A summer intern conspires with a toothy collage in the museum’s collection.

The future is an abstract concept, hard to decode and difficult to predict. A summer intern reflects on fashion and future in this creative writing piece.

Ceramics student Lindsay Savoie subverts traditional hierarchies that value painting and sculpture more highly than utilitarian art forms like pottery and photography.

A summer intern's 3-dimensional visualization and virtual reality exploration of the Kanzeon Raijin Gate in Edo, Japan, as seen in an 1820s print.

A summer intern's short story/poem about a cat that investigates the spatial politics of Duchamp’s 'Boîte-en-valise' and also falls in love

Curatorial intern Sam Nehila uses collage to create abstracted forms and explore the trans experience of engaging with the museum’s collection of male nude bodies.

Exploring the process and context behind "Open House: Five Engraved Scenes", a work created by Providence artist and RISD faculty Andrew Raftery.

Luca Cambiaso used iron gall ink and a quill pen to create this drawing in about 1570. RISD professor Andrew Raftery walks us through the making of iron gall ink and a quill pen, and explains how he copied Cambiaso's drawing.

Composer Shawn Greenlee's experimental sound work Substitutions is inspired by the Chinese lithophone in the RISD Museum's Asian art collection

Isabella McCormick (Brown/RISD 2015) explores the intricacies of the Gorham Narragansett Salad Set and their reflections on Rhode Island culture, insights gained from her meticulous cleaning of the utensils as part of her Mellon Summer Internship in conservation.

A summer intern peeks into the Museum’s hidden corners and examines its architectural quirks.

A summer intern creates an article of clothing inspired by the meticulous logistics of collections care.

A summer intern works with local artists to create an experimental audio project to be experienced in the galleries.

A study of the elements that pull and push a visitor through the museum’s 3rd and 4th floor spaces

Writings based on a series of vernacular photos

A summer intern explores the context of ceremonial objects significant to RISD’s past and present.

A summer intern’s reinterpretation of a 1600s still life painting as lived ritual and faith in the present

Digital Initiatives intern Ariel Hirschhorn explores the “Maker” field in the museum’s database to examine the collection from a programmer’s perspective

Traditional museum practice has a gigantic carbon footprint. How is the RISD Museum changing its own practices in response to the climate emergency?

A summer intern’s written and visual re-interpretation of the gender dynamics in "The Fallen Angel," a 1968 series of photographs by Duane Michal

Richard Merkin was for decades the go-to authority for all things dandyish. As we see in the ephemera from his life and his tailored clothing on view in the exhibition "Artist/Rebel/Dandy", his personality and fashion sense live on at RISD.

In 1969, artist Andy Warhol was invited to curate an exhibition at the RISD Museum using works from the permanent collection that were not on view, but in storage.

John Steuart Curry's images of the circus provide us with an insider's look at the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus in the 1930s.