“My husband died of ALS and it was time for me to think about my new life ahead of me. I needed time to heal; what better way to work through grief and loss than in a studio class engaging your mind and learning new things with giving people, so I entered the Interior [...]
“Coming from France to Providence with my family for a couple of years, I had the opportunity to make a break in my professional life and explore new fields. RISD CE looked like the perfect fit to awaken the creative part of myself! I decided to enroll in the Interior Design certificate program. I [...]
“I originally chose to start taking courses at RISD CE because I wanted to learn more about visual effects and motion graphics. Although I moved forward on a certificate program immediately, I had wrestled with the idea of taking a course here for years, always battling the misnomer that YouTube could do it just [...]
“A friend of mine once told me that the best way to get the ball rolling on anything these days is to send an email. Compose an email and be honest about what you want and/or need. Send it. Take it from there. My journey to RISD began when I was laid off during [...]
“While working towards completing the Jewelry + Light Metals certificate program, the project that challenged me the most was the final project in Jewelry II [Jewelry + Light Metals II: Process and Practices]. Our prompt was to choose two terms that were opposites; tall/short, hot/cold, remember/forget, etc. and then create a piece reflected or [...]
“RISD has an excellent reputation and is recognized as one of the best art and design schools in the country. As a nontraditional student who already has a bachelor's degree in economics from Providence College and an MBA from the University of Rhode Island, I was familiar with the Rhode Island school and heard [...]
"My journey to RISD CE began when I first visited campus in 2016. I returned because I wanted to push my understanding of web design as far as possible in order to develop my own website. The thing that surprised me most about RISD CE was the diversity of courses being offered. Being surrounded [...]
“Work became so tedious that it felt like my soul was starving. I wanted to change my career, but I had no experience in design so I wanted to attend classes. That’s how I found RISD CE. I transferred my telephone job to Providence just so I could take classes there at night. I [...]
"My journey to RISD began decades ago when my father took Summer Foundations courses at RISD as a graduate student. Whenever we would come to Providence, he would always remember his summer at RISD, and how it was the most effective educational experience he had received. Going to college in Providence, it was always [...]
“My journey to RISD began on my first day of the RISD Pre-College program as a fashion design major. I chose RISD because I’ve always heard great things about their inclusivity and ability to guide students towards their goals and discovery of their true passions. My instructor, Maha Barsom, always pushed me to do [...]
