Rhode Island School of Design

Rhode Island School of Design
founding	1877
Sponsorship	Private
place	Providence , United States
president	Rosanne Somerson
Students	2,282 (2005)
Employee	482 (2005)
Website	www.risd.edu

The Rhode Island School of Design ( RISD for short ) is an American college for art and design in Providence , the capital of the US state Rhode Island .

history

Entrance to the Rhode Island School of Design Museum

The college, founded in 1877, is located in the immediate vicinity of Brown University on the grounds of the College Hills of Rhode Island. Both institutes share academic and social resources and offer collaborative courses that can be used free of charge by students. Together with the Cooper Union , the Rhode Island School of Design is considered the most prestigious art school in the United States.

The RISD also includes the Rhode Island School of Design Museum , which is home to over 80,000 works of art. The school and museum currently employ around 350 lecturers and curators as well as 400 other employees. Approximately 2,300 students from the USA and abroad are currently enrolled as full-time students at RISD. Students are offered degrees in 19 main subjects as Bachelor or Master . The RISD currently has over 17,000 graduates.

Departments

• Architecture , interior design , landscape architecture
• Product design , graphic design and trade fair design
• Fashion design and textile design
• Entertainment, cinematography and publishing
• Atelier art, teaching activities and a variety of other areas

Mission statement

In May 2006, the RISD issued this corporate mission statement :

“The mission of the Rhode Island School of Design, through its college and museum, is to educate its students and the public in the creation and appreciation of works of art and design, to discover and transmit knowledge and to make lasting contributions to a global society through critical thinking, scholarship and innovation. "

“The mission of the Rhode Island School of Design is to teach the creation and appreciation of works of art and design through the school and museum, its students and the general public in order to gain and impart knowledge and to make it enduring through critical thinking, science and innovation To make contributions to a global society. "

Professors, emeriti

• Ernst Lichtblau (1883–1963) - architect
• Ootje Oxenaar (1929-2017) - designer
• Friedrich St. Florian (* 1932) - architect (draft of the National World War II Memorial )
• Chris Van Allsburg (* 1949) - illustrator (including The Polar Express )
• David Macaulay (* 1946) - architect , art historian and graphic artist

Well-known graduates

• Alfonso Ossorio (1916–1990), painter
• Martha Coolidge (BFA 1968) (* 1946), director and television producer
• Walt Simonson (BFA 1972) (* 1946), comic book author and illustrator
• Gus Van Sant (BFA 1975) (* 1952), film director, film producer, photographer and musician
• Roz Chast (BFA 1977) (* 1954), cartoonist and comic artist
• Robert Richardson (BFA 1979) (* 1955), cameraman
• Walton Ford (BFA 1982) (* 1960), painter
• Charles Stone III (BFA 1988)
• Jill Greenberg (BFA 1989) (* 1967), photographer
• Tobias Frere-Jones (BFA 1992) (* 1970), type designer
• Seth MacFarlane (BFA 1995) (* 1973), actor, voice actor, screenwriter, comedian, film producer, director and singer
• Shepard Fairey (BFA 1992) (* 1970), street artist, graphic artist and illustrator
• Mary Lambert (born 1950), director
• Tina Weymouth (born 1950), musician
• Dan Colen (BFA 2001) (* 1979), artist
• Brian Chesky (BFA 2004) (* 1981), entrepreneur
• Rich Pellegrino

Web links

Commons : Rhode Island School of Design  - Collection of Images, Videos, and Audio Files

• Official website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ https://www.risd.edu/about/leadership/

Coordinates: 41 ° 49 ′ 37.9 "  N , 71 ° 24 ′ 23.1"  W.