Global Programs
INDIA_SENSED Craft and Collaboration in the Digital Age
2023
RISD Global advocates for cross-cultural learning and exchange as a way to strengthen creative agency. We shape opportunities for engagement with local communities and diverse traditions of making, and support initiatives to address the challenges, meanings, and relevance of art and design in a global context.
What We Do
Japan: Paper, Temples, Prints
Tokushima, Japan
Truth Beauty Goodness: Illustrating Mythologies in Contemporary Greece 2024
Naxos, Greece
Statistics
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156605
Scholarships awarded
289
Students participated in global learning programs
40
Faculty members supported in leadership, research and teaching of global curriculum
2
New globally engaged partnered initiatives
What We've Done
Over 1350 students and 125 faculty have engaged in RISD Global off-campus travel programs and initiatives since 2016. Explore our recent programs and initiatives!
View detailsMission and Values
Our Values
RISD Global values:
- Reciprocal exchanges of ideas and practices across cultures, borders and languages through dialogue, debate and immersive learning experiences.
- Global engagements that broaden perspectives, decenter experiences and reframe assumptions.
- Mobility that connects students, faculty and partners with diverse traditions of, and approaches to, making across the world.
Our Mission
To cultivate and elevate art and design discourse on campus and in the world, we promote and advocate for global literacy, learning and exchange by:
- supporting, facilitating, and catalyzing faculty-initiated research and teaching
- connecting with global partners to create opportunities for faculty research and teaching
- advising students on global learning experiences and supporting them abroad
- organizing exhibitions and colloquium on special topics
- hosting international guests on campus
RISD Global's mission and work is in support of the RISD Strategic Plan NEXT: RISD 2020-2027.
Events
Announcements
Three New RISD Global Summer Courses Explore the Arts in Greece, Japan and the Philippines
Call for Faculty Proposals – Global Summer Studies 2025 & Wintersession Travel Courses 2026
Global Summer Studies Scholarship Application Open Now
Announcing Global Summer Studies 2022 travel courses!
RISD Global Work Study Opportunity Summer 2021
RISD Global Summer Studies – Deadline Extended: May 2, 2021
COVID-19 update: RISD Global Exchange Fall semester 2021
APPLY for RISD Global Summer Studies 2021 now!
Seasons Greetings from RISD Global
Fengjiao Ge MLA 20 Selected for Design Indaba Antenna Program at Dutch Design Week 2020
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