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Excavation to Exhibition: The Afterlife of Ancient Objects

College From the files Student Voices

An intern explores the history of works from the museum’s ancient collection, tracing the archaeological excavations that brought them to light and into the permanent collection.

The Head in Focus

Benin Art and Visual History
How did this get here?

The discovery of these treasures resembles that of a valuable manuscript. They are a new “Codex Africanus,” not written on fragile papyrus, but in ivory and imperishable brass.

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 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.

Objects Tell Stories

College Student Voices

A wooden “do not touch” partition usually separates the period room in Pendleton House from the public. But one Monday in June, that partition was removed, and museum staff peopled the room.

“The best portrait Joseph Blackburn [never] painted”

John Singleton Copley’s Portrait of Theodore Atkinson, Jr.
Curator

In the January 1920 Bulletin of the Rhode Island School of Design, RISD Museum director L.

229 Felixes

College Student Voices

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

Seeking Visibility

A summer intern reflects on diversity in the museum's Western European galleries and suggesting curatorial strategies for greater visibility

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

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

Raid the Database 2 with Nafis White

Curator

Curatorial assistant of contemporary art A. Will Brown on "Raid the Database 2 with Nafis White"

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.

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