'Traveling Pants' is just as comfy as ever Aug 6, 2008
Lena, who attends the Rhode Island School of Design, strikes up a romance with a handsome fellow student (Jesse Williams). Carmen, attending Yale, takes a theater job in Vermont and meets a young, witty British actor (Tom Wisdom). (USA Today -- Life)
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 Aug 6, 2008
Shy, artsy Lena (Bledel) is at the Rhode Island School of Design, taking a life-drawing class, where she falls for a hunky model. Leggy Bridget (Lively), still reeling from her mother's suicide, is off to Turkey to work on an archeological dig. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
`Traveling Pants' lose some magic in sequel Aug 5, 2008
And quiet Lena (Alexis Bledel) is an art student at the Rhode Island School of Design. (Wait a second. (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
Art and Cloth opens in Harvard Jul 30, 2008
And on Sunday, July 27 at 3 p.m., Art and Cloth will host an artist s reception for Lydia Enriquez of Harvard, a student at Rhode Island School of Design. Chandler has also carved an area out of the studio to sell unique clothing and handbags. (Bolton Common, MA)
Win 'Sisterhood Of The Traveling Pants 2' Prizes Jul 26, 2008
And Lena (Alexis Bledel), separated from first love Kostos (Michael Rady) and studying at the Rhode Island School of Design, meets a free-spirited fellow art student (Jesse Williams) who forces her to choose between holding on to her memories or mending her heart and pursuing an exciting new love. For Tibby, Carmen, Bridget and Lena, communication was always as easy as breathing. (Click2Houston, TX)
Fairies afield: potter Anni Barnard Jul 18, 2008
Barnard brought her MFA from the Rhode Island School of Design to teach clay courses at Moses Brown school in Providence. "Being an artist is really about who you are as a person. Are you willing to take risks?" asked Barnard. (Westerly Sun, RI)
Art Institute School names new prez Jul 14, 2008
Mr. Reiter, who will step down as dean of the college of design at Arizona State University, has taught in the architecture department of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and at the Rhode Island School of Design. He also has been an advisor at Harvard Universitys Graduate School of Design. (Crain's Chicago Business)
Brown, RISD students create toys for kids with cerebral palsy Jul 7, 2008
Brown and Rhode Island School of Design students and their professors have developed more than a dozen toys and radio controllers that compensate for a lack of fine motor skills with controllers that strap to a child's wrist or forearm. The Brown-RISD group hopes its toys - which include a radio-controlled car, a dinosaur, and a tabletop racetrack - will strengthen limbs weakened by the disease. (Boston Globe)
Rell Job Reversal Perplexes Top Pick Jul 6, 2008
Lisa R. Humble, a longtime state employee who had worked most recently as an architect in the Department of Public Works, has been referred to in Rell's office as the "number two candidate." In addition, some observers speculate openly that Humble, an architectural graduate of the prestigious Rhode Island School of Design, was picked because Rell wanted to appoint a woman, something the governor's legal counsel denies. Humble did not return calls. (FOX61, CT)
Art review: Chihuly at the de Young Jul 6, 2008
With the Rhode Island School of Design as his first important launch pad, Chihuly, a Tacoma, Wash. native, propelled himself into the international glassworks world. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Dead on arrival Jul 1, 2008
The Rhode Island School of Design grad's got a new show called "Seth MacFarlane's Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy," which will consist of two-minute clips distributed online via Google AdSense. The New York Times reports that Google will syndicate the show using its AdSense advertising system to websites popular among MacFarlane's audience - young men. (Boston Globe)
The impact of an icon Jun 30, 2008
The software designer John Maeda is to become president of the Rhode Island School of Design in the United States this fall; and Christopher Frayling ends his term as rector of the Royal College of Art in London next year, as does Richard Koshalek as president of Art Center, in Pasadena, California. Like them, Edelkoort has defined her institution. (International Herald Tribune)
The 10 Commandments of Web Design Jun 30, 2008
com, Khoi Vinh, and John Maeda, president-elect of the Rhode Island School of Design. These 10 commandments of Web design for 2008 are the combined results of our survey. (BusinessWeek)
A hall, more musical than it ever was Jun 26, 2008
His career in this field began at the Rhode Island School of Design in the 1970s, although it was immediately overshadowed by his work in Talking Heads. He has always been wary of incorporating music into his art, fearing it would be seen as a rock-star hobby. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
WINCHESTERS BEST AND BRIGHTEST, June 26 edition Jun 25, 2008
The Rhode Island School of Design Book Award: Grace Lannon. Thank you to The National Honor Society Officers for their assistance in this evening s program: Jeff Davis, Francesca Buxton, Lauren Regan, and Kristen Gagalis. (Winchester Star, MA, MA)
'Abandon normal instruments' Jun 23, 2008
His career in this field began at the Rhode Island School of Design in the 1970s, though was immediately overshadowed by his work in Talking Heads. He has always been wary of incorporating music into his art, though, fearing it would be seen as a rock star hobby. (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
Lynn Anderson gives free rein to Watch Hill horses Jun 21, 2008
Anderson has studied and taught calligraphy at the Lyme Academy of the Fine Arts and studied children s book illustration at the Rhode Island School of Design. "This is my first children s book," Anderson says. (Westerly Sun, RI)
Aaron McBride illustrates filmmaking history Jun 21, 2008
McBride went on to graduate from the Rhode Island School of Design with a BFA in Film and Illustration where he focused his skills in experimental animation. After a brief year in New York City, McBride headed west to San Francisco and worked at a Kinko s copy shop while he waited for the right career break. (Westerly Sun, RI)
Salvaged Beauty Jun 15, 2008
(He bought the bowl at an art show at the Rhode Island School of Design, his alma mater. He added colorful graphic throw pillows (which he made himself ) in a nook showcasing a collection of old black-and- white photos (he made the frames). (Boston Globe)
Dickerson's art soothes the soul Jun 13, 2008
Dickerson puts his solid graphic design and photography background from the Rhode Island School of Design and the knowledge gained at the Allgemeine Gewerbeschule in Basel, Switzerland, to good use by giving back to the Hingham community he has grown to love. He has devoted countless volunteer hours to creating posters and related promotional materials for downtown Hingham events as well as the Farmers Market on Station Street. (Hingham Journal, MA)
ACA's Ellen Meyer becoming president of the arts college in Nashville Jun 13, 2008
Before becoming president of ACA, Meyer had served as director of continuing education and special programs at Rhode Island School of Design, vice president of marketing and extension at Minneapolis College of Art and Design, consultant to the National Building Museum, Washington, DC, and director of a ceramics program for the National Park Service. Meyer left me a voice mail message telling me of her new post at Watkins saying: I m thrilled. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Business)
Get in touch with your inner swashbuckler Jun 13, 2008
Many of the seaport s visitors hail from Maine, Connecticut and other parts of New England, like the quartet Barnacle, which has performed at the Windjammer Festival in Maine, at the Rhode Island School of Design, and at Mystic Scrimshanders in Wickford. "We just finished up at the Buccaneer Ball in Newport," says flutist Mary Audette, a schoolteacher in Westerly. (Westerly Sun, RI)
Kildonan School bids fond farewell to 17 graduates Jun 13, 2008
Kildonan works with 140 students in the 10 grades that it serves, and its students have gone on to such prestigious colleges as Boston University, Columbia University, Princeton, and the Rhode Island School of Design. Harlem Valley Times 2008. (Henrietta Post, NY)
Documentary follows path of exile from wartorn Laos Jun 8, 2008
While at Brown, Kuras took photography courses at the Rhode Island School of Design and, given her interest in anthropology, found herself moving toward documentary film. Living in south Providence, among immigrants from Southeast Asia, she met refugees from Laos and learned the history of that landlocked country, the site of covert operations by the Central Intelligence Agency during the Vietnam War. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Chatham Hall graduates 26 Jun 5, 2008
She will attend Rhode Island School of Design. Sakellaris, daughter of Harry and Kim Sakellaris of Danville, was one of two graduates who received the Adora Prevost Ragsdale Dance Award. (Chatham Star Tribune, VA)
Keefe Tech valedictorian pursuing an artistic career Jun 3, 2008
After being accepted at Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), Pratt, Massachusetts College of Art, and the New England Institute of Art, she finally settled on the highly competitive RISD.. Keefe Principal James Lynch will be sad to lose the valedictorian. (Holliston Tab, MA)
Laura Little Holt is an illustrator and graphic designer Jun 3, 2008
One of her professors encouraged her to go on to Rhode Island School of Design and she pursued a BFA in illustration. While at RISDE, she did an internship in the field of advertising photography and from there moved right into an opening with the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management. (Westerly Sun, RI)
Mixed Metaphor at the library Jun 2, 2008
Showstack has a master of arts degree from Rhode Island School of Design, where she also studied in three summer programs in Rome, Provincetown and Nantucket. She has a bachelor of arts degree from Simmons College, and attended the Syracuse University Foreign Study Program in Florence, Italy. (Brookline TAB, MA)
Chatham Hall to hold graduation Saturday May 30, 2008
She will attend Rhode Island School of Design in the fall. "The one thing I will miss the most about Chatham Hall will be the art studio and my art teacher Mr. Mellor," said Rappaport. (Chatham Star Tribune, VA)
Kildonan receives $500K grant May 23, 2008
The school works with 140 students in the 10 grades that it serves, and its students have gone on to such prestigious colleges as Boston University, Columbia University, Princeton, and the Rhode Island School of Design. For those interested in supporting Kildonan's work with dyslexic students, giving opportunities can be found on the school's Web site at www. (Henrietta Post, NY)
Museum of Art snags trove of modern works May 22, 2008
Mary Patton also grew up in Durham, where her father taught at Duke University; she attended Women's College (which is now UNC-Greensboro) and pursued her love of art at the Rhode Island School of Design. WHEN CAN WE SEE THE WORKS. (News & Observer)
Hes reinventing the alarm clock May 20, 2008
Tang, a 2002 graduate of Rhode Island School of Design with a bachelor s degree in fine arts, and a 2005 Harvard University graduate with a master s degree in design studies, is not quite an everyday inventor by Cable s definition but, Cable said, he was a brilliant guy, and he s go a lot of God-given ability. Tang, who moved to Somerville just outside Inman Square after finishing Harvard, will be on the show for an invention he calls the anemone clock. (Cambridge Chronicle, MA)
Top 10 Art Schools Compared May 11, 2008
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island. While this is the priciest school on the list, RISD also has the best reputation, especially as a school for industrial designers. (Suite101.com)
Milestone for 'Dancing' May 8, 2008
Dushku has been filming Joss Whedon's new Fox series "Dollhouse." And MacFarlane, a Rhode Island School of Design alum, recently signed a deal - reportedly worth more than $100 million - to keep his animated shows on Fox. A Grateful meeting. (Boston Globe)
More of this story May 6, 2008
Last week, the school broke ground on a foundation for an 800-square-foot solar house designed by architecture students at Rhode Island School of Design. This is a continuing effort to lessen our carbon footprint, said Portsmouth Abbey director of operations and project manager Paul Jestings. (Newport Daily News, RI)
Simply smashing Apr 23, 2008
Having studied at the Rhode Island School of Design, she was prompted by a dream to move to Seattle and become a musician. She has since settled in Boston, where she studies at Berklee College of Music. (Boston Globe)
Big Publishers' Copyright Suit Tests How Much Is Too Much Apr 18, 2008
Steven McDonald, general counsel of the Rhode Island School of Design, who deals with copyright issues frequently in the context of artwork, explains how those guidelines affect the interpretation of the 1976 act. "They don't have the force of law, but they are generally viewed as a safe harbor within copyright law," he says. (Law.com)
Chariho student wins best of show at duck stamp competition Apr 17, 2008
Walsh has since graduated and is a freshman at the Rhode Island School of Design. Lind, who is the acting chair of the Fine Arts Department at the school, has had her students participate in the contest for eight years. (Westerly Sun, RI)
Small businesses discover a world of opportunity in exports Apr 8, 2008
As a student at the Rhode Island School of Design, Gebbia noticed that classmates were uncomfortable sitting on hard chairs and floors during day-long critiques of their work by professors. He designed the fashionable cushions and plunged full time into his new business after graduation. (USA Today -- Money)
Having a Ball Apr 6, 2008
"We typically start with an inspirational fabric for the period, hunt down a pattern, and then search for trims and embellishments," says the Rhode Island School of Design graduate. "All this while my mother travels back and forth to her home in Connecticut with her sewing machine!" Koss's 3-year-old daughter often joins in the fun, loving to "dress fancy" herself. (Boston Globe)
Spanierman Modern - For the Curious: New Work by Susan Jamison Apr 5, 2008
An interest in the "overtly feminine" was out of fashion when Jamison was attending the Rhode Island School of Design, where art was "not supposed to be decorative or girly," but after moving to Roanoke, Virginia, in the 1990s, she felt a freedom to probe this subject ... Rhode Island School of Design. (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)
'New media' profile Apr 4, 2008
Raymond was earning a master's in fine art degree in new media at the university after graduating from the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) and teaching high school art for several years. Pages: 1. (San Antonio Business Journal, TX)
Breaking down the beauty of Styrofoam Mar 28, 2008
At: The Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, through July 20. 401-454-6500, risdmuseum. (Boston Globe)
No Empty Spaces Mar 28, 2008
Lopes, 29, who earned a degree in printmaking from the Rhode Island School of Design and a master's degree in painting/drawing from California College of the Arts, began working on old houses while in Providence, R.I. He was born in Massachusetts, where he absorbed the colonial architecture, and missed it when his mother moved to Santa Rosa. He's been living in the Vallejo house since December. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Panther Pages make headlines Mar 20, 2008
Tessa Roever is the "resident cartoonist." Although she has written a few articles and done some reporting, she really appreciates the opportunity to make use of skills developed during a basic cartooning class she took at Rhode Island School of Design. She sees cartooning as a chance to draw and tell a story. (Westerly Sun, RI)
Hope Valley artist evokes sense of nostalgia Mar 19, 2008
After graduating from Rhode Island School of Design in 1982, she went into graphic design and spent some time as the art director at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. Nowadays, she works part-time as director of marketing at Up Country, Inc. in East Providence, creating designer pet products and the catalog that markets them. (Westerly Sun, RI)
FBI probes potential hate crime near college Mar 18, 2008
The victim is also the Israel fellow on the staff of Hillel, a Jewish student group serving Brown and the Rhode Island School of Design ... About 20 percent of Brown students and 10 percent of Rhode Island School of Design students are Jewish, according to Hillel. (Boston Globe)
Restaurants are new venues for firms like Office dA to show their chops Mar 16, 2008
I've teased Office dA in the past for its love of what look to me like tobacco-stained surfaces, as for example in its recent library in Providence for the Rhode Island School of Design. Banq's bamboo is no exception. (Boston Globe)
SU fills deanships for VPA, Newhouse Mar 16, 2008
Clarke, who has worked on numerous creative projects in the Syracuse community, holds a bachelors degree in painting and printmaking from the University of Michigan and a master of fine arts degree in textiles from the Rhode Island School of Design. Braham has held the position of dean at UT since 2002. (Daily Orange, NY)
Lindsay may be running low on cash Mar 15, 2008
Both March and Mackenroth were overhead telling Rhode Island School of Design students in attendance what they can do to get their start in the fashion business. Im guessing that advice was to audition for a certain show on Bravo. (MSNBC -- News)
Recycled records replayed as art Mar 7, 2008
When artist Jeff Davis was a masters student at Rhode Island School of Design in 2002, he needed sustainable or obsolete material for his thesis project. He found some old LPs at the Salvation Army. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Living)
Material: Contemporary Ceramic Sculptors Mar 5, 2008
Casey McDonough holds an MFA in Ceramics from the Rhode Island School of Design, and a BS in Studio Art and Marine Biology from Eckerd College. Using his background in Science, his works relate to social interactions and their relationship to scientific principles. (AbsoluteArts.com)
Bear with him Mar 3, 2008
Aaron Demuth, a Rhode Island School of Design graduate who works for Harmonix Music Systems (they make Guitar Hero), opens an art show at ZuZu today. The untitled show is basically a collection of paintings of sad bears. (Boston Globe)
Prout student artists win awards Feb 29, 2008
Looking forward to studying industrial design or illustrating, Josh is deciding between the Massachusetts College of Art and Rhode Island School of Design. This was his first award for art. (Westerly Sun, RI)
Urban Outfitters Feb 17, 2008
Daniel, a Rhode Island School of Design graduate, came up with the idea for SEE with Ecko, who had grown up frustrated with school and saw a chance to do something productive with teenagers' "naive optimism," as he calls it. Ecko bought in enthusiastically, donating money, equipment, and space at his firm's Manhattan headquarters. (FastCompany)
Animated women Feb 13, 2008
Animator Yvonne Andersen, known for leading film workshops in the 1960s and teaching animation at the Rhode Island School of Design, will show a few of her short animated films. Joining her will be Amy Kravitz, who began studying with Andersen when she was 11 and now has her mentor's old job at RISD. Works include Kravitz's abstract animation "Roost." 7 p.m. Free. (Boston Globe)
High-tech tinkerers on the rise Feb 11, 2008
Paul Badger, an instructor at the Rhode Island School of Design who runs Modern Device Co. out of his house, creates cheap microcontroller boards, called "Bare Bones Boards," that take off from a popular microcontroller called Arduino. Badger's art students work on things like a wig that can flip up and down and back and forth, or experiment with lighting; the Arduino microcontroller is often used in other artistic products, such as clothing melded with computing, or basic robotics for artists. (Boston Globe)
Forging hope from heartache Feb 11, 2008
CONVERSATIONS WITH: Animators Yvonne Andersen, a professor emerita and now adjunct faculty member at the Rhode Island School of Design, and her former student Amy Kravitz, now an associate professor of animation at RISD, will present an evening of their works and conversation about life in the world of animated film and video on Wednesday at 7 p.m. at MIT.. In 1963, Andersen started the Yellow Ball Workshop, providing animation workshops for young children in her Everett kitchen as she was... (Boston Globe)
Running a college on the avant garde Feb 10, 2008
In June, Maeda will leave his alma mater, MIT, where he has taught at the Media Lab since 1996, to become the next president of the Rhode Island School of Design. He's already showing signs that he'll bring the same kind of fresh, playful, "why not try it?" thinking to college administration that has guided his career in art, design, and technology. (Boston Globe)
Richard Florida Feb 9, 2008
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New art academy on the horizon Jan 31, 2008
Degopper said she aims to put her school on par with the nation's best - including the Rhode Island School of Design, Parson's The New School of Design, and School of the Art Institute of Chicago by 2020. The proposed artists' colony for the Rawleigh building didn't inspire her idea. (Freeport Journal-Standard, IL)
Alice Rawsthorn: Four speakers debate the future of design Jan 28, 2008
Joining me in the debate were: Paola Antonelli, senior curator of architecture and design at the Museum of Modern Art in New York; Hilary Cottam, who develops design solutions to problems in education, health care and other public services as co-founder of the London-based agency Participle; and, the digital design star and newly appointed president of the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), John Maeda. What did we all choose. (International Herald Tribune)
Son of Kan. governor creates board game Jan 27, 2008
-- The son of Gov. Kathleen Sebelius is peddling a board game titled "Don't Drop the Soap," a prison-themed game he created as part of a class project at the Rhode Island School of Design. John Sebelius, 23, has the backing of his mother and father, U.S. Magistrate Judge Gary Sebelius. (Albany Times Union)
Filmmaking marathon; what keeps projects going Jan 24, 2008
As a student at Brown University (she also studied at the Rhode Island School of Design), Kuras, now 48, became involved with community work with immigrant families. She wanted to make a film about one family's experiences in the new country. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Prayer flags focus of York artist's latest project Jan 19, 2008
She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Rhode Island School of Design and is on the faculty of Heartwood College of Art in Kennebunkport. She is a member of both the Maine and New Hampshire Arts Commission rosters. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
