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.
The Inimitable Designs of Carlo Bugatti
Elizabeth A. Williams
Curator
An eclectic mix of North African, Moorish, Middle Eastern, and Japanese aesthetics, this desk and table are the original creations of Italian designer Carlo Bugatti.
India Timpani
Studio Notes
Teens
The RISD Museum was an essential part of my childhood. On weekends and school vacations, I wandered the galleries, old-school Utrecht sketchbook in one hand, pencil in the other, closely followed by my mother just in case I carelessly brushed up against something priceless. As I’ve grown, I’ve felt the Museum growing with me. This ever-evolving place never fails to fascinate me.
Natalja Kent
Artist
"Raid the Database with Natalja Kent" is the first installment in an ongoing project in which artists bring new curatorial perspectives to the museum's extensive collections.
Elena Varshavskaya
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.
A. Will Brown
Curator
Studio Notes
Artist
Curatorial assistant of contemporary art A. Will Brown interviews artist Steffani Jemison about her film *Maniac Chase* (2009), *Escaped Lunatic* (2010–2011) and Personal (2014)
Shawn Greenlee
College
Studio Notes
Artist
Composer Shawn Greenlee's experimental sound work Substitutions is inspired by the Chinese lithophone in the RISD Museum's Asian art collection
Eastman Johnson's Child in Bed
Maureen C. O’Brien
Curator
Drawing
Eastman Johnson was raised in Maine in a family of eight children, and as a young teenager was employed as a dry goods clerk. When he was about 15, he traveled to Boston and worked in the lithography shop of J. H. Bufford, where he was exposed to techniques that improved his boyhood aptitude for drawing.