Providing Peace of Mind

The RISD Scholars program provides sustained support for undergraduates.

RISD Parents’ Council members William G. Fleischer P 18 and Grimanesa Amoros P 18 are committed to supporting RISD students. When they learned about the RISD Scholars program—which provides scholarships through the RISD Fund— they knew this was how they could make an impact.

“Since 1949, my company ArtInsuranceNow.com / Bernard Fleischer & Sons Inc. has been providing peace of mind to museums, galleries, individual collectors and artists by insuring their workspaces and works of art,” says Fleischer. “Art and design are precious to us, and their preservation is of great importance. Grimanesa and I are pleased and grateful to be able to give that same sense of security to some of RISD’s students by offering financial aid to alleviate their debt burden and ensure they can continue their studies.”

Philadelphia native Wynn Geary 19 ID is a beneficiary of the couple’s largesse. In addition to pursuing his major in Industrial Design, Geary is concentrating in Nature–Culture– Sustainability Studies and is president of RISD Beekeeping, the student group that studies and cares for thriving beehives at the President’s House and on the grounds of the Woods-Gerry Gallery.

The RISD Scholars program makes RISD more affordable for today's students. To learn more about establishing a RISD Scholars award, please contact Sarah Sligo at ssligo@risd.edu or call toll-free at 844 454-1877.

This scholarship has not only taken a huge weight off of my shoulders but also off of my parents’ shoulders. Easing this financial burden has allowed me to worry less and has inspired me to lean fully into my senior thesis project designing sustainable sensor-enhanced beehives.

WYNN GEARY 19 ID