Rhode Island School of Design
The Rhode Island School of Design is a private art and design school in Providence, Rhode Island. The school was founded as a coeducational institution in 1877 by Helen Adelia Rowe Metcalf, who sought to increase the accessibility of design education to women. Today, RISD offers bachelor's and master's degree programs across 19 majors and enrolls approximately 2,000 undergraduate and 500 graduate students. The Rhode Island School of Design Museum—which houses the school's art and design collections—is one of the largest college art museums in the United States.
The Venetian Renaissance Waterman Building (1893) was the first permanent home for the school
The 1885 Dr. George W. Carr House houses a student cafe and lounge
The Rhode Island Hospital Trust Building houses dormitories and the school's Fleet Library
Striking workers and supporters in April 2023
An art school is an educational institution with a primary focus on the visual arts, including fine art – especially illustration, painting, photography, sculpture, and graphic design. Art schools can offer elementary, secondary, post-secondary, undergraduate or graduate programs, and can also offer a broad-based range of programs. There have been six major periods of art school curricula, and each one has had its own hand in developing modern institutions worldwide throughout all levels of education. Art schools also teach a variety of non-academic skills to many students.
1881 painting by Marie Bashkirtseff, In the Studio, depicts an art school life drawing session, Dnipro State Art Museum, Dnipro, Ukraine
The Parsons School of Design in Manhattan
The Cooper Union Foundation Building, Cooper Square, Manhattan
The Rhode Island School of Design in Providence, Rhode Island.