American Drawings and Watercolors

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.

American Drawings and Watercolors

Albert Bierstadt's Landscape on the Rhine Maureen C. O’Brien Curator Drawing Albert Bierstadt was born in Solingen, Germany, but came to the United States with his family in 1832 and settled with them in New Bedford, Massachusetts. Although details of his early artistic training are unknown, by 1850 he advertised himself as a teacher of “an improved system of monochromatic painting.”

American Drawings and Watercolors

Edwin Austin Abbey's Old Peasant Woman Maureen C. O’Brien Curator Drawing Curator Maureen C. O'Brien discusses American drawings and watercolors in the RISD Museum collection

The Care and Preservation of Art Composed of Plastic

Ingrid Neuman Conservation Sustainability and the natural world RISD Museum conservator Ingrid Neuman discusses the challenges in caring for objects made from this ubiquitous material

The Joy of Looking

Aja Blanc Family Educators Artist educator Aja Blanc gives tips and strategies on looking at art with children.

Out of the Emergency Department into the RISD Museum

Clinical Arts College How a project designed to enhance pain management was born and made possible by the collaboration between RISD Museum and the Brown Emergency Medicine Residency.

Under the Big Top

John Steuart Curry's Vision of the Circus Alison Chang Curator John Steuart Curry's images of the circus provide us with an insider's look at the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus in the 1930s.

At the Circus with RISD Graphic Design Students

Jan Baker College Educators Faculty Teaching Studio Notes Professor Jan Baker encouraged her letterpress class to become inspired by the Circus exhibition at the RISD Museum.