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Take Care

August 20, 2022 - March 12, 2023

Manual / Issue 15

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Gorham Silver Designing Brilliance 1850-1970

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Buddha Commemorations

Conservation

There's always more to be discovered: Hidden in plain sight since the 11th century, two inscriptions were found during conservation of the Museum's Dainichi Buddha.

Drawing of Buddha

The Buddha Project: Documentation

Conservation

While the sixth-floor galleries are undergoing an extensive renovation, the Museum is carefully studying and conducting conservation work on the monumental 12th-century wooden Dainichi Nyorai Buddha. When the Buddha is returned to its gallery in late spring 2014, it will be stabilized and we'll know much more about the art that went into creating this nearly 10-foot-tall sculpture.

silver polishing with cotton

Tracing the Silver Seaweed

College Conservation Student Voices

Isabella McCormick (Brown/RISD 2015) explores the intricacies of the Gorham Narragansett Salad Set and their reflections on Rhode Island culture, insights gained from her meticulous cleaning of the utensils as part of her Mellon Summer Internship in conservation.

Ancient Panel Paintings: Examination, Analysis, and Research

Conservation

Examining and documenting four Fayum portraits as part of a larger study directed by the J. Paul Getty Museum

The Care and Preservation of Art Composed of Plastic

Conservation

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

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.

Framing Art and the Art of the Frame

Conservation

Understanding historic frames and how to care for them can be a complicated matter.

Wood Sculptures at RISD

Excavating the Storage Room Sheila Bonde, professor and department chair, History of Art and Architecture, Brown University
College Faculty Teaching Perspectives

During the Fall of 2015, Brown’s graduate students in the Department of the History of Art and Architecture undertook an investigation of the wood sculptures in the RISD Museum collections.

How Do We Imagine the Future?

College Perspectives Student Voices

The future is an abstract concept, hard to decode and difficult to predict. A summer intern reflects on fashion and future in this creative writing piece.

New Perspectives on the RISD Dainichi Buddha

Conservation Curator

3-D technology expands the ways of seeing and studying RISD Museum's 12th century Dainichi Buddha.

Talks and Conversations

In Their Presence

Debates on the dignity, display, and ownership of human remains
February 11, 2021 / 10 am-12 pm
Talks and Conversations

Taking Good Care of the Museum's Largest Wooden Sculpture

Presented with Age-Friendly RI
September 18, 2020 / 12-1 pm
Other events

Think and Drink

Prepping and Polishing
May 16, 2019 / 6-8 pm
Talks and Conversations

Work in Process: Frame Restoration

April 25, 2019 / 12-1 pm
Talks and Conversations

Member Behind the Scenes in the Egyptian Collection

March 21, 2019 / 5:30-6:30 pm
Talks and Conversations

Work in Process

Frame Restoration
January 24, 2019 / 12-1 pm

Convening: Raid the Icebox Now

June 20, 2018 / 5-7 pm

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