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The Studio Visited and Re-visited

Considering artists' production in Rhode Island Dominic Molon Curator Studio Notes In this series, RISD Museum curator Dominic Molon considers the importance and setting of the studio, and calls on Rhode Island artists.

“The best portrait Joseph Blackburn [never] painted”

John Singleton Copley’s Portrait of Theodore Atkinson, Jr. Maureen C. O’Brien Curator In the January 1920 Bulletin of the Rhode Island School of Design, RISD Museum director L. Earle Rowe drew attention to the recent acquisition of a colonial American portrait by the British-trained painter 1

Work in Process / Machine Knitting

Annabeth Rodgers Faucher College How To Studio Notes Artist Artist Peyton North (RISD BFA 2015, Textiles) shows us how to create stripes on a knitting machine.

I Can Taste It Now: Savoring the New Installation in the Porcelain Gallery

Elizabeth A. Williams Curator This fall the RISD Museum Lucy Truman Aldrich Porcelain Gallery reopened with its cabinets filled with engaging figures and a diverse array of tableware. Comprising nearly 180 objects from the museum's collection, this new installation focuses on the role that porcelain played in eighteenth-century life.

100 Years of Commitment

Alexandra Poterack From the files Educators The RISD Museum looks back at 100 years of its docent program, and the program's origins and evolution.

The Studio Visited and Re-visited

Considering artists' production in Rhode Island Dominic Molon Curator Studio Notes In this series, RISD Museum curator Dominic Molon considers the importance and setting of the studio, and calls on Rhode Island artists.

Pixilation Party!

Xander Marro Studio Notes Artist Pixilation Party!, or how, with the help of dozens of RISD Museum visitors, Providence artist Xander Marro recently created one minute of black and white magic.