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Stewarding a Great Institution It is an honor to help guide RISD while it searches for a new president and continues to make impressive progress on many fronts. RISD is thriving through the unpredictability of the pandemic. It is wonderful to see more students back on campus this fall and enjoying the collaborative handson education that defines RISD. While the vaccines have allowed the campus community to return closer to normal, we continue to remain vigilant and responsive to changing conditions. But the uncertainty has not slowed our stride, with record fundraising and growth in Continuing Education enrollments adding to an accelerating pace. This summer, we welcomed 22 students to campus in August for our inaugural RISD First-Generation to College Pre-Orientation Program. While on campus for the free two-week summer program, students worked with faculty and peer mentors to expand their artistic and academic skills, learn more about RISD’s culture of critique and on-campus resources, and build a sense of community before classes began. We continue to invest in making RISD more accessible to students with financial need, and this issue shares the stories of a number of generous donors who have established new scholarships and fellowships. With the support of our community, RISD has increased financial aid by 23% over two years, and this year we are providing more financial support to students than at any other point in our history.

The Society of Presidential Fellows, launched in 2019 to strengthen RISD’s competitiveness in recruiting and retaining its most sought-after graduate students, continues to grow. In addition to providing full-tuition support for the duration of a student’s studies, the program aims to provide career-enhancing opportunities to connect with RISD alumni mentors. Recruited for their expertise about issues of race in art and design, a number of faculty joined RISD this fall as part of the cluster hire initiative launched this year. Please turn to page 22 to read more about this extraordinary group of artists, designers and scholars who will help lead efforts to broaden RISD’s curriculum and make it more inclusive. RISD is moving forward with significant improvements to campus. This summer, we completed the multiyear quad block enhancement with renovations to Homer Hall and South Hall. Built in 1957, Homer Hall required repairs to its structure and original slate roof. Renovations of both residence halls included a number of energy efficiency upgrades to advance RISD’s sustainability goals, as well as new shared spaces for socializing and making. And thanks to an anonymous $4 million gift that will jump-start the project, RISD will begin work on the Metcalf Building this spring. This core facility for teaching art and design is home to Ceramics, Furniture Design, Glass, Jewelry + Metalsmithing, Sculpture and Textiles—nearly a third of RISD’s academic departments. Sustainability is a key principle of RISD’s Campus Master Plan, but it is also an important academic focus. We have launched a search for the Houghton P. Metcalf Professorship in Sustainability, which was established through a donation from the Metcalf family. RISD is

Students on campus for RISD Orientation

now recruiting an academic leader to develop institutionwide initiatives in sustainability. This effort was given a boost recently by Sarah Sharpe 94 GD, whose generosity is establishing the Rosanne Somerson Sustainability Innovation Fund. It will offer grants to faculty and/ or students for projects that advance sustainability, with a preference for projects that include an external community partner. Thank you for your unwavering support of RISD and its students. DAVE PROULX INTERIM PRESIDENT

Learning Safely Together Nothing was more important to RISD students last academic year than returning to campus and the hands-on educational experience only possible when working together in studios and classrooms. Thanks to an extraordinary outpouring of support, RISD brought students back to campus safely and held an in-person commencement. Continued investment in community safety will be a top priority again this year.

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Building Community with Art and Design

Recipient of the Maharam STEAM Fellowship, Schiller Family Scholarship, and Johnson & Johnson Women in STEM2D Scholarship

Ponce-Diaz participated in a back-to-school vaccine fair at her pastschool district in Kansas City, KS. First-Gen Chisme offered students free school supplies from its supply cart.

While scholarships make her RISD education possible, Leslie Ponce-Diaz assists other students in accessing needed resources.

Born and raised in Kansas City, Kansas, Leslie Ponce-Diaz BArch 23 uses art and design to better people’s lives. Her parents were born in the Mexican city of Cuauhtémoc and immigrated to the United States as teenagers. Her father, who worked in roofing and construction, sparked her interest in architecture. “Seeing him and other family members on roofs for 20-plus years has influenced my structural and architectural thinking,” she says.

eight-week accelerator program that supports student entrepreneurs developing high-impact ventures— to create a First-Gen Chisme tech app. Support from the Schiller Family Scholarship, the Johnson & Johnson Women in STEM2D Scholarship and the Materials Fund has been critical to her success. “RISD’s competitive financial award package was a big factor in choosing to study here, to flourish in this creative environment and to follow my passions,” she says. Additionally, her work-study positions have included serving as a Residential Life Advocate for Inclusion in Residence, a Spalter Teaching Fellow at the RISD Museum and a teaching assistant in Architecture, Experimental and Foundation Studies and Project Open Door.

Being a first-generation student at RISD and knowing all that her family sacrificed for her future made a profound impact on her. “I created First-Gen Chisme (firstgenchisme.com) to provide students from marginalized backgrounds informational resources to prepare them for success in postsecondary education. I understand how difficult college is for Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC), first-generation and low-income students,” she says. “There was so much I wanted to talk about as a marginalized student on campus, and I wanted to connect with others who could relate. What began as a form of expression has become a venture that I hope to transform into a nonprofit supporting students through education and creative arts.”

RISD’s competitive financial award package was a big factor in choosing to study here, to flourish in this creative environment and to follow my passions.

Thanks to a Maharam STEAM Fellowship, Ponce-Diaz worked with Enough is Enough, an initiative in a Kansas City school district that raises awareness about gun violence. This summer, Enough is Enough and First-Gen Chisme collaborated to help local students access resources for postsecondary education. “This support empowered me to pursue community building and gain experience in nonprofit organizations,” she says. It was a busy summer as she also participated in Brown University’s B-Lab—an intensive

She considers herself a multimedia artist, so in addition to majoring in Architecture, she also is concentrating in Nature–Culture–Sustainability Studies and Theory and History of Art and Design. “My goals include codesigning with communities and addressing the sustainability needs of under resourced communities,” she says. “After RISD, I hope to earn my architectural license and pursue a master’s degree in Urban Design and Latinx Studies.”

Using Art and Design to Educate Others

Recipient of the Gretchen Clapp Orr Scholarship

3/5 by Taylor Varnado explores how article 1, section 2 of the US Constitution declared that enslaved Black people would be counted as three-fifths of a person for the purposes of determining congressional representation. This poster is a representation that Black people's lives are still seen as three-fifths of a person today.

With the support of financial aid, Taylor Varnado combines what she loves as she pursues a career in art and education. Varnado is grateful to receive support from the Gretchen Clapp Orr Scholarship Fund, established through a planned gift from Gretchen Clapp Orr 57 TX. RISD used the proceeds from the sale of Orr’s bequeathed real estate gift to create the fund. “Financial aid allows me to pursue my goals without amassing more debt. While trying to put two children through college, my family has encountered some medical and financial challenges. This support has made it possible for me to continue my education and pursue my career goals,” she says. “Money should not be the determining factor for choosing a school—the educational fit should be. I'm thankful to those who give to financial aid. Their support will help other students of color choose RISD.”

While growing up in Oak Park, Illinois, visits to museums with her father and brother sparked a passion for Taylor Varnado 21 GD, MA 22 AE. “These trips fostered my love of art and Pablo Picasso. As an artist, he saw and portrayed his subjects in a different light—different than his contemporaries. Like Picasso, I, too, saw things differently, and I would mix up words and letters,” she says. It was not until she was in third grade that Varnado was diagnosed with dyslexia. “Since reading and writing were difficult for me, I gravitated towards the arts. As a kid, I was always drawing or doing something artistic. When my father allowed me to use his Lomo camera, I fell in love with film photography,” she says. “I could understand photography and art—they both allowed me to express myself without being shackled with words and syntax.”

“Lots of other schools are more theoretical and less structured. I enjoy the freedom to design combined with a structure that is focused on critical thinking and problem-solving.”

RISD’s philosophy and emphasis on thinking and using design to solve a problem drew her to apply as an undergraduate. “Lots of other schools are more theoretical and less structured. I enjoy the freedom to design combined with a structure that is focused on critical thinking and problem-solving,” she says. “My mother is a teacher, and she fostered my love of educating others. I’ve seen the impact that an educator can have on students’ lives. I decided to attend graduate school because I always wanted to use art and design to educate others. The Teaching + Learning in Art + Design program allows me to combine my love of art and education,” says Varnado. “Eventually, I would like to combine these two passions in a museum setting or nonprofit setting.”

During her graduate studies, she hopes to have an opportunity to work at the RISD Museum to gain experience in the profession. She also would like to work with Project Open Door, which is RISD’s program advancing social equity and access for creative teens attending public high schools in Rhode Island’s urban core. “Both of these work-study opportunities will help me gain real-world experience while pursuing my studies,” she says.

Thankful for a Strong Ladder

Recipient of the David Rosenberg Memorial Scholarship

Transfer student Gregory Fawkes is energized by the creative opportunities at RISD that his scholarship has made possible.

However, the transition to RISD was not an easy one, at first. “My biggest surprise when I came to RISD was feeling like an imposter,” he recalls. “I experienced these feelings upon my arrival, and I had to work to remove myself from that negative space.” Now in his senior year, Fawkes is thriving at RISD and enjoying learning and pursuing his creative calling. “I make films of stop motion animation, live action and video collage. I also take photographs and work in the dark room every day,” he says. “I also am most energized by reading words that challenge formal writing rules and styles in my studies.”

Art was an important way for Gregory Fawkes 22 FAV to communicate as a child, and he continues to feel energized when engaging in artistic endeavors. “I am excited by history, transition and analog forms. I love the queer parts of a waterfall that is overflowing and gently consuming the forest’s floor,” he says.

“Being accepted to RISD with financial aid and having ample opportunity for exciting work-study positions made the transition possible, along with many, many hours of work and incredible support from my family.”

Fawkes, who is from Ashland, Massachusetts, felt the call to study art full-time and transferred to RISD in 2019. “I decided I wanted to come to RISD in order to be more decisive and specific in my practice. But it still was a difficult decision to make as I considered the community that I would lose,” he recalls. “I remember feeling like I had to commit to make a change. I spent most of my first year devoting hours every week to my RISD application.”

Fawkes is also grateful for support from the Materials Fund. “I shot my junior film on Kodak 16mm film and would have struggled to do so without the Materials Fund. I work several jobs during the year in Providence to cover living expenses and often feel deflated by the idea that I am sacrificing so much of my week that could be spent in the studio. The Materials Fund has given me the opportunity to have more ambition with my choice of materials and to feel free of financial constraints.”

“I felt so grateful just to attend my public college in Massachusetts, and private school had always seemed unachievable due to the higher cost,” he says. “Being accepted to RISD with financial aid and having ample opportunity for exciting work-study positions made the transition possible, along with many, many hours of work and incredible support from my family.” Fawkes is the recipient of the David Rosenberg Memorial Scholarship, established in memory of David Rosenberg 94 FAV for a compassionate student studying film or video who has completed their junior year and is committed to the creative process. “The financial aid that I receive at RISD is a strong ladder and a reward that I am grateful for every day. Members of my family who grew up without the prospect of a higher education have helped me better understand my good fortune of having this opportunity to earn my RISD degree. I truly understand how lucky and blessed I am to get to study art where I do. It is something that is never lost on me.”

Still from You do it beautiful, by Gregory Fawkes

Helping Young People Thrive Paul Harvey left his estate to RISD to ensure that future generations of students can learn about art and design.

Paul Harvey enrolled at RISD as a veteran in September 1948. Although he stayed for just two years before transferring elsewhere to pursue a career in commercial art, RISD made a significant impact on him—so much so that he left his estate to the college to endow a scholarship. While he was not wealthy, he managed to do something extraordinary—his scholarship fund is among the top ten largest at RISD. According to his financial advisor, Jim Caroll, Harvey felt a “deep pull about the idea of helping young people who deserved a chance and were not always able to get opportunities,” and was unwavering in his bequest.

First-year student Baran Shafiey is the inaugural recipient of the Paul Harvey Scholarship. “I decided to apply as an early decision applicant because I knew that RISD would be the perfect school for me,” she says. “RISD is where I see myself taking the last few steps towards becoming the professional artist I’ve always aspired to be.”

Harvey was an artist and illustrator who spent his advertising career in New York as a designer and television commercial director. In the mid-1960s, he left New York to study painting in Mexico before returning to the United States in the late 1960s to work as a self-employed illustrator. He did work for a variety of clients, including Xerox, IBM, Aetna Insurance, CBS, NBC, ABC, Simon & Schuster, and Houghton Mifflin, among others.

Although just beginning her first year in Experimental and Foundation Studies, Shafiey plans to major in Painting. “My biggest creative interest has always been texture. No matter what medium I use, I try to play with texture. The aroma of paint and wet brushes have become my favorite scent, and that first brush stroke on a blank canvas is now my biggest joy. I’m open to trying different media and taking all kinds of art classes, but painting will always bring me a sense of calm.”

He was also an illustrator of children’s books. Some of his published credits include Clever Cat, Jake’s Cake Mistake, Hats!, Natasha, Pig in a Wig and AlphaTales. He earned over fifty national and international awards serving accounts for advertising, publishing and animation during his decadeslong career. In October 2000, Harvey was one of several artists included in an exhibition at the Silvermine Arts Center in New Canaan, Connecticut. Among the other artists in the exhibition were Mari Gyorgyey 86 PT and Tony Woolner BArch 68. A resident of Westport, Connecticut, Harvey stated on several occasions that even though he transferred, “his heart has always been with RISD.”

Shafiey is grateful for the financial aid she is receiving from RISD. “Debt and financial issues can easily lead to severe mental and even physical struggles for students like myself. Although I knew that RISD was the perfect school for me, I was constantly worried that I wouldn’t be able to handle the expense. The Paul Harvey Scholarship gave me the opportunity to follow my passion. It made me feel worthy of attending such a wonderful school and gave me the confidence and financial help to become a professional artist.”

“I decided to apply as an early decision applicant because I knew that RISD would be the perfect school for me.” Opposite: Baran Shafiey’s sketchbook 11

Enhancing Access By endowing a fund for financial aid, Garrow Throop ensures future generations have the opportunity for the life-changing RISD experience he enjoyed.

Opposite: Garrow Throop 69 GD and spouse Amelia Leclair

Coming from a conservative educational background in the mid-1960s, Garrow Throop 69 GD of Newtonville and Truro, Massachusetts, experienced a 180-degree shift in his thinking as a RISD student.

“The concepts I learned extended beyond visual communication. We were challenged to think about how we behaved, what we thought and how we reacted to the world around us,” he recalls. “The gift RISD gave to me was learning ‘how to see’ and translating that way of seeing into the work I do.

He is happy to give back to RISD by establishing the Garrow Throop 69 GD Scholarship. “Not to put too fine a point on it, but RISD changed my life. I was fortunate that I did not need a scholarship when I was at RISD and have come to realize how influential the school was for me. This is RISD’s value for everyone who attends, and it stays with them throughout their careers. I am happy to be in a position to help incredibly talented students attend RISD.

“One of my most difficult assignments was to do ‘something really good’ and bring it on Monday.” Having to think about a concept and executing it for such an open-ended assignment provided a lesson he carries with him to this day. “I learned that the problem is knowing when to stop. I want to keep improving, but frankly, at my age, simplifying a process can lead to better focus and stronger appeal. It can sometimes be a lot harder to do nothing than to do something. I was exposed to this idea at RISD, but it was really when I began working with commercial clients, and I had to address their needs and stay within a budget, that I developed a true understanding of how important this is.”

“Every time I go into my studio, I get a high thinking of what I am going to do. I hope I can share this experience indirectly through financial assistance. I have always been impressed with RISD graduates and their work and see this scholarship as a good investment in the future of our environment. Design is everywhere we look but also is part of what we touch, hear and taste. It impacts the experience of putting on pants, driving a car, walking into a building, and so much more. I love how the school has grown since I graduated and now incorporates all forms of design. It really speaks to the reality that design is embedded in everything we do,” he adds.

“Not to put too fine a point on it, but RISD changed my life. . . . I am happy to be in a position to help incredibly talented students attend RISD.”

Turning Heartbreak into Hope Years after leaving RISD for financial reasons, Joy Hallinan makes a legacy investment in future generations of RISD students.

A love of art and design runs deep for

be accepted. I thought it was a long shot since I already had a bachelor degree and was an older student who had mainly learned art and design on my own. I remember the excitement I felt when I received my acceptance letter and still have it in my studio.”

Joy Hallinan of Atlanta, Georgia. Her career has included working as a graphic designer, serving as a Junior Studio art

But, unfortunately, her time as a RISD student was brief. “I was heartbroken when I realized that I couldn’t afford to stay after the summer transfer program. There were no scholarships or financial aid for students who already had a bachelor’s degree.”

instructor at the Corcoran School of Art, and helping to strengthen the Phillips Collection, Museum of Fine Arts/Boston, Harn Museum of Art and over a dozen PBS

Hallinan has decided to improve the situation for this small but important cohort of students. She has generously made a $100,000 bequest in her Trust to establish the Joy Kurts Hallinan Scholarship Fund for undergraduate students who already have a bachelor’s degree from another institution. If there are not any such students in a given year, the fund will support an undergraduate transfer student. “I want to make a small difference by helping support the dreams of students who realize that art and design are their passions and RISD is where they want to study,” she says.

stations through fundraising and consulting. She is an avid photography collector and still maintains a studio working on painting, design and artist book projects. “I am creative daily because of my time at RISD,” she says. “I still vividly remember a 3-D class where I stood up and used a hot wire to boldly create a Gaudi-style building out of a block of Styrofoam. That was a creative leap forward for me that my professor recognized in front of the entire class. RISD gave me the confidence to trust my instincts.”

Her generosity is another layer in a deep engagement with RISD over the course of her life. She returned ten years after her student time to serve as the director of development for the RISD Museum. “I worked on the capital campaign and helped raise funds for the museum’s first education endowment, secured sponsors for exhibitions and worked with donors expanding the collection. It was different being back at RISD as a staff member, and it felt like I had never left,” she says. “I also was fortunate to study jewelry design with RISD Continuing Education courses throughout my four years on staff at the museum.”

Hallinan took an unexpected path to RISD. She had already earned a bachelor of art history at another institution, but her interest in making art was undeniable and she wanted to earn a bachelor of fine arts. “I had just returned from a solo trip to Helsinki, Finland, to study glass, jewelry, textiles and ceramic design,” she recalls. “I spent a year working on a portfolio and submitted it to RISD to see if I would

“I love RISD and hope that my story might make a difference with someone else considering adding their favorite RISD program to their will.”

Photo credit: CatMax Photography

Getting Creative By bequeathing his intellectual property, Oren Sherman is initiating an exciting new avenue of philanthropy at RISD.

Artist-illustrator, educator, brand strategist and entrepreneur Oren Sherman 78 IL of Boston and Truro, Massachusetts, is always pushing boundaries in his work centered in the space where fine art meets commerce. He’s also a fierce advocate for the RISD students he teaches. “I tell my students they will have a mentor for life,” he says. Judy Sue Goodwin Sturges 66 IL, a professor of Illustration, recruited Sherman to teach part-time 20 years after graduating. She advised him to ask himself if what he’s doing is in his students’ best interests. “I still ask myself that question, which guides how I teach to this day,” he says. “I have been involved with RISD for most of my life and I began to consider what I could offer that is in RISD's longterm best interests.”

RISD General Counsel Steve McDonald for helping him find a way to make it happen. Noting that the idea was Sherman’s, McDonald says, “Copyright owners may donate the rights to selected items or entire bodies of work. This way of giving could be a huge benefit to RISD, especially if we are able to accumulate a significant portfolio of intellectual property over time. As an example, the Andy Warhol Foundation, which owns the intellectual property to his life’s work, makes millions of dollars a year in licensing income from just his work. Under current law, copyrights last for 70 years after the creator’s death, so there’s a potentially very long income stream."

In addition to his role as senior critic in RISD Illustration, Sherman designs exclusive artwork for major brands. He also works at Elkus Manfredi Architects in Boston to create strategic narratives and original art for their clients and to help inform how their architects implement the project vision. “I am an artist who works in the world of architecture and business, and I try to take the same creative risks at work that I ask my students to take,” he says.

“I encourage alumni to join me in this innovative way of giving. We can make a potentially incredible gift because RISD made a bet on us and our futures.”

As part of the RISD alumni and faculty communities, he is a loyal donor and member of the RISD Centennial Society, which honors and recognizes donors who provide steady support. “A student would call every year asking me to donate to RISD, and of course I gave, but I wondered how I could do more,” he explains. He was inspired by the values of the estates of comic book writer Stan Lee, who created Spiderman, and actress Marilyn Monroe. The vast majority of the value of those estates came from income generated by their intellectual property rights. “Stan Lee could not have dreamed his character would one day be a billion-dollar franchise,” he says.

Much of Sherman’s work is licensed. “While I own the design, I license it to companies who use my design and make products such as carpets and wall coverings. These licenses generate income for me, and someday I hope they will continue to provide income for RISD,” he says. “When I attended RISD, it was much less expensive than it is today, and I have always been interested in living in and engaging professionally with a diverse landscape. The racial reckoning we are all experiencing has given me a deeper understanding of my privilege, which equals responsibility. I have had my share of struggles, but the privilege afforded me in attending RISD made it possible,” he says. “Helping to fund students’ educations in perpetuity would fulfill a lifetime ambition and make RISD possible for a more racially and economically diverse population. It would realize a career goal beyond my wildest expectations.”

“What if intellectual property is the most valuable asset for many RISD alumni? My physical assets will go to my family, but I decided my digital rights and intellectual property should go to RISD. I literally use everything I learned at RISD every single day in my professional life,” he says. Sherman began to explore bequeathing to RISD the intellectual property rights of his work and credits former

Ensuring Access to RISD Graduate Education An anonymous donor makes a long-term investment in the futures of promising students.

An anonymous donor has established the Building Tall Fund to provide three outstanding students pursuing master’s degrees in Architecture or Industrial Design and sustainability with presidential fellowships. Students who were the first in their families to earn undergraduate degrees will receive priority consideration for support. The Society of Presidential Fellows was established in 2019 to attract and enroll the most talented graduate students. The program provides fully funded tuition and includes mentoring and professional development opportunities for the duration of each student’s program.

“Fellowships play a critical role at RISD, bringing a diversity of excellent people to the college who could not otherwise afford to attend,” says Amy Kulper, department head and associate professor of Architecture. “Providing access to Black, Indigenous, People of Color and first-generation college students is an important step towards our institutional aspiration for decolonizing the curriculum and making racial, social and environmental justice central to the education of artists and designers.” Below: Students at the Society of Presidential Fellows induction ceremony, September 2021

If you would like more information about how you can support graduate students through the Society of Presidential Fellows, please contact O’Neil Outar at ooutar@risd.edu or call toll-free at 844 454-1877.

A New Day for Metcalf Philanthropy kicks off the renovation of this making and learning hub serving hundreds of students each year.

The much-beloved building at the heart of campus on North Main Street has long been a vital part of the RISD experience. Thanks to an anonymous $4 million gift, the Jesse Metcalf Building is about to undergo transformative renovations. The building was named in honor of Jesse Metcalf Sr., husband of RISD founder Helen Adelia Rowe Metcalf. Ceramics, Furniture Design, Glass, Jewelry + Metalsmithing, Sculpture Polly Spenner 10 TX, right, standing with guests in front of the jacquard loom in the Metcalf Building at RISD Weekend 2019.

and Textiles—nearly a third of RISD’s academic departments—call it home.

RISD is excited to begin work to turn the building into a state-of-the-art modern art-making complex. Upgrades will better support Metcalf’s glass furnaces, ceramics kilns, woodshops, sculpture foundry, casting facility, jacquard loom and other essential tools and maker spaces. Notably, the project also is a step forward in RISD’s commitment to sustainable practices and adaptive reuse. The project is scheduled to take several years to be completed, and work will begin in the spring of 2022.

“Metcalf Building is essential to students’ technical development and creative exploration,” says Polly Spenner 10 TX, technical assistant for Textiles who operates and maintains the industrial jacquard loom housed on the first floor. “The iconic process of students designing fabric and having their designs woven on a professional loom is a stepping stone in their careers. These renovations will secure the high level of RISD’s artistic education, its longevity and the continued success of our students, technicians and professors.”

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Introducing New Faculty in Race in Art & Design Thanks to generous donors, RISD has hired its first cluster of outstanding faculty to increase diversity of scholarship, teaching and practice. Division of Fine Arts will launch a search this year for two more Schiller Family Professorships. Alongside the Schiller Family Professorships, through the use of open existing positions, more faculty with expertise in these areas will join RISD as the college has committed to continuing focused hiring in this area over the next four years.

Students are taking courses this semester from an expansive group of new faculty who focus on issues of race in art and design—a rapidly growing area of academic interest at RISD. Part of an exciting effort to expand the curriculum, tackle institutional racism and advance social equity, a number of faculty joined RISD this fall. Students have long advocated for more faculty whose work diverges from Eurocentric perspectives. Students and alumni from the RISD Anti-Racism Coalition and a group of BIPOC faculty played an essential role in urging the institution to begin this transformative effort—and generous support from RISD Trustee Kim Gassett-Schiller P 14 and Philip W. Schiller P 14 has made it possible for RISD to recruit and hire this extraordinary cohort.

“The ability for us to hire this cohort of faculty in a single year and at this moment in RISD’s history is nothing less than transformative for the college,” says Associate Provost for Social Equity & Inclusion Matthew Shenoda. “Each of these new faculty are steeped in a practice, scholarship and study of the nuanced ways issues of race and decoloniality impact their fields and their own work. This opportunity gives us the ability to build on a foundation we’ve begun and to push our curriculum more centrally into the future. It ensures that RISD will be able to continue to give our students a meaningful and relevant education in art and design.”

Another faculty member, who will hold the eighth Schiller Family Professorship in Race in Art & Design, will join RISD next academic year. In addition, the

2021 New Faculty in Race in Art & Design

Shiraz Gallab Assistant Professor of Graphic Design,

Jameka Hartley

Naimah Pétigny

Assistant Professor of History, Philosophy

Assistant Professor of Literary Arts

Schiller Family Assistant Professorship

and Social Sciences, Schiller Family Assistant

and Studies, Schiller Family Assistant

in Race in Art and Design

Professorship in Race in Art and Design

Jacqueline Shaw Assistant Professor of Architecture, Schiller Family Assistant Professorship in Race in Art and Design

Chris Roberts

Derrick Woods-Morrow

Assistant Professor of Theory

Assistant Professor of Sculpture,

and History of Art and Design,

Schiller Family Assistant Professorship

and Experimental and Foundation Studies,

in Race in Art and Design

Schiller Family Assistant Professorship in Race in Art and Design

Photo credit: Robyn Whalen

“The ability for us to hire this cohort of faculty in a single year and at this moment in RISD’s history is nothing less than transformative for the college.” Mariela Yeregui Associate Professor of Experimental and

—ASSOCIATE PROVOST FOR SOCIAL EQUITY & INCLUSION MATTHEW SHENODA

Foundation Studies, Digital + Media /Computation, Technology and Culture, Schiller Family Associate Professorship in Race in Art and Design

Enriching Art and Design Education RISD Museum preprofessional programs provide new avenues for learning and career development.

Yingxi Ji MFA 22 GD, graduate assistant (right), and Elizabeth Xu 23 FAV (left), Andrew W. Mellon intern, shooting a video of RISD faculty Andrew Raftery, professor of Printmaking, explaining the use of different drawing materials in the museum’s 400 Years of Drawing publication. Photo by Erik Gould, courtesy of the RISD Museum

Students have many opportunities to pursue in-depth projects and learn alongside RISD Museum staff mentors. These paid positions provide financial support, offer explorations of museum practice and theory, and deliver valuable career skills. Students work with curators, educators, designers and conservators, and with a wide range of collections.

Dorian Juncewicz MArch 15 served as a graduate assistant at the museum from the fall of 2013 through the spring of 2015 and worked on installations and planning for gallery spaces. “My assistantship at the RISD Museum gave me a lot of my first experiences working in the exhibit development process. I had the opportunity to work closely with curators, installers and graphic designers to create architectural plans and rendered drawings on a vast range of permanent and temporary exhibitions. I also produced my first technical-bid drawings to send out to external fabricators, which is a large part of my responsibility now as senior exhibit designer for the Museum of Science in Boston,” she says.

Students with graduate assistantships take on significant creative responsibility for projects that complement their studies. This year, graduate assistants are working on projects such as helping to plan and organize exhibitions and creating digital content about the collection. They also are using graphic design to build digital experiences, wayfinding, tours and in-gallery content. The museum offers approximately 10 graduate assistantships each year, and the students work closely with a number of departments, including curatorial, education, installation and creative services.

“I am certain that my RISD Museum experience greatly enhanced my opportunities to be hired in a museum exhibition department because there is such a small community of exhibit design professionals and previous museum experience is rare.”

“Manager of Installation and Preparation Stephen Wing and his team were extremely generous with their time to introduce me to all aspects and inner workings of how an exhibit is produced from start to finish and made me feel like I was a valuable contributor to the process. I am certain that my RISD Museum experience greatly enhanced my opportunities to be hired in a museum exhibition department because there is such a small community of exhibit design professionals and previous museum experience is rare.”

Spalter Teaching Fellowships offer a hands-on introduction to museum education. These two-year experiences with K–12 students at the museum and on-site in their schools are open to RISD and Brown University graduate and undergraduate students from all disciplinary backgrounds. Made possible with support from RISD Board of Trustees Chair Michael Spalter, these highly sought-after fellowships connect students’ studio practice and areas of study with the RISD Museum’s collection. Fellows also build relationships with schools, educators, students and teens in Providence and across Rhode Island.

Juncewicz’s experience reflects the museum’s hands-on approach to its preprofessional programs for students. While working in these roles, students also engage with global and local perspectives that expand their horizons beyond RISD. Each program proactively introduces students to social, cultural and ethical contexts of art and design and invites them to contribute their perspectives to museum exhibitions, publications and programs. Preprofessional programs also offer a pathway toward diversifying museums, arts and cultural organizations.

Left: Mellon interns at the RISD Museum Opposite: photo by Erik Gould, courtesy of the RISD Museum

Studio Institute has supported internships for the past several years that provide opportunities for interns to work with various museum departments. Elizabeth Xu 23 FAV enjoyed her Mellon internship this summer and worked on the museum’s Drawing Closer publication with the digital initiatives team. “We filmed and edited a series of videos to introduce the making and usage of three different mediums with Professor Andrew Raftery in Printmaking,” she says. “Thinking and working collaboratively with people who have different priorities and perspectives forced me to think about the reception of my work and its intended audience. It was very different from working in the studio, where the only person you really have to satisfy is yourself.

Joan Hall and Mark Weil Conservation Fund Fellowships are open to undergraduate students from all disciplinary backgrounds with a two-year commitment. The museum’s conservation team provides professional training to introduce fellows to collections care and preventive conservation of the museum collection. Fellows support both the care of original works of art—including condition reporting, written and digital photo documentation, basic cleaning of art, stabilizing of art, preparing art for loan and travel—and monitoring works on display and in storage. Museum benefactors Joan Hall and Mark Weil generously endowed these opportunities.

“One of the biggest things I learned was that every museum is thinking about its purpose. I never fully realized that museums each had their own identity and filled a different niche. The expectations placed on these museums inform the identities, which in turn seem to form the ethos around which exhibitions and activities are built. I was also surprised how interconnected each department in the museum is with the others. There’s constant negotiation when brainstorming and creating something new. That makes each individual capable of influencing the final output of an exhibition layout, publication or activity. It’s much more collaborative than I realized.”

Undergraduates from local colleges and universities in the Museum Guild work to advance representation, inclusion and advocacy for student voices in the museum space. With guidance from the museum’s academic programs staff, the group develops projects and programs that highlight student interests, promote diversity and create critical dialogue around the collection. Last year, the group built Unravel: An Anti-Exhibition, a digital publication that diverges from the museum practice of showcasing finished work. Unravel foregrounds the creative processes and unfinished work of student artists making art during the pandemic.

The museum’s work-study positions are another avenue of financial support and learning. Meaningful work-study offers more than just hourly compensation; it provides students with opportunities to engage directly with art, design and public programs. “Every dimension of the museum’s work is strengthened through the presence of students who make critical contributions while learning and growing with the staff,” says Sarah Ganz Blythe P 22, interim director of the museum. “While many students explore career paths in cultural institutions, others are interested in the museum as a space to challenge existing structures and to share their creative practice with the public.”

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation created an endowment to launch an internship program in its name. The Fain family established the Jean Segal Fain Memorial Internship in memory of Jean Segal Fain, a past honorary trustee for RISD and former employee and volunteer with the museum. Summer internships combine deep projectbased learning with a holistic introduction to thinking about, and working within, museums and cultural institutions.

Discover Unravel: An Anti-Exhibition at: publications.risdmuseum.org/unravel-anti-exhibition

Engaging the Black Diaspora The RISD Black Alumni affinity group is building community and working to involve more alumni and students.

“The political and social climate has led to an increased awareness of how members of the Black diaspora were being treated. Student activists were making their voices heard, and we wanted to create a bridge for those students who felt isolated.”

Vincent Braithwaite 05 ID, Tiffany Cooper 12 FAV and Karen Harris 86 IL, P 13, P 18 saw a need for a strong link between the Black students at RISD and the Black alumni who shared similar experiences on campus. The RISD Black Alumni affinity group formed to develop new opportunities to connect. “The political and social climate has led to an increased awareness of how members of the Black diaspora were being treated. Student activists were making their voices heard, and we wanted to create a bridge for those students who felt isolated,” says Braithwaite. “Starting this group also became an extension of the work that was occurring on campus, such as Project Thrive,” says Harris. Project Thrive is a multiyear student support and learning community designed for RISD students whose parents did not attend or did not complete college. “Because we started during the peak of the pandemic, our inception was virtual. If anything, the pandemic helped to create us,” says Cooper. “It allowed us to reach beyond any one place and span the globe to connect with our Black alumni. Our virtual presence became an equalizer. Although we are offering most of our programs online now, that doesn’t mean that all of our events will be virtual. We intend to have more in-person events in the future.” The group has been offering What Are We Up To? panel discussions online. The most recent was held on September 16, 2021, and another in the series is planned for April 14, 2022. Braithwaite, Cooper and Harris are committed to working as a team and welcome others to get involved. “I am currently the chair of the group, which means that I help to facilitate the flow of our scheduled meetings and serve as the host for our biannual events,” says Braithwaite. “Other than that, most of what we do is operated as a collective.”

want to build our community by continuing to connect with RISD’s Black students and alumni. Doing so is crucial before we begin to ask people to dedicate their time and resources to mentorship.” “We are always looking for additional leaders and panel speakers to help us grow the community,” adds Cooper. “You also can join the RISD Black Alumni group on LinkedIn to connect with other members of the community, and we are in the RISD Network directory at risdnetwork.risd.edu.

Connect with RISD Black Alumni Please get involved today! Sign up at alumni.risd.edu/risd-black-alumni to receive announcements and event invitations. If you would like to help plan events or

One of the new initiatives they look forward to launching in the future is a mentoring initiative. “We are in the very early stages of thinking about mentoring,” says Harris. “We first

speak during a future panel discussion, please email Vincent Braithwaite at vincentjbraithwaite@gmail.com Register for the April 2022 What Are We Up To? panel discussion at alumni.risd.edu/news-events/ what-are-we-now-part-four

Opposite page: top left photo by Ron Chron

Celebrating Distinguished Alumni The RISD Alumni Association will honor outstanding alumni at Commencement + Reunion Weekend 2022 (June 2–5, 2022), both the 2021 recipients announced here and the 2022 awardees to be selected in the spring.

2021 ALUMNI AWARD RECIPIENTS

Renata Fenton 06 ID + Enrique Lomnitz 06 ID RISD Serves Award

Yelitsa Jean-Charles 16 IL Emerging Leader Award

Fenton is cofounder, design engineer and design director, and Lomnitz is cofounder, industrial designer and general director for Isla Urbana, an organization that harvests rainwater for water supply in Mexico. They identify ways to design socially and environmentally responsible decentralized systems, alternative water technologies and capacity development for low-income communities. Their work brings clean water to schools, households and health clinics. These sustainable efforts aim to serve approximately 12 million people who do not currently have access to clean water. They have installed more than 21,000 rainwater harvesting systems serving approximately 200,000 people.

Jean-Charles is the CEO and founder of Healthy Roots Dolls, a multicultural children’s toy company celebrating the beauty of our diversity and empowering young girls to love their natural hair through hair play. Jean-Charles has won the Startup Stampede and the New Voices Fund pitch competition, participated in the Backstage Capital Accelerator program and was awarded the first Main Street Ventures Wendy S. Lea Female Founder Grant. In 2019, Healthy Roots Dolls took first place and people’s choice at the Quicken Loans Detroit Demo Day. Jean-Charles is a 2021 Forbes 30 under 30 honoree. Her mission is to make sure everyone loves their healthy roots.

Fenton and Lomnitz share the honor of the RISD Serves Award, which recognizes alumni who have achieved distinction through significant contributions and voluntary service to improving the lives of others over a sustained period of time. The award recognizes the values of service and civic responsibility that reflect RISD’s core values. 30

Jean-Charles receives the Emerging Leader Award, which recognizes alumni who graduated within the past 10 years, who have made significant achievements and contributions to their profession and/or community, think boldly, mindfully and creatively, and have helped to create new fields of study or contributed to fundamental change in their area of practice.

Brian Selznick 88 IL Helena Adelia Rowe Metcalf Visionary Award

Stephanie Silverman 04 FD RISD Art + Design Educator Award Silverman chairs the Fine Art Department at Archmere Academy and has served on the boards of the Delaware Art Education Association and the Delaware Foundation for the Visual Arts. Silverman's students have won over 1,000 awards in the national Scholastic Art and Writing Awards program and over $2 million in scholarships. She earned National Board Certification in Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood Art Education (K–12) and holds three instructional licenses. Her awards include the NAEA National Eastern Region Secondary Art Educator of the Year, Delaware’s Secondary Art Educator of the Year, the Diane Taylor Foxman Award for Excellence in Art Education and RISD’s Tage Frid Award for Excellence in Teaching.

Selznick is a world-renowned author and illustrator. He created the book The Invention of Hugo Cabret, which won the Caldecott Medal and was the basis for the Oscarwinning movie Hugo. He has also written and illustrated Wonderstruck, which was made into a movie for which he authored the screenplay. Other illustrated books include The Marvels, The Doll People, The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins and Amelia and Eleanor Go for a Ride. Selznick wrote a new version of The Nutcracker for Christopher Wheeldon at the Joffrey Ballet, created new cover art for the Harry Potter series for its 20th anniversary and is collaborating with Wheeldon and Ryan Scott Oliver to adapt The Invention of Hugo Cabret into a musical. Selznick’s most recent illustrated book, Live Oak, With Moss, offers a visual narrative of Walt Whitman’s poems exploring same-sex love.

Silverman receives the RISD Art + Design Educator Award, which recognizes alumni who demonstrate exceptional skills as an educator or a clear commitment to the field of art education and are recognized by their peers and students as having shown those qualities that most encourage students to learn and thrive creatively.

Selznick received the Helena Adelia Rowe Metcalf Visionary Award. This award is the highest award by the RISD Alumni Association and honors Helen Adelia Rowe Metcalf, the founder of RISD, her visionary spirit, and civic generosity. The award recognizes alumni who have achieved outstanding distinction in their life’s work in a professional field, or in community, public or humanitarian service.

Written by Olivia Shields, CASE intern

ABOUT THE AWARDS The RISD Alumni Association honors alumni who, through their work, exemplify RISD’s core values and positively impact their communities. The Alumni Association Awards Committee, chaired by Daria Askari 05 PH, issues an annual call for nominations to the RISD community and decides who will receive the awards each year. 31

To learn more, please visit alumni.risd.edu/ alumni-awards.

Leading Alumni and Families The RISD Alumni Association and the RISD Families Association are poised to further expand programs and outreach.

Engaging and serving RISD’s expansive and diverse alumni and families communities is no small challenge. Steering the associations of these global communities requires vision, fresh ideas and a deep love for RISD. Fortunately, alumni and families continue to enjoy exceptional leadership.

Rex Siu Han Wong Rex Siu Han Wong BArch 03 took the helm of the RISD Alumni Association on July 1 and will serve through June 30, 2023. He cofounded the RISD Club of Hong Kong, has served as a member of the President’s Alumni Advisory Council and was a member-at-large of the Alumni Association Leadership Council. As president, he also will represent the Alumni Association as an ex officio member of the RISD Board of Trustees. Wong assumes the presidency after that of Donald Choi BArch 82, P 07, who concluded his term as president of the RISD Alumni Association in June.

Shefali Khushalani The RISD Families Association welcomed Shefali Khushalani P 22 as its chair in July, and she will serve in this role through June of 2023. She also will represent the interests of families as an ex officio member of the RISD Board of Trustees. Khushalani played a key role in helping to establish the RISD Continuing Education at Pathways Aravali residential art immersion program in India. She also served as a co-chair of the International Committee of the Families Association and has facilitated student internships in India and Singapore. Khushalani succeeds Deb Mankiw P 21 and Greg Mankiw P 21, who have served as the inaugural co-chairs since the founding of the Families Association in 2019.

“We are thrilled to have such inspirational leadership volunteers in these pivotal roles serving alumni and families. Both associations are growing rapidly and are already benefiting from the insights and talents of Rex and Shefali,” says Jonencia Wood, executive director of Alumni + Family Relations. “We appreciate their commitment to engaging alumni and families through great programs and opportunities to stay connected.”

RISD Weekend Goes Hybrid A new model, better able to accommodate families and alumni unable to travel to campus, brought the community together to celebrate this fall.

Visit risdcraft.com to learn more about RISD Craft makers.

With the COVID-19 pandemic continuing to impact travel and large indoor gatherings,

Please visit families.risd.edu/risd-weekend

the RISD Alumni Association offered

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to view recordings of the virtual events you

virtual events for alumni and families around the world to participate in throughout the

The exhibit comprises more than 30 works, including works by alumni artists Nicole Eisenman 87 PT, Aaron Gilbert 05 PT and Deana Lawson MFA 04 PT. In the coming months, the RISD Queer Alumni affinity group plans to host a related program online with Truax and Molon to explore the works and themes of the exhibition.

month of October and held campus programs outdoors on October 9, 2021.

Alumni in the food industry, Ciril Hitz 91 ID, Monica Martinez MFA 09 SC, Arley Marks 10 SC and Al Read 91 ID, led an online discussion about the impact of the pandemic on restaurants, bars, caterers and food producers, as well as the many ways small businesses adapted to survive. Families of RISD students were especially interested to learn from faculty about critique sessions, where students are guided to look at and reflect on each other’s work. Online participants also heard from Career Center Director Kevin Jankowski 88 IL about the range of opportunities in creative job markets and the career development resources RISD provides to students.

Families of students and RISD alumni able to be on campus for the festivities enjoyed opportunities to browse a book sale hosted by the Fleet Library at RISD and take a figure-drawing class. RISD Weekend featured walking tours, including one of historic sites on campus with RISD Archivist Andy Martinez. RISD alumni also led programs during the weekend. To share experiences and build inclusive connections across generations, RISD Black Alumni, RISD Hispanic + Latinx Alumni and RISD Queer Alumni held receptions for families, students and alumni. Affinity groups such as RISD Art + Design Educators offered networking events around shared career interests to members of the community.

The RISD Queer Alumni affinity group hosted and gave a welcome for a virtual exhibition overview of Any distance between us, on view at the RISD Museum. Artist-writer Stephen Truax 07 PT curated the exhibition in collaboration with the museum’s Richard Brown Baker Curator of Contemporary Art, Dominic Molon. They discussed how the exhibit explores the power and significance of intimate relationships in works of contemporary art, particularly those made by artists who identify as Queer and artists of color.

RISD Craft, a favorite tradition of the RISD and local communities, drew art enthusiasts to Benefit Street for a juried sale of alumni and student work. If you missed the sale, visit risdcraft.com to learn more about the talented makers.

Any distance between us is on view at the RISD Museum through March 13, 2022. Visit risdmuseum.org to learn more.

Bringing Together Generations of Graduates Linking commencement and alumni reunions provides a shared time of celebration.

Over the years, RISD has made many changes in how it observes commencement. To adjust to COVID-19 public health guidelines, the celebration this year returned to being held outside. While the particulars of the 2022 event are still being planned, RISD looks forward to welcoming alumni back to campus to celebrate their reunions on the same weekend that the RISD Class of 2022 graduates.

The Class of 2022 commencement ceremony will be held on Saturday, June 4, 2022. That same weekend, alumni will return to campus to celebrate their reunions and welcome new graduates into the alumni community. The new and extended Commencement + Reunion Weekend (June 2–5, 2022) offers opportunities to build new traditions and forge connections between graduating students and alumni who are more established in their careers.

PLAN AHEAD! Would you like to help your class design its next reunion weekend celebration? Each class has distinctive characteristics, and you can help shape your reunion experience through programming and activities. Please contact Sanaa Nelson at

“Meeting RISD alumni in a fun and informal setting is a great way for our graduating students to build their professional networks. Alumni can welcome our incoming members of the Alumni Association and encourage them to take advantage of all that we offer,” says RISD Alumni Association President Rex Wong BArch 03. “We are excited to bring together multiple generations of creative makers for this expansive and celebratory event.”

Questions? Please contact alumni@risd.edu or call 401 709-8585.

snelso02@risd.edu to learn more and volunteer. Mark your calendars to return to Providence June 2–5, 2022, for an extended celebration of our graduating students and alumni.

Please bookmark commencement.risd.edu and check back for updates, which will be posted periodically.

1877 Society Named for the year of our founding, this society honors and recognizes those who make it possible to reach our ambitious goals and respond to the most pressing needs of the college.

The 1877 Society recognizes donors’ cumulative gifts to the RISD Fund received between July 1, 2020, and June 30, 2021, at the following levels: Trustees’ Circle

$25,000 or more

President’s Circle

$10,000−$24,999

Deans’ Circle

$2,500−$9,999

The Centennial Society recognizes loyalty donors, those who have given to RISD in any amount for three consecutive years or more.

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Leadership donors who support RISD with gifts of $2,500 or more each year to the RISD Fund are pace-setting members of our philanthropic community. TRUSTEES’ CIRCLE

PRESIDENT’S CIRCLE

Anonymous David C. Barclay P 10 T and Chet R. Barclay P 10 ∞ Claire E. Bigbie 01 ID Hillary Blumberg 92 FAV T and Alex Ginsburg Fuyumi Cannon P 19 and Alan G. Cannon P 19 ∞ Gregory Cashman P 21 and Margaret Neal P 21 ∞ Susan Dryfoos P 01 ET ∞

Anonymous Jessica F. Arner P 11 and Eli Abbe P 11 ∞ Jessika Auerbach P 19, Jonathan Auerbach P 19 and Klara Auerbach 19* IL Nadine E. Berkowsky 67 TX and Mark A. Berkowsky BArch 69 ∞ Gabrielle Bullock BArch 84 T and Rocky Carroll Karen S. Butler Connell MFA 95 PR/PT and Tuey Connell ∞ Sean M. P. Cannon MArch 01 ∞ Norman Chan BArch 85 T M and Susanna Kwok ∞ Clara M. Dale BArch 75 ET and John D. Dale BArch 75 ∞

Portia J. Durbin P 21 and Christopher A. Durbin P 21 ∞ Shepard Fairey 92 IL HD 21 T and Amanda Fairey Joya Favreau P 24 and Jonathan Favreau P 24 Estate of Paul Harvey Cheryl Henson P 24 and Edwin Finn Jr. P 24 Estate of Hao Hoang Kim Gassett-Schiller P 14 T and Philip W. Schiller P 14 ∞ Joe Gebbia 05 GD/ID HD 17 T ∞ Robert W. Glass P 11 T M and Kathleen Glass P 11 ∞ Jon Kamen P 09 T and Angela Kamen P 09 ∞ Mary Lovejoy T and John Whistler ∞

Erica Gerard Di Bona P 11 T M and Vin Di Bona P 11 Robert A. DiMuccio T M and Rena DiMuccio Mimi Yashiro P 21 and Marcus Everard P 21 ∞ Fabian Fondriest P 16 T and Suzanne Fondriest P 16 ∞ Lauri Freedman P 21 and Doug Freedman P 21 ∞ Walter Henry Freygang Foundation ∞ Dorian Goldman P 08 and Marvin Israelow P 08 ∞

Richard W. Haining, Sr. P 05 T and Catherine D. Haining P 05 ∞ Joan Hall and Mark S. Weil ∞ Karen Hammond T M and Michael A. Quattromani ∞ The Bonnie Cashin Fund, NYCT ∞ Shefali Khushalani P 22 T ∞ Lauren Kogod BArch 85 and David Smiley ∞

Michael T. Maltzan BArch 85 P 24 and Amy L. Murphy BArch 87 P 24 ∞ Deborah Mankiw P 23 and N. Gregory Mankiw P 23 ∞ Phoebe Meehan 52 TX ∞ Stephen A. Metcalf T ET M and Ewa Metcalf Nicole J. Miller 73 AP T and Kim Taipale ∞ Jake Moritz MID 18 ∞

Ruth E. Lawler P 12 and Christopher P. Lawler P 12 Lindsay Levy P 23 and Mark Levy P 23 Aimee Maroney P 15 and William D. Maroney P 15 Michael Rock MFA 84 GD T and Susan Sellers 89 GD ∞ Alicia Rosauer 99 PH and Robert G. Segal MFA 99 TX ∞ William Schweizer P 19 T and Alison Martier Schweizer P 19 ∞ Robert G. Segal MFA 99 TX and Alicia Rosauer 99 PH ∞ Sarah A. Sharpe BGD 94 and John Powley ∞ Michael Spalter T and Anne M. Spalter MFA 92 PT ∞

Amy L. Murphy BArch 87 and Michael T. Maltzan BArch 85 ∞ Stacey Nicholas P 21 T ∞ Catherine Oppenheimer P 24 Susan Sellers 89 GD and Michael Rock MFA 84 GD T ∞ Arlene J. Shechet MFA 78 CR and Mark Epstein ∞ Garrett Thornburg P 24 The Diller–Von Furstenberg Family Foundation Estate of Rita Derjue Zimmerman

Georgianna Stout 89 GD P 24 and David D. Weeks 90 PT P 24 ∞ Tavares Strachan 03 GL T ∞ Eduardo D. Terranova MArch 06 ∞ David D. Weeks 90 PT P 24 and Georgianna Stout 89 GD P 24 ∞ Rex Wong BArch 03 T ∞ Nancy D. Wood 52 PT and John Wood ∞

1877 Society (continued) DEANS’ CIRCLE

Helen Kim P 23 and Colin Warwick P 23 John S. King 68 ID and Jean Callan King 68 GD ∞ Vikram Kirloskar P 12 T and Geetanjali Kirloskar P 12 ∞ Diana Dyer Knoblauch P 22 and Loring Knoblauch P 22 ∞ Jill G. Kraus MFA 77 JM and Peter S. Kraus Rebecca Kutzer P 21 and Pete Kutzer P 21 ∞ J. Kenneth Leap 86 GL and Suzanne Leap Boyoung Lee BGD 96 Claire Levesque P 17 ∞ Siqi Li and Patrick Wong Laura S. Lienhard 87 TX/MFA 95 TX Sylvia Lo BArch 98 Angus T. MacLane 97 FAV and Tashana K. Landray ∞

Anonymous Ian T. Adelman 95 ID and Lindsey A. Adelman 96 ID ∞ Anthony C. Belluschi BArch 66 P 95 ET and Marti Belluschi P 95 ∞ Guy R. Blais 57 AD ∞ Jeremiah E. Bond 98 PT ∞

Angela Ricci Boswell 95 TX and Cornelius F. Boswell III ∞ Marina K. Brolin 85 GD ∞ Karen R. Brower P 13 and Joseph H. Brower P 13 Cecelia (Nash) Bruce 72 PT and Kenneth Bruce 71 AR ∞ Simone Bye P 16 and Mark L. Bye P 16 ∞ Jean Callan King 68 GD and John S. King 68 ID ∞ Yu Cao (Hina) MArch 17 ∞

Wheaton B. Mahoney 93 PH and Patrick F. Mahoney Susan M. Matthews MAT 98 ∞ Lucy D. Metcalf Charles Miller P 22 and Gwendolyn Watford-Miller P 22 ∞ Antonio Molestina P 22 and Sharon McCarthy P 22 ∞ Aya Murata P 23 and Michael Charland P 23 Stuart J. Murphy 64 IL P 98 ET and Nancy Murphy P 98 ∞ Cherry A. Murray P 13 Sanaa Nelson and Erik Nelson Dana M. Newbrook 63 AR ET and Nancy C. Newbrook ∞ Krista L. Ninivaggi BArch 02 ∞

Jee-Min Hu P 12 and Chih-Tang Chang P 12 Jacinda K. Chew 99 IL ∞ Alec G. Cholok 73 * AR Lea and Matthew Cohn P 24 Andrew M. Collar 02 GD Sharon R. Cooperman P 21 and Tod D. Cooperman P 21 ∞ Rachel B. Cope 03 SC and Nicholas Cope Zara Crowley 96 PT and Steve Crowley ∞ Ryan E. Cunningham 02 FAV ∞ Alexander C. Dale BArch 14 and Edward Molson Carlene Damon P 24 and Ian Damon P 24 Asher M. Danburg 96 ID and Chelsea R. Danburg 96 TX ∞ Ann W. Douden 72 IL ∞ Craig M. Winer 92 ID and Sarah C. Durham 92 IL ∞ Genevieve L. Fairbrother P 21 ∞ Jennifer Farris 02 ID Ann K. Finkbeiner P 90 ∞ Robert Flynt Becky A. Fong Hughes 05 GD and Aaron Hughes ∞ Marika G. Formoso P 20 and Hector Formoso-Murias P 20 Tina Weymouth 74 PT HD 15 and Chris Frantz 74 PT HD 15 Robyn Frisch P 21 and Matthew Frisch P 21 Michael Gabellini BArch 81 and Kimberly Sheppard BArch 86 Cliff Garten MFA 78 CR Arpie Gennetian 92 GD/BGD 92 ∞ Peter Gill Case MArch 97 and Lucia Gill Case ∞ Peggotty W. Gilson 64 * PT and Peter W. Gilson ∞ Joanna D. Golden 79 AP ∞ Carol Goldenberg Rosen 73 IL and James Rosen ∞ Judy Sue Goodwin Sturges 66 IL ∞ Amy L. Gould BArch 75 and Matthew Polk ∞ Paula Koffler Granoff HD 10 ET M and Leonard Granoff ∞ You Haling P 24 and Wanning Lei P 24 Carly Hall-Scott 04 GD Amy Held P 24 and Jeffery Held P 24 Kerry Hoffman P 24 and Paul Hoffman P 24 Michiko Tanikawa P 22 and Dihua Hu P 22 Yun Hua Huang P 23 and Shung Feng Huang P 23 Patricia E. Intrieri BArch 82 ∞

Martha B. Nutt 85 TX Sonja O’Donnell P 22 and Michael O’Donnell P 22 ∞ Phyllis Gay Palmer 66 PT and Leigh F. Palmer 66 PT ∞ Xiangjun Pan P 23 Anthony T. Pannozzo 91 ID and Lorianne Pannozzo ∞ Kerianne Piester P 23 and Ronald Wisor P 23 Thomas J. Quinn 03 GD and Christine Quinn ∞ Amy V. Quirk P 11 and Michael P. Lehmann P 11 ∞ Victoria W. Reynolds 85 JM and Thomas H. Reynolds ∞ Sally E. Rigg MArch 95 and David P. Baker ∞ Judi Roaman ∞ Francis M. Roche 60 AR ∞

Merrill W. Sherman ET Lisa Slipkovich P 21 and Daniel Slipkovich P 21 ∞ Rosanne Somerson 76 T ∞ Mingyuan Song P 21 and Shanming Shi P 21 ∞ Rosalie P. Phipps P 10 and Craig A. Stock P 10 ∞ Roland V. Sturm P 17 and Terri E. Sturm P 17 ∞ Alexander Y. Suh 96 GD ∞ Carole D. Smith P 00 and Ann Taylor P 00 RISD Student Action Initiative Harold H. Tittmann IV BArch 95 Mara Topping P 24 and Munford Topping P 24 Matthew S. Tso 15 FD ∞ Peter W. Twombly BArch 80 and Jane Franke ∞

Pushpasree Sajja P 21 and Vijay K. Sajja P 21 Luke Sanzone BLA 98 ∞ Elinor Sapp BID 79 ∞ Abby Sadin Schnair 75 PH and Gene Schnair ∞ Sharon Lee Driscoll Schuur 90 IL and Peter F. Schuur ∞ John Sculley BArch 61 * HD 95 and Diane Sculley Carole Segal P 99 and Gordon I. Segal P 99 ∞ Brian P. Selznick 88 IL and David Serlin ∞

Kimberly Van Munching P 23 and Christopher Van Munching P 23 Caroline E. Vary BArch 95 and William C. Lee Xiaohong Zheng P 24 and Qing Wang P 24 Helga S. Warren P 11 and Harry A. Warren P 11 ∞ Tina Weymouth 74 PT HD 15 and Chris Frantz 74 PT HD 15 Jennifer W. White 01 PH and Geoff Duckworth Craig M. Winer 92 ID and Sarah C. Durham 92 IL ∞ Christi Work ∞ Fang Wu P 23 and Runsheng He P 23 Cheng Zhou P 22 and Zheng Liu P 22 ∞

Joe Serrins BArch 93 Peggy B. Sharpe 53 LA P 94 and Henry D. Sharpe P 94 ∞ Deborah J. Sheldon P 21 and Christopher Sheldon P 21 ∞ Kimberly Sheppard BArch 86 and Michael Gabellini BArch 81

Jesse + Helen Rowe Metcalf Society Named for two of RISD’s founders, whose vision and legacy have blossomed into the institution we hold dear today, the Metcalf Society honors and recognizes our planned giving donors.

Anonymous David Armstrong Abercrombie 61 IA Richard A. Ansaldi BArch 69 Daria Askari 05 PH and Ryan Hart ∞ Roberta Ayotte 58 TX and Robert Ayotte 58 ID * Marc Balet BArch 71 Anthony C. Belluschi BArch 66 P 95 ET and Marti Belluschi P 95 ∞ Deborah L. Berke BFA 75/BArch 77 HD 05 ∞ Lindy Bliss Gaylord BIA 77 and Bill Gaylord BArch 77

Jutta Annette Page PhD MAE 86 Bernard Palchick MFA 71 SC and Lisa Larson Palchick 68 PT ∞ Nancy J. Parkinson Elena Pascarella BLA 75 ∞ David K. Rasweiler BArch 74 Rosalyn Richards 69 PT Allison S. Roberts MFA 09 PR Christina E. Rodriguez 03 IL Gloria Rosen GP 85

Alexander Brebner 81 GD Paula Briggs 78 GD P 86 Deborah Bright Edgar Broadhead 58 TX ∞ David A. C. Carroll 69 LA/BLA 70 Joseph A. Chazan, MD M Laurie A. Chronley Luke E. Cohen BArch 72 Cheryl A. Comai Stephen A. Earle 82 TX Curtis E. Estes 78 AR ∞ Ann K. Finkbeiner P 90 ∞

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Advancing RISD’s Aspirations Building upon a strengthened foundation of philanthropy and volunteer service, the RISD community is driving progress across the institution.

We are looking forward to celebrating RISD’s 145th anniversary on Founder’s Day, March 22, 2022. As we anticipate reaching another milestone in RISD’s history, I am excited about all that is yet to come and working with new volunteer leaders. Hong Kong resident Rex Wong BArch 03 recently took the helm of the RISD Alumni Association, and Shefali Khushalani P 22 of Singapore now chairs the RISD Families Association. Their leadership signals our renewed focus on engaging our international alumni. RISD now has 34 regional clubs and 17 affinity groups that serve alumni around the world, including nine international clubs. In the coming year we will launch an effort to significantly increase the number of clubs and programs for international alumni. We are also fortunate that Jutta Page MAE 86 has agreed to chair the Jesse + Helen Rowe Metcalf Society, which recognizes donors who have demonstrated their generosity and commitment by making a planned gift to RISD.

Another outstanding year of philanthropy is helping to launch new initiatives and increase financial aid for students. Last fiscal year, the RISD community gave $25.4 million in gifts and pledges, the second-best fundraising year in the history of the institution. The collective generosity is establishing new programs, bringing a diverse cohort of new faculty to RISD, investing in campus buildings and making a RISD education more accessible to students with financial need.

New regional clubs and affinity groups, an expanding international footprint and increasing interest in the RISD Network are driving an impressive level of volunteerism. More than 2,500 alumni and family members of RISD students are currently volunteering in some capacity. Mentoring students and recent alumni, leading clubs and groups and hosting events are among the many ways you may get involved. Please visit alumni.risd.edu/volunteer or families.risd.edu/volunteer to learn more.

Thank you for your ongoing commitment to RISD and for your passionate support of our students. By continuing to work together over the next five years, we will ensure that RISD’s 150th anniversary is nothing short of extraordinary. O’NEIL OUTAR VICE PRESIDENT OF INSTITUTIONAL ADVANCEMENT

Institutional Advancement at RISD The Institutional Advancement team is dedicated to advancing RISD’s mission by strategically fostering lifelong relationships with alumni, parents, friends and organizations to strengthen goodwill and philanthropy.

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