Unstilled Life

Yuan Li Elizabeth Xu College Student Voices A summer intern’s reinterpretation of a 1600s still life painting as lived ritual and faith in the present

Structure/Skin

A Pedagogical Model Carol Lasch College Educators Faculty Teaching Students in Carol Lasch's Spatial Dynamics course draw inspiration from the collection.

Extraordinary Ordinary

A Pedagogical Model Rosa Weinberg College Educators Faculty Teaching Faculty member Rosa Weinberg reflects on the relevancy of art analysis as a starting point for exploring form in design and as a powerful habit of mind for beginning designers.

Sartorial Anarchy

Mythocracy, Assimilation, and the Reclamation of Black Dignity Ann-Maree Quaynor Student Voices Juxtaposing Iké Udé’s photography with Sun Ra’s notions of "mythocracy" and Black Utopia, Ann-Maree Quaynor seeks to reclaim Black Dignity and Existence.

Pan-African Aesthetics: Past, Present, Future

A Hybrid Pedagogical Model College Educators Faculty Teaching Students in Jane'a Johnson's wintersession course explore works in the collection related to Pan-Africanism through Instagram-based creative projects.

Rediscovering Diasporic

Celeste Jackson Student Voices A student in a RISD course on pan-African aesthetics, inspired by a photograph in the collection, explores Black youth occupying space in movements from La Sape to Noirwave.

Les Jeunes Mélomanes SIDE A + SIDE B

Quinn Benson Student Voices A student in a RISD course on pan-African aesthetics contemplates a vinyl record pictured in a Sanlé Sory photograph in the collection, and imagines the songs it contains.

Black Hair Future

Nailah Golden Student Voices A student in a RISD course on pan-African aesthetics, inspired by a photograph in the collection, envisions future possibilities of Black hairstyling.