Rhode Island School of Design News

Had a craving for chowder and clam cakes at a favorite shack? Many of them around Rhode Island are now open.

Newswise - The artist wasn't sure it could be done. When Do Ho Suh first proposed "Fallen Star" to UC San Diego's Stuart Collection, he "never thought it would be realized." A cottage built from scratch and permanently joined to an existing campus building - several stories up in the air? Right, mm-hm. But there it is: Seven years after the initial ... (more)

Curator Paul Eisenhauer on the spiral staircase designed by Esherick, who was known as the "godfather of the studio furniture movement." Sitting here at Wharton Esherick's curvy dining room table is an intimate experience, for the revered artist and furniture-maker probably lingered in this very spot a million times nursing coffee or Jim Beam and ... (more)

SPECTATOR PHOTO BY GEORGE AUSTIN AFTER OVER FOUR DECADES: Somerset Middle School art teacher Deborah Gee is retiring from Somerset Middle School.

June is going to be a big month for CreativeMornings , a free breakfast lecture series I started a little over three years ago here in NYC: For the first time, all 29 CreativeMornings chapters will be hosting their events under one common, unified theme: The Intersection of Arts + Technology, presented in partnership with the Rhode Island School of ... (more)

Toting infants and toddlers can be a hassle, especially when navigating stairs and crumbling sidewalks with the kangaroo-pouch-on-wheels known as the stroller.A Thankfully, some parents of today and tomorrow who are taking classes between diaper changes and temper tantrums have come up with a solution: a sling-stroller hybrid that makes getting ... (more)

Joe Clemente, co-owner of Nettie's Kettle Corn , never imagined he'd end up making and selling kettle corn for a living.

Multi-media? It's the perfect description of the show that opened the new Re-invent Gallery in Lake Forest recently.

Kim Shipley is an urban mom who struggles to get around the city using several different types of strollers and carriers.

The Museum of Art Rhode Island School of Design announces the exhibition Wendy Richmond: Navigating the Personal Bubble, featuring new works by multimedia artist Wendy Richmond.

Bristol Community College honors the work of more than 1,000 graduates at the 45th commencement ceremony, on Saturday, June 2, at 11 a.m. on the Elsbree Street Campus.

LEICESTER, Mass. - A Leicester resident of close to 30 years, Peter Swanson has been hard at work at his home editing and putting the finishing touches on his newest film entitled "Let There Be Light". The film, which is six years in the making, is a documentary on the creative processes and dedication that goes into the production of stained glass ... (more)

Brown University's Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice has named its first director.

Michael Spalter, a financier and digital art collector, has been named chairman of the board of trustees at the Rhode Island School of Design, succeeding Merrill Sherman, who will serve another three years as a trustee.

The Open Providence Commission for Transparency and Accountability will hold a public session Monday evening to allow residents to identify needs of the community and share their concerns with accessibility of information within the city.

The Mill Pond Shops in Tiverton Four Corners have a new addition this year, Katherine Lovell Studio & Gallery, which opened on the second floor in January above Amy Lund's studio and gallery .

The Rhode Island School of Design is getting ready to graduate its latest crop of seniors.

Thanks to Wendy Wick Reeves in her Celebrity Caricature in America , Smithsonian Institution A© 1998, we have this photo of Will and many excellent color reproductions of his work.

Curated by Executive Director Emily Smith, "Potential Images" contains samples of various practices in contemporary painting at 1708 Gallery .A The exhibit contains the works of Michael Dotson, Brendan Smith, Maria Walker, Michael DeLucia, Ivin Ballen and Guy Ben-Ari, and demonstrates "both an embrace of the quiet and handmade and an awareness of ... (more)

In the 15 years since my mother has been gone, she has become a mythical figure in my life.