Arts & Culture
‘Return to Seoul’ offers refreshing, poignant take on age-old tale
By Ryan Smith | April 3New film “Return to Seoul” tells moving story of cultural and emotional self-discovery.
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Mezcla thrills with annual performance
By Ryan Smith | March 12“Chrysalis” showcases diversity of traditional and contemporary Latinx dance
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New York art gallery showcases RISD painters Karen Fan, Caroline Zhang ’25 in ‘Earth Born’
By Ryan Smith | March 6“Earth Born” featured new work by Karen Fan and Caroline Zhang ’24.5 at New York Gallery Gern en Regalia.
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Artist-scholar, DJ madison moore performs at Brown Arts Institute event
By Ryan Smith | February 26The Brown Arts Institute and Department of Modern Culture and Media hosted TRAXXX, an event consisting of a performance by artist-scholar and DJ madison moore followed by a conversation with Professor of Modern Culture and Media Alexander Weheliye, at the Granoff Center for the Creative Arts Thursday. Audience ...
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Maggie Nelson shares insights 'On Freedom'
By Ryan Smith | November 2On Wednesday, Maggie Nelson — New York Times bestselling author of 10 books of poetry and prose — read from her latest book, “On Freedom: Four Songs of Care and Constraint.” She discussed how we “think, experience and talk about freedom” for an audience at the Granoff Center for the Creative ...
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RISD Museum returns stolen Benin Bronze sculpture to Nigerian National Collection
By Ryan Smith | October 31The Rhode Island School of Design Museum returned a Nigerian bronze sculpture, “Head of a King (Oba),” to the Nigerian National Collections Oct. 11. The sculpture had been held by the museum since 1939 and was one of 31 looted artifacts, also called Benin Bronzes, repatriated to Nigeria by American ...
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New RISD brand identity seeks to create cohesive aesthetic, better reflect school
By Ryan Smith | October 25The Rhode Island School of Design launched a new “brand identity” last month to better reflect the school’s “vision, values and priorities,” the culmination of a process that began last spring and involved input from hundreds of community members, according to a Sept. 28 press ...
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Horses, hookups, heartbreak: Shakespeare on the Green hosts 11th biannual 24-Hour Play Festival
By Ryan Smith | October 10The 24-Hour Play Festival, organized each semester by Shakespeare on the Green, challenges writers, actors and producers to collaborate on bringing a theater production from script to stage within 24 hours. Five plays were performed at two Saturday evening shows in T.F. Green Hall.
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RISD Painting Triennial showcases diverse range of grad student artwork
By Ryan Smith | October 3Every three years, the Rhode Island School of Design’s Painting Triennial highlights graduate student artwork and diverse approaches to painting. Installed at RISD’s Woods-Gerry Gallery, this year’s show opened Sept. 30 and will remain until Oct. 16. For RISD Graduate Program Director ...
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Exploring art of glassmaking at RISD 'Hotnights'
By Ryan Smith | September 28Every Wednesday, students and faculty of the Brown-Rhode Island School of Design community gather to appreciate the art of glassmaking at RISD’s “Hotnights,” a program held by RISD’s glass department with a new visiting artist each week.
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