Past Program

Washi Papermaking: Take it to Iowa and Ohio

This course was designed to be an intensive introduction to East Asian papermaking using traditional fibers, tools, and techniques at the two pre-eminent centers of non-western papermaking in the United States.

Lead by Daniel Heyman (Department Head, Printmaking)

At-A-Glance

What

Wintersession Travel Course

Where

Iowa City, IA
Cleveland, OH

When

Winter 2022

Course Dates: Jan 5, 2022 — Jan 22, 2022

Who

Open to RISD students

Instructor approval required to participate. Please contact RISD Global for more details.

Topics

Art
Design
Craft
Papermaking
printmaking

Faculty

Daniel Heyman

Academic Credits

Department

Printmaking

Cost

$4550

Estimated cost—final cost to be announced.

Includes accommodation, field trips, local transportation, some group meals, museum entrances, health and travel insurance. Airfare not included.

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About this course

Course Description

This course was designed to be an intensive introduction to East Asian papermaking using traditional fibers, tools, and techniques. The course also introduced bookbinding, letterpress, and 3-D paper casting as well as paper pulp painting and a look at the overlap of papermaking, a contemporary art practice. As travel to Japan where this course originated was not possible this year, the class instead traveled to the University of Iowa's Center for the Book and the Morgan Paper Conservatory in Cleveland, Ohio to work at the two pre-eminent centers of non-western papermaking in the United States. At each site, students worked with paper makers recognized around the country as leaders in their field as well as graduate students doing relevant research and studio artists whose practices imagine paper as central to contemporary art.

Apply to a Wintersession Travel Course

The Wintersession Travel Course 2026 application will open on August 15, 2025 and close on October 1, 2025. The opportunity to apply for scholarship is embedded in the course application.

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Wintersession 2017

Apply to a Wintersession Travel Course

The Wintersession Travel Course 2026 application will open on August 15, 2025 and close on October 1, 2025. The opportunity to apply for scholarship is embedded in the course application.

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Application + Registration

Instructor approval required to participate. Please contact RISD Global and/or the Printmaking department for more details.

Eligibility

If you are a RISD student with a GPA of 2.5 and up, you are eligible to apply. Permission of the instructor is required and is based upon application and selection.

RISD Students

Unless otherwise noted on the course page, all Wintersession Travel Courses are open to students in any year of study. Please check the course pages on this website carefully to learn about any restrictions specific to your chosen travel course. In all cases, RISD first-year students enrolled in Experimental & Foundation Studies must provide approval from the Dean of Experimental & Foundation Studies as part of their applications.

GPA Requirement: Exception to Academic Policy

If your current cumulative GPA is 2.5 or above, you are eligible for registration. RISD students seeking an exception to the GPA requirement academic policy should contact the Registrars’ Office at registrar@risd.edu with any questions.

Cancellation Policy

RISD reserves the right to cancel a course due to under-enrollment or for reasons related to health and safety.

As such, all students are advised not to purchase flights for participation in Wintersession Travel Courses until the travel is confirmed, which happens no later than one week after the final Wintersession Travel Course payment period.

In cases where Wintersession Travel Courses do not reach minimum capacity, the course may be cancelled after the last day of Wintersession Travel Course registration period. In case of cancellation, all payments will be refunded in full. Any cost incurred for travel reservations in such situations is the participant’s sole responsibility.

Withdrawal Policy

Requesting to withdraw from a RISD global learning program, including Wintersession Travel Courses, prior to the start of the course is highly discouraged and requires a formal process outlined in the RISD course withdrawal policy.

It is not possible for a student to drop a Wintersession Travel Course via the standard Add/Drop process after it has commenced. In the case of unforeseen and extenuating circumstances (and only after students have spoken with the faculty lead and RISD Global for approval to withdraw from the program), students should be aware that no refund will be issued.

RISD Wintersession Travel Courses follow the RISD withdrawal policy for off-campus global learning programs

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