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Featuring work by graduate students earning their degrees this year, RISD Grad Show 2025 highlights the creativity of students at all stages of the thesis process, from sketches and drafts to completed works. The show is presented both as an in-person exhibition at the Rhode Island Convention Center (open to the public May 22–May 29), and as a digital publication that showcases work by RISD grad students across 19 advanced degree programs.

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Credits

President 
Crystal Williams

Provost 
Touba Ghadessi

Director, RISD Museum 
Tsugumi Maki

Director of Campus Exhibitions 
Mark Moscone

Director, Graduate Studies 
Amy Horschak

Graduate Community & Experience Specialist, Graduate Studies 
Phoebe Snyder

Director, Digital Initiatives, RISD Museum 
Jeremy Radtke

Graphic Designer, RISD Museum 
Brendan Campbell

Design Technologist, RISD Museum 
Ariel Hirschhorn

Exhibition Identity Design and Web Development
Elliott Romano, Kimberly Duck, Vishakha Ruhela, Graphic Design MFA 25, with additional support from Carson Evans

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Exposure, Bricolage

RISD Grad Show 2025 was created using Ziggurat, an open-source publishing tool. Ziggurat was built by the RISD Museum in collaboration with Oomph, Inc.

The RISD Grad Show 2025 digital site would not have been possible without the many individuals who generously offered their support, expertise, time and guidance. The publication was supported by Touba Ghadessi (Provost) and production was handled by the RISD Museum’s Digital Initiatives team. Special thanks to team members Brendan Campbell, Jeremy Radtke, and Ariel Hirschhorn who oversaw every aspect of the creation and building of the site. This project truly would not have happened without their patience, diligence and generosity. Special thanks to Amy Horschak and Phoebe Snyder from Graduate Studies for their support and commitment to moving this project forward. Their communication and insights kept things on track, ensuring that the Graduate Program Directors and thesis grads had the information they needed to help them meet deadlines.

Thanks to Mark Moscone, Director of Campus Exhibitions for his dedication and vision. The graphic identity of the site was conceived by Kimberly Duck, Elliot Romano and Vishaka Ruhela, MFA Graphic Design 2025. Many thanks for their time developing an elegant, thoughtful design that seamlessly carries through the entire site. Thanks to Bethany Johns, Department Head and Graduate Program Director of Graphic Design for her support and guidance of the graphic identity team throughout this project. Thanks also to the directors of the departments and programs featured here.