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It is with great delight that we can announce an event at the American University in Dubai that brings together two Department of Teaching + Learning in Art + Design alumnae - Saba Quizilbash (MA 2004) and Salima Hasmi (MA) 1990. Saba, who is an adjunct faculty member in American University's Department of Visual Communication invited Salima to give a presentation there entitled "Art and Activism in Contemporary Pakistani Art" on March 19th. Professor Hashmi is an artist, edu

"The new schools 'will be unlike anything the district has ever done before...'" TLAD faculty Professor Paul Sproll and Senior Lecturer Janice DeFrances began work this month as members of the High School Design Advisory Group for two Carnegie High Schools that will be co-located in Fall 2015 in two existing Providence public high schools – Hope High School and Mt. Pleasant High School. According to the news release, the new schools “will be unlike anything the district (PPSD

Congratulations to Barbara Wong MA '95 Executive Director of CityArts Providence who was at the White House on Monday, November 10th to accept from First Lady, Michelle Obama a 2014 National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Award in recognition for the extraordinary work carried out at CityArts - a Southside Providence community-based arts center. In the First Lady's opening remarks at this ceremony the she spoke of how the awardees were "changing the trajectory" the lives o

RISD's Department of Teaching + Learning in Art + Design was very well represented at the recent Rhode Island Art Education Association's (RIAEA) 2015 awards ceremony and reception. Kurt Van Dexter (MAT '00) received the High School Art Educator award as well as overall 2015 Art Educator of the Year award and Paul Carpentier (MAT '97) received the Elementary School Art Educator award. Dr. Paul Sproll, TLAD, Department Head, received RIAEA's 2015 Distinguished Friend award. #n

Congratulations to Rebecca Bradley, MA '10 who was one of just four recipients of the 2014 Emerging Leader Award presented at the 14th Annual Kennedy Center Leadership Exchange in Arts and Disability Conference, August 1-4 in Chicago. Rebecca is Accessibility Coordinator for Fine Arts Museums, San Francisco. Rebecca's professional practice in museums activates a great deal of the research conducted while at RISD and which culminated in her MA thesis entitled "Art for All: An

Wonderful news about TLAD MA '09 alumna Elena Calderon Patino appeared in Sunday's (07.27.14)Providence Journal, which reported that "Elena Calderon Patino, of Providence has been appointed to the board of directors of The National Association of Latino Arts and Cultures, the nation's only multidisciplinary Latino arts service organization. Patino, director of the community arts program at Rhode Island State Council on the Arts, has been dedicated for many years to the promot

“STEAM : Art + Design as a Catalyst for Creative Thinking” Paul Sproll, Professor and Department Head of Teaching + Learning in Art + Design was invited by MAT ’97 alumna Heidi Targee-Heid, a coordinating teacher at Stone Magnet Middle School in Melbourne, Florida to run a two-day professional development workshop for teachers June 5th & 6th. Professor Sproll’s workshop “STEAM: Art + Design as a Catalyst for Creative Thinking” introduced teachers to ideas and strategies that

"He teaches drawing, gorilla art techniques and digital storytelling..." Congratulations to Brian Hutcheson, MAT '07 on his recent nomination by the Greater Tacoma Community Foundation for the 2014 Foundation of Art Award "Most days you can find Brian at the Charles Wright Academy, where he teaches drawing, gorilla art techniques and digital storytelling, among other creative topics. He also established a Martlet Press at Charles Wright Academy, a letterpress and book arts p

Shazia Sikander, RISD MFA, MacArtur Fellow and Art21 artist will give a presentation about her work as part of TLAD's Spring 2014 Lecture Series. The talk is scheduled for Tuesday April 15th at 6:30pm in the Metcalf Auditorium, RISD Museum of Art. Shahzia's talk is co-sponsored by RISD's South Asian Student Association. #news

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