Samurai at Leisure Taken into the Digital World

College Student Voices A graphic design student at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen, Marta Jeż describes her virtual exhibition project and new possibilities of translating physical exhibitions into digital forms.

The New Normal

College Student Voices Artist RISD’s Interior Architecture seniors exhibit their adaptive-reuse projects in the RISD Museum’s Grand Gallery using augmented reality.

Get Out the Vote

Empowering the Women’s Vote Jan Howard Curator Happenings The RISD Museum is proud to participate in this non-partisan initiative of the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA), which uses design to encourage civic engagement.

Jewelry from the Decorative Arts and Design Collection

Emily Banas Curator The American and European jewelry collection at the RISD Museum, part of the Decorative Arts and Design Department, is made up of more than 800 works, including necklaces, earrings, bracelets, and rings from the medieval period to present day.

An Act of Necessary Transfiguration

Sam Nehila College Student Voices Artist Curatorial intern Sam Nehila uses collage to create abstracted forms and explore the trans experience of engaging with the museum’s collection of male nude bodies.

New Perspectives on the RISD Dainichi Buddha

Wai Yee Chiong Ingrid Neuman Conservation Curator 3-D technology expands the ways of seeing and studying RISD Museum's 12th century Dainichi Buddha.

On Full Display

Acts of Curation and Censorship Emma Vecchione Student Voices How are museum collections constructed? Producer Emma Vecchione searches for an answer in examining the police raid of a 1978 art exhibition, a collection of pictures at the RISD Museum, and the family photographs on top of her mother’s television set.

Message from Director John W. Smith

Dear Museum Friends, As the world bears witness to the recent tragedies of George Floyd’s death, the deaths of Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and the countless numbers of Black people before them, it’s difficult to feel like I have anything new to say on a subject that I should meet with respectful listening, but as the director of this institution it is my job to lead both in words and in deeds.