the neoclassical galleries.

Looking (Seeing)

College Student Voices Studio Notes

Raid the Database 2 with Nafis White

College Artist

Artist Nafis White on her project Raid the Database 2

Julien Prévieux, Patterns of Life, 2014. Single-channel video; color, sound. The artist and Galerie Jousse Entreprise

What Shall We Do Next?

An Interview with Artist Julien Prévieux
Curator Perspectives Artist

Curatorial assistant A. Will Brown interviews artist Julien Prévieux about his videos What Shall We Do Next? (Sequence #2) and Patterns of Life.

Redefining "Master Copies"

College Perspectives Student Voices Studio Notes

A student dismantles the outdated terminology and practice of “master copies” by constructing a series of copies that works to bolster underrepresented artists and subvert the pervasive presence of white males in the Western art canon.

Project Projects website for SALT. Photo Project Projects

Building a Bigger Picture

An Interview with Rob Giampietro of Google Design NY
Perspectives Portfolio Studio Notes

What are the essential questions museums need to ask themselves to understand the future of art?

Gallery Canteen

College From the files Studio Notes

RISD student Joanna Cortez shares how the RISD Museum served the Providence community during World War II. Joanna participated in the Museum's Andrew W. Mellon Summer Internship Program this summer.

Photo of Guided visit, ca. 1972.

100 Years of Commitment

From the files Educators

The RISD Museum looks back at 100 years of its docent program, and the program's origins and evolution.

Collaboration and the Late-Medieval Book

Curator Perspectives

Books of hours made during the late Middle Ages and Renaissance were products of collaboration between scribes, illuminators, bookbinders, and, sometimes, the original patron or owner. A recent acquisition of a French book of hours made in Rouen around 1510 tells the story of this collaboration through the structure of its contents, iconography, and assembly.

At the Circus with RISD Graphic Design Students

College Educators Faculty Teaching Studio Notes

Professor Jan Baker encouraged her letterpress class to become inspired by the Circus exhibition at the RISD Museum.

Graphic Design Next

College

Graphic design students and professionals offer their visions of "Graphic Design Next."

The Joy of Looking

Family Educators

Artist educator Aja Blanc gives tips and strategies on looking at art with children.

Mummy's Boy

College Perspectives Student Voices

Over the last 2,000 years, Nesmin has been a priest, a mummy, and a museum exhibit. RISD Museum intern Jonathan Migliori discusses Nesmin's influence in his life.

Crafting the Photography for the Book Artist/Rebel/Dandy: Men of Fashion

Portfolio

RISD Museum object photography generally follows typical museum practice: a straightforward approach to framing and lighting with great concern for color fidelity. For *Artist/Rebel/Dandy*, the curators suggested that we go in a different direction.

Jade Lithophone with Dragon Decoration

College Perspectives Student Voices

A jade lithophone from 18th-century China offers insight to the significant role of ritual music in ancient China—as an essential part of state rite to assert the legitimacy of reign.

The Dramatic Effects of Subtlety

A Fifteenth-Century Virgin and Child
College Perspectives Student Voices

This late fifteenth-century Virgin and Child was created with subtlety, flexibility, and portability in mind. These features were central to its medieval use—and its use at the RISD Museum.

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