What We Do

WS2017 Japan: Paper, Temples, Prints

Tokushima, Japan

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.

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Rome: Illustrating Dante's Inferno

Rome, Italy 2019

WS24 Posturban Japan Tradition to Contemporary Design Shinya Kigure Shiroiya Hotel Green Tower

2019

RISD Global Snapshot: 2018-2019

Global Programs

RISD faculty led 20 short and long-term programs across Africa, Asia, Europe, and South & Central America.

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Scholarships awarded

$156,605 given in need-based scholarships are available for all RISD Global programs.

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Students participated in global learning programs

78% of the RISD and non-RISD students were undergrad, and 21% grad students.

Faculty members supported in leadership, research and teaching of global curriculum

Through grants, fellowships, and leadership of global learning programs.

New globally engaged partnered initiatives

That connect RISD with makers in Morocco, Portugal, and the Azores over multiple years and across numerous RISD departments.

Mexico: Color, Mestizaje & Design Futures

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!

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Mission 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.