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7 New Courses Start this Fall

2024-09-23T14:16:16-04:00September 23rd, 2024|

Registration deadline: October 24, 11:59 pm ET You still have time to take a fall course, including seven new courses in printmaking, book and paper arts, drawing and illustration, and more. Courses start October 28, and the registration deadline is October 24. When you enroll now, you can be among the first students to [...]

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Study Art and Design Online with RISD CE in Fall 2024

2024-07-25T12:34:05-04:00July 25th, 2024|

Enroll by August 20 to save 10% This fall, RISD Continuing Education offers online courses in subjects that will expand your perspective and renew your creativity. Whether you’re looking to explore new interests or fine-tune your skills with a specific medium, you’ll find a class that will help you learn and grow. To help [...]

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10 New Courses Start this Fall

2024-07-25T15:39:57-04:00July 25th, 2024|

Early bird discount: Enroll by August 20 to save 10% with code EARLYBIRDCE* The Fall semester is around the corner, and RISD Continuing Education announces the release of 10 new courses. When you enroll by August 20, you can save 10% on a new course or a returning favorite. Environmental Portrait Photography SEPT [...]

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8 RISD CE Courses to Brush Up on Skills

2024-07-30T10:24:43-04:00July 24th, 2024|

No matter where you are in your art and design pursuits, there’s always an area where you’re starting at the beginning. If you’re considering taking an online course with RISD Continuing Education, here are eight recommendations for getting back to basics. Drawing Fundamentals, Design and Applied Color Foundation courses in art and design [...]

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Remembering Elizabeth Gourlay

2024-07-09T11:08:34-04:00July 3rd, 2024|

(1961–2024) It is with a heavy heart that we share the news of the passing of Elizabeth Gourlay, talented artist and long-time Continuing Education instructor. In her 14 years of dedicated teaching with CE, she impacted the learning experience and creative practice of many painting and applied color students. Elizabeth remained delighted by [...]

  • Student artwork: Collage of fabric, portrait of young woman, photos of palm tree and flower.

RISD Continuing Education Reaches Teen Artists Globally with Online Youth Programming

2023-08-16T03:12:13-04:00April 17th, 2023|

Year-round online programming for youth continues this summer with RISD’s pre-collegiate online certificate and new teen courses. Since 2020, the development of effective and engaging online art and design programming for teens has been a focus of Rhode Island School of Design Continuing Education (RISD CE). In addition to online courses and certificate programs [...]

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RISD CE Celebrates Record Number of In-Person and Online Summer Students

2022-12-16T10:04:02-05:00September 20th, 2022|

After a two-year delay due to the pandemic, RISD Continuing Education (CE) faculty and staff are celebrating the residential Pre-College program’s 50th anniversary this summer. With the return to in-person learning, 430 high school students are getting a taste of RISD life this summer. This unique program immerses students in a six-week college-level curriculum [...]

  • Drawing by Andrew Bruce for Experiential Drawing course

New Scholarships Boost Accessibility

2022-11-21T17:14:47-05:00August 2nd, 2022|

RISD’s Continuing Education division partners with multiple nonprofits to support BIPOC youth interested in pursuing careers in art and design. The mission of RISD’s Continuing Education (CE) division is “to provide an immersive and innovative art and design education for everyone, at all stages of life and all levels of experience.” That commitment to [...]

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Teens Connect through RISD

2022-08-02T08:21:27-04:00May 1st, 2022|

Continuing Education partners with Rhode Island Department of Education to offer free online art and design classes to underserved youth. As Rhode Island public school students prepare to return to the classroom, many of them are looking back with pride on the work they created this summer in virtual Continuing Education classes at RISD. [...]

  • Surface design by Laura Jones, RISD CE online student

Continuing Ed Enrollment Skyrockets

2021-08-11T16:02:39-04:00August 11th, 2021|

In moving its CE classes online, RISD opens the floodgates to passionate new students from across the US and around the globe. When RISD’s Continuing Education (CE) staff scrambled to transform tried-and-true studio classes into effective virtual learning experiences last spring, they had no idea what the long-term expansion opportunities would be. New data [...]

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