These resources provide additional context for dialogue and conversation around the case studies featured in this section and other ongoing work at the museum.

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Many museums today struggle with confronting their problematic legacies and transforming their current practices to become the diverse, inclusive institutions they aspire to be.

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

How did Japanese printmakers and poets of the 19th century express feelings and symbolic meanings through artworks depicting nature?

Aaron Douglas was inspired by ancient and contemporary architecture, visual art and poetry. By exploring his painting and finding connections to poetry, what can we learn about how artists use different artistic styles and art forms to represent the many kinds of work it takes to build societies, both in the past and today?

How do Lynda Benglis and Shari Mendelson communicate ideas and messages through their sculptures’ forms and materials?

After a half-century's journey, Gorham's magnificent writing table and chair made for the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair returned home to Providence.