A spring Printmaking class, "Printed Walls: Wallpaper Design, Technique and History," inspired by the ongoing RISD Museum exhibition “The Art of French Wallpaper Design,” is being taught by Raftery in collaboration with the museum. Members of the public have been invited to watch in the Chace Center’s Community Room as students attempt to re-create the historical process of printing by hand using woodblocks and a 19th-century style printing bench. Over the course of the semester, each student will design and create a repeating border pattern as well as a larger design on a roll of heavy paper, and samples of the completed wallpapers will be installed around campus. (fb)

With more than three months to go until June 30, the end of RISD’s fiscal year, a broad community of generous supporters including individual donors, corporate partners and foundations has contributed $14.3 million to support the educational mission of the college and museum. “These gifts are investments in leaders, problem-solvers and artists who can touch our humanity and make us feel more resilient,” says Amanda Clark MacMullan, RISD’s vice president of Institutional Advancement. “A RISD graduate looks at the present and says ‘How can we make this better for the future?’ That is what the world needs, and that is why we see so many generous individuals and organizations coalescing around our mission and supporting it.” Learn more about the gifts supporting the educational mission of the college and museum below. (fb)