Laurie Whitehill Chong’s (Special Collections Librarian/Curator of Artists’ Books) essay entitled “Word Antics” was included in the exhibition catalog “Ruth Laxson: Hip Young Owl,” a retrospective of nearly 50 years...
The RISD Fleet Library, which was established in 1878 and moved into the first two floors of the former Rhode Island Hospital Trust bank in 2006, was named one of the “most amazing university libraries in the world,” by BestMastersPrograms.org....
The Fleet Library is the recipient of a $50,000 National Forum Grant from the Institute of Museum & Library Services (IMLS) to hold a symposium titled Materials Education and Research in Art and Design: A New Role for Libraries. To be held from...
The Fleet Library is the recipient of a $50,000 National Forum Grant from the Institute of Museum & Library Services (IMLS) to hold a symposium titled Materials Education and Research in Art and Design: A New Role for Libraries. To be held from...
The Institute of Museum and Library Services has announced the 52 recipients of their National Leadership Grants. The grants are intended to “advance the museum, library, and archive professions through new research and the creation and dissemination...
This summer the Slide Library on the the second floor of 15 Westminster will be closed as the area will be under construction to accommodate the Material Resource Center, a project partly funded with a Champlin Foundations grant. The construction is...
“The Puppets Have Arrived!” is an extraordinary exhibit of Chinese puppets on view through September 26 at the Fleet Library at RISD. The puppets in the exhibit are part of the Ella V. Bowering Collection which was augmented by Judith...