Across the Pond RISD/London has been on a roll recently, hosting events almost every month this year, including an April tea at the home of Alexander Dale BArch 14 (center left). In March RISD/Gulf Club Leader Saba Qizilbash MA 04 (below center) hosted a talk by Salima Hashmi MAE 90 (to the right of Saba) on Art and Activism in Contemporary Pakistani Art at American University in Dubai. And in early April, RISD/Tokyo alumni spent another fun afternoon celebrating Hanami—the national tribute to cherry
Clubbing Around the US While RISD was digging out all winter, alumni with the good sense to live somewhere warm enjoyed good con-
blossoms—by picnicking at Tokyo’s Inokashira Park.
artistic mecca housing the mural project Pow Wow,” Jamie writes. “I’m looking forward to more of these
versations. In January RISD/Miami—
gatherings so that we can continue
a new club led by Jayda Knight Uras
the dialogue and support one another.”
99 IA—held its first event at the Art
A new RISD/Houston club also got off
Center/South Florida (top right),
to a good start thanks to club leaders
where alumni visited studios of
Falon Mihalic MLA 12 (above left)
several artists in residence. In Hawaii
and Katie Schon 05 ID, who hosted
Jamie Allen 05 IL organized a great
a gathering at the Post Oak Whole
get-together at a new bar in Kakaako
Foods, which boasts the distinct
(above right). “It’s an up-and-coming
advantage of brewing its own beer.
Faculty on the Road Longtime RISD professor and Dean of Foundation Studies Joanne Stryker visited alumni in Seattle, Los Angeles and San Francisco this spring to speak about new developments on campus. Nathan Kendrick 98 GD and Gregory Baker 98 GD graciously hosted the RISD/NorCal Event at DESIGNMAP
Teachers Talk Shop in NOLA On March 27 Alumni Relations
while Nikolai and Simon Haas 08 PT
hosted a reception for teachers
stepped forward to welcome RISD/LA
attending the 2015 National Art
alumni to The Haas Brothers studio.
Education Association Convention in New Orleans. President Rosanne Somerson 76 ID was a featured speaker, presenting on Critical Making: Making the Future, and her former student Stephanie Silverman 04 FD (see page 82) accepted the Eastern Region Secondary Art Educator of the Year award. Professor Paul Sproll, head of RISD’s department of Teaching + Learning in Art + Design (TLAD), also presented at the convention and enjoyed meeting with alumni educators at the reception.
For a list of club contacts around the world, go to alumni.risd.edu.
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