Condition and Locations

Arianna Riva Student Voices Inventories have been occurring almost since the beginning of museum practice, but they have changed entirely from their original form.

Written in Gems

RISD Art Circle explores Ancient Greek and Roman Intaglios RISD Art Circle Teens As part of the RISD Art Circle (RAC), we create opportunities for visitors to learn about objects more deeply and to experience hands-on making. Our first project was to do an activity on Gallery Night. It was challenging because we had to figure out how to work together as a group, but the learning process was important and eventually brought us closer together.

As Is Painting, So Is Poetry

Myth and Metamorphosis in the RISD Gallery Anthony Stott College 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.

American Drawings and Watercolors

Reginald Marsh Maureen C. O’Brien Curator Drawing Reginald Marsh, the son of American artists Fred Dana Marsh and Alice Randall Marsh, was born in Paris in 1898. He grew up in comfortable circumstances in Nutley, New Jersey, and was educated at Lawrenceville School and Yale University. In the early 1920s Marsh worked in New York as a freelance artist for magazines and newspapers, developing an energized drawing style that he used to illustrate city life and its various entertainments.

From Museum to Bedside

The Need for Museum Educators In Medical Education Jay Baruch, MD Clinical Arts Curator The RISD Museum continues to build a robust collaboration with Brown University's Alpert Medical School, providing professional-development opportunities for premedical students, medical students, residents, and practicing attending physicians.