RISD Continuing Education

“Freedom and Fury,” My final drawing assignment for Drawing 1 Part B is 'Freedom'. To most, it is an idea. An abstract thought that pertains to control. That’s not freedom. That’s independence. Freedom is riding wild over untamed land with no notion any moment exists beyond the one you are living.” Elsa Dutton from 1883. For me, this year has been about living my freedom - living beyond the confines of what society dictates, and choosing my fate and what makes me feel alive and happy. What does freedom mean to you?" - [RISD CE Painting Certificate student, Amanda Campbell ].

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"What do you take with you when you’re headed out into the field?

Here's what's on my list: backpack, pencil pouch with assorted pens, pencil pouch with my pencil sharpener and water brushes, graphite pencils
watercolors, fine point colored pens, watercolor sketchbook, snack, and water" - [RISD CE Painting student, Beverly Owens ].

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"Self-Portrait—12/16/22. Compressed charcoal, vine charcoal and pencil on 18x24 drawing paper" - [RISD CE Interior Design + Photography Certificate student, Stacey Da Silva ]

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"My final project for Design Part B at . A lot of love and labor went into this one! The composition symbolizes different stages of life and various ways women support other women in friendship and family. Inspired by and the beautiful illustrations he represents" - [RISD CE Animation + Residential Interior Design student, Jhennifer Goldman ]

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We are excited to have Tracy 92 BFA TX as one of four guest speakers for RISD’s new Alumni Labs course, ‘Establishing a Business Plan for your Creative Business.’

“My entire experience at RISD was so fulfilling, but as with any education, incomplete until you start applying your knowledge and find out what you don’t yet know. I have found ways to use my design process and creative models in business in ways that those with more formal business school or marketing degree experience may not have ever thought of. It has served me well and I look forward to the opportunity to share my process and methods with other creative minds who might feel that conventional advice just doesn’t fit how they want to show up in the business world.”

Tracy Hazzard is a seasoned media expert with over 2600 interviews from articles in Authority Magazine, BuzzFeed, and her Inc. Magazine column; and from her multiple top-ranked video casts and podcasts like The Binge Factor, Product Launch Hazzards and Feed Your Brand – one of CIO’s Top 26 Entrepreneur Podcasts.

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Alumni Labs is your continuous road home for relevant, forward-looking content connected to RISD's incredible network of graduates. Alumni Labs is open to RISD’s undergraduate and graduate alumni. All Alumni Labs courses will leverage the perspectives and skills of student participants, instructors, and alumni guest speakers/critics to create a holistic experience that allows cohorts to explore topics from a variety of angles.

This course runs January 21–March 3 and includes live Zoom sessions every Tuesday and Thursday evening from 6–7:30 pm. Join today by visiting alumni.risd.edu/alumni-labs.

"Oh look! Another work in progress!" - [RISD CE illustration student, Jordan Silvia ]

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"Sundays are for homework" -[RISD CE Residential Interior Design student, Alla Pontbriand, ]

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RISD Pre-Collegiate Programs Now Enrolling for Summer 2023

Enrollment is open for RISD Pre-College 2023! This summer, live like a RISD student and work alongside hundreds of other creative, highly motivated students who will inspire you to push your limits and produce your best work! Read the full article to learn more: https://hyperallergic.com/782030/risd-pre-collegiate-programs-summer-2023/

RISD Pre-Collegiate Programs Now Enrolling for Summer 2023 Rhode Island School of Design opens registration for its residential summer Pre-College program and year-round online intensive Advanced Program Online.

We are thrilled to have Erin Cantwell 08 GD as our instructor for RISD’s new Alumni Labs course, ‘Establishing a Business Plan for Your Creative Business.’

“My journey to becoming a creative entrepreneur started when I went to work at a branding firm in NYC after graduating from RISD. Here, I discovered I had a knack and passion for the business side of the creative industry. So, I made the leap and worked my way up to hold dual titles as the Director of Client Services and Director of Operations, learning how to run a design studio and creative business along the way. The people are what make RISD so amazing and I'm excited to engage in the brainstorming, critique, and exchange of ideas in a classroom setting again with other RISD alumni!

This type of program is important for RISD's alumni community because as creatives, we're natural entrepreneurs, but there is a big gap between coming up with an amazing idea and actually building it into a successful business. I'm excited to help other alumni close that gap!”

Alumni Labs is your continuous road home for relevant, forward-looking content connected to RISD's incredible network of graduates. Alumni Labs is open to RISD’s undergraduate and graduate alumni. All Alumni Labs courses will leverage the perspectives and skills of student participants, instructors, and alumni guest speakers/critics to create a holistic experience that allows cohorts to explore topics from a variety of angles.

This is just one example of a fantastic member of the RISD Alumni network who will be involved in the program!

This course runs from January 21–March 3 and includes live Zoom sessions every Tuesday and Thursday evening from 6–7:30 pm. Join today by visiting alumni.risd.edu/alumni-labs.

"Another Reimagining Audubon assignment, this time a bird of sea and shore. I chose the purple gallinule (Porphyrio martinicus) for its beautiful colors. This bird's habitat are dense freshwater wetlands in the extreme southeastern U.S. and farther south—sites that have both emergent and submerged vegetation such as water lilies, lotus, water hyacinth, and hydrilla.

Wanting to make up for the fact that I had little to no background in my previous paintings I think I made the mistake of doing too much detail with this one since my bird appears to be lost amidst the leaves! Perhaps this could be an example of bird camouflage? Successful or not, I truly think that every attempt teaches me something that I can change or approach differently in my next project! [Winsor and Newton watercolors and Talens gouache on Canson XL watercolor paper]." - RISD CE Natural Science Illustration student, Natalija Stojanovic

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"What Goes Around Comes Around (Instant Karma)" showing this week in Chelsea in the group show "You don't remember me, but I remember you." Opening reception Thursday December 8 5-8 pm. I'll be there - come say hi and see all of the other incredible work on display. [40 x 40 inches⁠
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Cate Holt ⁠
Brooklynn Johnson ⁠
Pamela Keravouri .art⁠
Barbara Laube ⁠
Hodaya Lewis ⁠
Christine McKee ⁠
Kate Mitchell ⁠
Faye Pamintuan ⁠
Karen Rosenkrantz ⁠
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Rachel [email protected]⁠
Douglas Welsh ⁠
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Thanks , and especially .baras!⁠ [RISD CE Painting studies student, Tamera Bedford ]

"I'm very behind on posting my work! But here is a drawing I completed in the last session. Some things are a little funky about it - that's fine. I think my favorite part is the meter. ID: A photo of a drawing of a house in a two-point perspective. The house has siding, is one story, has a landing with stairs outside the front door, and windows on both sides. The corner faces the viewer, with the meter, gutter, and electrical wires most prominent. There are some indistinct trees on either side of the drawing" - [RISD CE Residential Interior Design student, Olivia Carle ]

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"This week, the Reimagining Audubon courses assignment was to paint a songbird. I chose the fox sparrow (Passerella iliaca) because I really like the combination of its cool grey and warm brown plumage, not to mention the spotting. For the cool areas, I mostly used Paynes grey mixed with a little bit of all the blue colors I have on my palette. The feathers have an Indian red base color and the darker feathers have Burnt umber and Lamp black on top of it. Purple lake was the color I used to bring everything together. It is layered on top of the grey areas to make them slightly purplish and over the brown feathers too. Finally, a little bit of white gouache helped to accent some of the white feathers." - [RISD CE Drawing student, Natalija Stojanovic ].

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"Messy work surface - lots of art going on! Creating artwork for my courses; always learning and always practicing. And, always fun" -[RISD CE Painting student, Beverly Owens ].

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You can now register for online winter & spring classes! Save 10% on class tuition if you register by 11:59 pm ET on 12/20/2022. Use coupon code EARLYBIRDCE to save on multiple class purchases.

Our online art and design programs for adults and teens include options for beginner, intermediate, and advanced students. Offer does not apply to previous class purchases and cannot be combined with other offers or discounts. Offer subject to change or cancellation without notice. Learn more by visiting the link in bio. [Artwork by Valen Lim (1), Tobin Atkinson (2) and Denise Gunter (3)].

"My Journey with began when I completed a faculty swap with my lecturer position at the University of Washington. Charles was teaching at RISD CE but wanted to perform research activities I was performing at the UW. I wanted to switch my focus from engineering students to art and design students as I felt teaching Science Technology Engineering Art Design Math (STEAM) instead of Science Technology Engineering Math (STEM) would be more rewarding for me and my students.

In my courses, we dive into survey topics related to creative content and process development for web enablement through websites and web applications. One course focuses on web architecture, another focuses on interaction design and another focuses on interactive 3-D content within a gaming context.

I follow a process of incremental, experiential, and improvement of craftsmanship. Sharing my personal creative process often helps my students form, iterate, and improve their process. This is often challenged by the approach a beginner's mind takes to the activities we attempt in class.

I think it's important to make sure that we develop a sense of community among students such that we are all fully learning from each other's artistic process and symbolic processing abilities.

I hope that my students carry a firm understanding of the medium with which we attempt to be creative and communicative; a motivational and effective process by which to pursue work with the medium.

I would recommend taking my courses. Explore your creative expression through a meaningful craft."

—Bruce Donald Campbell, [RISD CE Instructor, Web + Interactive Design]

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You can find a list of Bruces’ creative pursuits, teaching experience, academic publications, and blog entries on his website: http://bdcampbell.net/cs/

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"And finally, my first-week assignment on a single page from 's Reimagining Audubon course. I drew the feather, beak and feet of different species choosing them for their common trapezoid-like shape. And the entire time I kept thinking what a strange fantasy bird species these elements put together would make!" - [RISD CE Natural Science illustration student, Natalija Stojanovic, ]

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"Full circle moment, as a consultation completed for my last class project at RISD comes to life. Updates included new finishes, raised cabinetry, and a relocated pantry closet for added space. Under cabinet lighting was the perfect finishing touch to this space. Swipe for before pics!" - [RISD CE Interior Design Certificate Graduate, Leslie Heller, ]

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"I finally finished one of my paintings from my intro to painting studies course this weekend! This particular assignment was focused on learning the style, which may now be my favorite (my favorite is usually whatever style I am currently exploring). Thank you to the incomparable for his awesome instruction and critique. For all the aspiring and experienced painters out there, I couldn’t recommend this course more" - [RISD CE Painting student, Veronica Volborth ].

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"A messy spread of the supplies and materials I've been using for my Applied Color Theory class I'm currently taking through RISD's online Continuing Ed program! Without having a deeper understanding of color theory, I've never felt truly confident in the color palettes I've previously utilized throughout my illustrative work. Now, 5 weeks of class presentations have prepped me with the knowledge to identify the dissonant color palette used in this spread...aka there is no definite color harmony going on here lol." - [RISD CE Applied Color student, Elena Ruiz, ]

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"Bluebonnets - the result of a digital drawing class at which cried out to be on canvas, too. A member of the lupine family, this bloom kept me busy for weeks, studying changes in color and light. I’ve planted a few in the garden, and if the Cleveland winter isn’t too hard, I hope to show you my own blooms in spring. I hope you all love it as much as so do. (12” square on 13 mesh), In stock now." - [RISD CE Digital Drawing Student, Paige Lauster ]

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"Halloween is less than a week away, and the candies are a little emotional! Day 25: “Treat.” - [RISD CE Drawing student, Jhen Kordela, ]

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