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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 [...]
Certificate Completion Celebration 2024 Congratulations on earning your RISD CE certificate! The Continuing Education team and the entire Rhode Island School of Design community are proud of you. You have balanced significant personal and professional commitments to succeed in this momentous undertaking. We are grateful for the dedication, time commitment, and overall enthusiasm [...]
"My journey to RISD Continuing Education began when I was offered to take on a luxury interior design project internationally. At the time, I was running an Airbnb and one of the things I was responsible for was the interior styling of the space, which is not the same as interior design. As excited [...]
Summer Teen Art Institute Hosted at the HD Shanghai School in Shanghai, China RISD’s Summer Teen Art Institute in Shanghai connects high school students with its renowned approach to art and design education. This residential program (taught in English) is an exciting opportunity for students to develop their skills, goals, and artistic [...]
“My journey to RISD Continuing Education began when I bought my first digital camera,” says Jay Davani, who earned a certificate in Graphic Design in 2009 and has completed courses toward a certificate in Photography. As the lead for creative operations for RISD’s Marketing and Communications department, “balancing school and a full-time job was [...]
RISD CE Certificate Graduation Celebration Congratulations on completing your RISD CE Certificate! The Continuing Education team and the entire Rhode Island School of Design community is proud and amazed at your achievement. You worked hard, overcame obstacles, distractions and difficulties. This is an incredible achievement—and we are excited to [...]
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 [...]
Teen In-Person Courses (Ages 13–17) RISD campus Join us for your next artistic exploration. Experiment with a new medium or build skills in a familiar one. If you're a beginner artist, gain foundation in art and design. Teen courses will help you build confidence in expressing yourself and sharpening your ability to think [...]
“My youngest daughter is a sophomore in college, which means that I now have time for myself. RISD CE offers certificate programs that fit my budget and schedule. I’m on the quest of becoming a better painter, but Applied Color was the first art class that I had taken since middle school. I had no [...]
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 [...]
