With a RISD alumna, Rosanne Somerson 76 ID, serving as president, Rhode Island School of Design explores the various ways alumni artists and designers shape our world today and are poised to invent the future.
In this film, alumni artists and designers Tanya Aguiñiga MFA 05 FD, Michael Maltzan BArch 85, Shahzia Sikander MFA 94 PT/PR and Gus Van Sant 75 FAV join the president in discussing the impact of RISD’s immersive, studio-based education on their individual practices. Leaders at the forefront of their creative fields, each suggests various ways critical thinking and hands-on making are more relevant than ever for producing meaningful work “of consequence” and meeting the complex needs of the 21st century.
Direction and cinematography by Ben Powell 08 FAV
Produced by Brian Clark / RISD Media Group
Edited by Dave Schachter 08 FAV
Music by Will Patterson
Titles by Eric Manche 08 FAV