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PROVIDENCE, RI – Thesis work by students completing master’s degrees at Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) is now on display at RISD Grad Show 2026, RISD’s annual graduate thesis exhibition. Celebrating the creativity that RISD’s newest graduate alumni bring to the world, the exhibition and digital publication include work by students in Architecture, Ceramics, Design Engineering, Digital + Media, Furniture Design, Glass, Global Arts and Cultures, Graphic Design, Illustration, Industrial Design, Interior Architecture, Jewelry + Metalsmithing, Landscape Architecture, Painting, Photography, Printmaking, Sculpture, Teaching + Learning in Art + Design, and Textiles. Work can also be viewed digitally at risdgrad.show.
The exhibition is on view at the Rhode Island Convention Center in Halls C & D through May 30, 2026. The show is free and open to the public daily from 12–5 pm, with extended hours from 10 am–5 pm on May 30, the day of RISD Commencement.
Highlighting the creativity of students at all stages of the thesis process, from sketches and drafts to completed works, RISD Grad Show 2026 invites viewers to experience an expansive range of exploratory work by emerging artists and designers. The work selected represents the culmination of each student’s experience in RISD’s dynamic and diverse graduate programs. As in years past, the 43,000-sf space has been custom-constructed, with more than 2,000 linear feet of walls forming a network of smaller galleries. The unique configuration of the large, flexible space provides remarkable opportunities for graduate students to show multiple pieces or large installations from final thesis projects representing one to three years of research, experimentation, critical thinking, and production.
Graduate study at RISD brings together artists, designers, and thinkers from around the world to research, experiment, create, and push the possibilities of practice. Grad students advance their practice using exploratory and expansive approaches that connect critical thinking to making. At the heart of this experience are thesis projects that represent two or three years of research, writing, experimentation, collaboration, and production and serve as a foundation for future creative inquiry.
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