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Kev's Dinghy Boat Workshops, Ruiyang Xiao

Masters Theses

In a culture where convenience replaces process, this project argues that making — even when inefficient, imperfect, or unnecessary — enables forms of engagement that buying cannot.

Technologies and Services nowadays are able to fulfill human’s desire to travel and explore at ease. However, this convenience proposes a mode of engagement based only in deeper knowledge of context and thus our experience with the world around us is hence diminished. Our engagement with the world becomes heavily mediated, regulated and controlled.

This project investigates how hands-on engagement with water can reintroduce + restore our sense of joy, curiosity, consequence, and …

Art Institute Program 1935, Brown/Risd Community Art Project

Art Institute Programs and Transcripts

The Art Institute program for October 31 through November 3, 1935 took place in various venues at Brown University and the Rhode Island School of Design. The first session was a talk about Art, Economics and our American Future. The Second talk was The Machine and Good Taste. The third talk was Mural Art in America. The fourth talk was American Music Today. There was a musical recital by the Boston Chamber orchestra in the RISD Museum of Art.

Art Institute Program 1934, Brown/Risd Community Art Project

Art Institute Programs and Transcripts

This Art Institute program took place on December 7 through December 9 1934 at various places at the Brown University and Rhode Island School of Design campuses. The first session featured a talk called The Art Spirit in American Life. The second session featured a talk called The History of Motion Picture as Art, and The Technique of Cinematography (illustrated by the film The Eighth Art). The third session featured a talk called Tradition and Theory in Modern Furniture (illustrated). The fourth session featured a talk called Trends in American Painting Today(illustrated). There also were two recitals and several painting …

Art Institute Program 1933, Brown/Risd Community Art Project

Art Institute Programs and Transcripts

The Institutes of Art were three-day symposiums sponsored by the Brown/RISD Community Art Project. The symposiums included sessions on Fine Arts, art collecting and exhibitions, printing, industry and commerce, art in the community, civic art, and art in relation to literature. These records include Institute programs, maps, other materials published in connection to the Institutes, and transcripts of lectures and speeches given during sessions.

Art Institute Map 1932, Brown/Risd Community Art Project

Art Institute Programs and Transcripts

This is a map that shows the various buildings at Brown University and the Rhode Island School of Design for events at the Art Institutes seminars. Also shown are various galleries on the East Side of Providence.

Art Institute Addresses 1932, Brown/Risd Community Art Project

Art Institute Programs and Transcripts

These Art Institute addresses took place in 1932. These are the transcripts of those artists, architects and educators who spoke.