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Tangled Roots: Exploring Appalachian Feminisms, Magenta Palo Jan 2022

Tangled Roots: Exploring Appalachian Feminisms, Magenta Palo

Graduate Thesis Exhibition Catalogue Gallery, 2022

Women have long been overlooked as key figures in the cultural history of Appalachia. The exhibition Tangled Roots: Exploring Appalachian Feminisms seeks to examine the ways in which women artists across the region have kept traditions alive while redefining creative practices that were once seen strictly as “women’s work.” In particular, the exhibition aims to explore how women have reimagined “craft” through skillful attention to materials, manual dexterity, and application of critical and conceptual rigor. The concept of craft is defined in this context to include all hand-made work that requires developed skills, whether they belong to traditional craft-based practices …


A Glitch In The Garden, Shelby Forma, Daisy Sheps, Elisar Haydar, Samuel Phippen, Robyn Miller, Téa Smith Jan 2021

A Glitch In The Garden, Shelby Forma, Daisy Sheps, Elisar Haydar, Samuel Phippen, Robyn Miller, Téa Smith

Creative Humanities

Kai, a kid searching for a place to call home, stumbles upon a desert city with a secret— An amazing community garden! With the help of gardeners Cameron and Riley, Kai learns that strongest roots are grown with help from the old and the new.


The Land Scouts: Guide Book, Katie D. Ries Oct 2014

The Land Scouts: Guide Book, Katie D. Ries

Faculty Creative and Scholarly Works

The Land Scouts promote modern land stewardship and are open to all. The Guide Book gives an overview of the scouts as well as information on getting started earning badges and hosting a troop.


Risd Press January 11, 1974, Students Of Risd, Risd Archives Jan 1974

Risd Press January 11, 1974, Students Of Risd, Risd Archives

All Student Newspapers

RISD press was a student newspaper published weekly in the early 1970s, a self-described attempt at consolidating all the information outlets of the school, including the previous student newspaper, Montage. The issue of January 11, 1974 included an article about a fire at the Farnum House dorm and the fact that the fire extinguishers were useless. It was a small fire and no-one was injured. Wintsersession began with many students taking travel courses. The Carr House coffee house was established. Comics, classifieds, and events for RISD students were also mentioned.