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THE MAGICAL M(A)US(OL)EUM OF MINNIE N TURNER

College Student Voices

A summer intern's short story/poem about a cat that investigates the spatial politics of Duchamp’s 'Boîte-en-valise' and also falls in love

"She's a fighter"

Staring back at Morisot

A school programs educator describes student encounters with Edouard Manet's Repose.

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.

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.

229 Felixes

College Student Voices

A summer intern describes her experience delving into the RISD Museum's databases, searching for human elements

Black and white photograph of a woman of color sculpting a large stone block with hammer and chisel in hand. She is intent on her task.

Nancy Elizabeth Prophet

Reading List

This reading list is not exhaustive and serves as a starting point to learn more about Nancy Elizabeth Prophet.

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

Curator

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.

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