• RISD CE instructor Colete Martin

Instructor Spotlight: Colete Martin

2024-02-29T12:02:20-05:00February 29th, 2024|

“My journey to RISD CE began when I taught an acrylic painting course in late 2022. I'm currently building a course on alla prima painting using acrylic paints (Alla Prima Acrylic Figure Painting). The content focuses on the human figure and portrait, painted in a loose and immediate style. Students will explore an age-old [...]

  • RISD CE instructor spotlight: Minoo Emami

Instructor Spotlight: Minoo Emami

2023-09-19T16:09:56-04:00September 19th, 2023|

Themes of resistance and resilience cut through the multidisciplinary work of Minoo Emami (@minooemamistudio), whose retrospective exhibit takes place this fall at the University of Hartford Galleries. (See exhibit info below.) As an instructor for RISD Continuing Education’s adult courses, Emami often finds inspiration in her own creative practice. “My area of research, the [...]

  • RISD CE instructor spotlight: Bruce Campbell

Instructor Spotlight: Bruce Campbell

2022-12-16T14:52:25-05:00December 16th, 2022|

"My Journey with RISD Continuing Education 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 [...]

  • RISD CE instructor profile: Tim McCool

Instructor Spotlight: Tim McCool

2022-12-16T14:48:15-05:00September 20th, 2022|

“My journey to becoming a RISD CE instructor began when I was asked if I could adapt my abstract painting class into an online format. Setting up asynchronous courses was a challenge because I had never filmed myself doing demonstrations before. In the classroom it’s easy to see if an exercise is getting across [...]

  • RISD Continuing Education instructor spotlight: Aarti Kathuria

Instructor Spotlight: Aarti Kathuria

2022-09-13T15:41:49-04:00July 15th, 2022|

"My journey at RISD CE began after I completed my degree at RISD. I was looking for a way to connect with the immense talent of RISD, and to work in a place that encourages fearlessness and creative thought. ⁠ ⁠ I started teaching during the COVID-19 pandemic. It was quite a challenge translating [...]

  • RISD Continuing Education Spotlight: John Gonzalez, instructor

Instructor Spotlight: John Gonzalez

2022-09-13T15:44:01-04:00November 30th, 2021|

“I grew up in Providence and wanted nothing more than to attend RISD as a student, which I did as an undergraduate in the early 2000s. RISD really is a special world. When I was a student, I remember being immersed in this world–being physically located in Providence, but also as a portal into [...]

  • Matthew Manning, RISD CE instructor spotlight

Instructor Spotlight: Matthew Manning

2022-09-13T15:45:25-04:00November 29th, 2021|

Get to know Matthew Manning, a RISD Continuing Education instructor for animation and stop-motion courses: Matthew started animating as a child with a Super 8 camera in his parent’s garage. He attended California State University Long Beach, where he studied radio/television/film and minored in speech communications. While working at the Museum of Tolerance as [...]

  • RISD CE instructor spotlight: Stefania Medeiros

Instructor Spotlight: Stefania Medeiros

2022-09-13T15:47:11-04:00August 25th, 2021|

“My journey to RISD CE began by chance and I didn't expect it to become such a significant part of my life. While I was living in California working as a makeup and special effects artist for film and TV, I began making jewelry as a hobby. Soon after moving back to Rhode Island, [...]

  • risdceSPOTLIGHT: Katy Dika, instructor, RISD Continuing Education

Instructor Spotlight: Katy Dika

2022-09-13T15:49:27-04:00February 21st, 2020|

“My journey to RISD began when I set foot in the Nature Lab. I went on a tour when I was about 17 years old and knew I had to be a part of it! Little did I know what my future would hold—I would work there for four years as a student and [...]

  • Rina Naik, RISD CE Painting certificate graduate and Interior Design instructor

Instructor Spotlight: Rina Naik

2022-09-13T15:50:46-04:00February 4th, 2020|

"I was really searching for something and the answer seemed to be creativity. I found RISD CE and it was so close to home and that’s how I started—it's awesome! The feedback that was given to me at the end was amazing and very pivotal.” —Rina Naik, RISD CE RISD CE Drawing and Painting [...]

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