Applying to Art School or Art College in the United States.
Not all Art Colleges offer Foundation Year as part of their curriculum. Foundation Year is the Freshman curriculum to explore and build different skills. Pratt and RISD (Rhode Island School of Design) both have a Foundation Year. I took two tours of Pratt Institute — one with my oldest and one with my youngest —…
My daughter is a sophomore at RISD (Rhode Island School of Design) and she landed her dream internship at MIT Media Lab. The project that she is working on as the lead designer is AttentivU, a biofeedback device that measures brainwaves and eye movement to help with staying focused. The device is designed into a…
My daughter, referred to as Grasshopper and Sensei in my blog, won the BlueGreen Innovation Challenge with her team of Industrial Designers from Rhode Island School of Design and Mechanical Engineer from M.I.T. They were written up by RISD! Students Propose Real-World Design Solutions Industrial Design students offer innovative ideas for supporting sustainability in Rhode…
The Brown | RISD Dual Degree Program draws on the complementary strengths of two world-class institutions and offers students the opportunity to develop and integrate diverse spheres of academic and artistic interests by pursuing degrees at Brown University and the Rhode Island School of Design over five years. My daughter attends RISD and her summer roommate,…
Please welcome my guest blogger, Sophie, who is sharing her art and design college search journey today! —– My name is Sophie. I have a bachelor’s in Allround Styling and Design which I obtained at Academie Artemis, located in the heart of the beautiful city of Amsterdam, the Netherlands. From there, I went on to…
My daughter is a sophomore at Rhode Island School of Design and she pulled together a team of Industrial Design majors to compete in the BlueGreen Innovation challenge in Rhode Island. Along the way, she added an M.I.T. senior engineering student to her team. They successfully competed and made the finalist round. They are one…
It’s that time of year when college students need to land a summer internship and in a poor economic environment that’s no easy task. So what to do? I am using my college student daughter as an example (without her permission). How To Land a Summer Internship Step 1: Create Your LinkedIn Profile You probably…