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Arts Grad Finds Success On a Path She Never Knew Existed

"No matter what your field is, you have to have a deep trust in yourself." -Tracey Woods

For This RIC Alum, Making Art is Good Medicine

For Sherly Torres ’21, who struggles with ADHD, art has been a refuge.

The In-Between World – The Art of Alumna Magda Léon

“In America, we talk about the American Dream, but the American Dream is very expensive for immigrants. There’s a personal price we pay to come here,” says Léon.

The Business of Making Art

One of the most widely held clichés in the art world is that if you're an artist, the probability's high that you're going to starve.

Henry Pinardi - Father to Local Artists

Rhode Island College Impact

Enrico Vittorio Pinardi, known to his friends, family and students as “Henry,” is a nationally acclaimed artist and professor of art who taught at RIC from 1967 to 1995.

Her Medium is Her Message

A DeStefano research scholarship allows DeAngelis to explore the latent quality in materials

Winning Projects by Student Artists

Rhode Island College Impact

Crossing between different styles and mediums, the work of four RIC art majors was recognized by both national and international galleries during the 2016-2017 academic year.

MEET OUR GRADUATES: Seanna Poirier

Art major Seanna Poirier’s museum-quality jewelry design has won her numerous honors and awards during her college career at RIC.

Julio Berroa – Artist of Many Genres

With ambitions more appropriate for an action hero than a college freshman, greatness is not a problem for Julio Berroa.

Universal Design for Learning and the Arts: A Seminar at RIC

Neuropsychologists have found that right-brain people have different skills and preferences than those who are left-brain. Universal Design for Learning is a framework for instruction that taps both sides of the brain.