K-12 Virtual Visit

Liliana Porter, For You, The Conversation, and The Offering, 2001 MJ Robinson Mariani Lefas-Tetenes Educators K-12 Virtual Visits How does Liliana Porter use objects as playful characters in her prints? How can we create scenes using our own special objects and tell stories about them?

K-12 Virtual Visit

Katsushika Hokusai, Under the Great Wave, off Kanagawa, ca.1829-1833 Lily Benedict Mariani Lefas-Tetenes Educators K-12 Virtual Visits How did Japanese printmakers and poets of the 19th century express feelings and symbolic meanings through artworks depicting nature?

Virtual “Open Hours”

The staff of our Costume & Textiles and Prints, Drawings, & Photographs study centers are transitioning their weekly open hours to a virtual format. Students are welcome to schedule half-hour Zoom meetings to discuss and view images of objects in the collection to support their research and inspire their creative practice. Costume & Textiles: request a one-on-one zoom meeting here

Virtual Class Visits

Our academic programs and curatorial staff look forward to working with you to develop plans for virtual classroom connections.

Virtual Class Visits: Prints, Drawings, & Photographs

Curatorial Fellow Conor Moynihan explains how to schedule a virtual visit. With class-tailored PowerPoints focused on up to 10 collection objects, virtual visits encourage close looking, discussion-based learning, and non-linear exploring.

RISD Museum Collection API

Jeremy Radtke The RISD Museum collection application program interface (API) lays out how our website’s search function operates, aiding discovery of the museum’s collection and allowing collection data to be used in innovative ways.

Fly Me to Edo

Danning Niu College Student Voices Studio Notes 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.