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Summer Youth & Teen Registration Now Open

2023-08-16T03:11:33-04:00February 28th, 2023|

This summer, join us in person or online for our art and design programs for youth and teens of all levels. Find inspiration in your surroundings at our full-day youth summer camps or maximize your creativity from home or in the classroom with our in-person and online teen courses. [...]

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Rhode Island School of Design Returns to Shanghai

2023-09-06T15:48:12-04:00December 5th, 2022|

2023 RISD Summer Teen Art Institute at the HD Shanghai School RISD Continuing Education is excited to announce the return of the Summer Teen Art Institute in Shanghai, China. After a successful inaugural program in 2022, the institute will return in 2023 bigger and better than ever. The RISD Summer Teen Art Institute is [...]

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RISD CE Online Winter and Spring Art and Design Courses for Adults

2023-08-04T14:20:56-04:00November 21st, 2022|

Join us this winter and spring to get ahead in your career, pursue a passion, and transform your life. Stay on track with a certificate program, explore a new subject, or take your very first course in art and design. We are open admission—we welcome everyone, and our online courses can be taken from [...]

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Teen Online Spring Courses Start March 4, 2023

2023-01-13T13:45:20-05:00November 21st, 2022|

With RISD Continuing Education, students in teen online courses are on a path to becoming the creators, innovators and problem-solvers of tomorrow regardless of where their academic interests take them. Program highlights include: courses representing 11 visual arts and design subjects; weekly live Zoom meetings; narrative assessments (written personalized feedback) in place of grades; [...]

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Entrepreneurship in Art and Design: Winter and Spring 2023 Classes

2023-01-13T13:46:36-05:00November 11th, 2022|

Popular series continues, helps students and practicing artists develop their business ideas, studio practice, and freelancing. Whether you're an emerging or established studio artist, a freelancer, or looking to start your own company, online courses in the Entrepreneurship in Art and Design series will give you the skills you need to succeed. For emerging [...]

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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 [...]

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Entrepreneurship in Art and Design Classes Kick Off Sept. 12

2022-12-16T10:04:36-05:00August 2nd, 2022|

New series helps students and practicing artists develop their business ideas, studio practice, and freelancing. Whether you're an emerging or established studio artist, a freelancer, or looking to start your own company, online courses in the Entrepreneurship in Art and Design series will give you the skills you need to succeed. For emerging artists [...]

  • 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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RISD CE Online Fall Art and Design Courses for Adults

2022-08-02T08:04:12-04:00August 2nd, 2022|

Enroll by Aug 23 to save 10% with code EARLYBIRDCE * Join us this fall to stay on track with a certificate program, explore a new subject, or take your very first course in art and design. We are open admission—we welcome everyone, and our online courses can be taken from anywhere in the [...]

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Online Youth Fall Classes

2022-08-02T08:03:40-04:00August 2nd, 2022|

Enroll by Aug 23 to save 10% with code EARLYBIRDCE* From drawing and illustration to animation and screenplay writing, your teen will stretch their imagination, discover new ideas, experiment with a variety of materials and techniques, and more. Our online youth classes are asynchronous, meaning that discussions, course materials and assignments can be taken [...]

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