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.

Decoding the Hallstatt Diadem

Jonathan Migliori College Student Voices It's impossible to know exactly what happened in prehistory, but we archaeologists have excellent tools to help us.

Diana Mantuana, Renaissance engraver

Emily Peters Curator A rare female artist, Diana Mantuana's engraving of Atilius Regulus in a Barrel plays an important role in the history of the practice of printmaking and its reception in Renaissance Italy.

Typographic Tightrope

Designing Circus Brendan Campbell Portfolio A look at the graphic-design inspiration and challenges behind Circus.

Robert Arneson / Funk Questionnaire

A. Will Brown Curator Using a questionnaire, curator Peter Selz—and the artists he queried—helped define a movement.

Projections

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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.