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EXTERIOR WORK: Kyla Coburn, owner of Kyla Coburn Designs, purchased this building at 222 High St. in Pawtucket, a former Universalist church. Coburn recently received a $30,000 grant from the city to help improve the exterior. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

A moveable design feast

Entrepreneurship 08/25/2017

Kyla Coburn Designs LLC was founded in 2006 by its namesake, a Rhode Island School of Design graduate, and has evolved in recent years....

THE RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN Museum will raise adult daily admission from $12 to $15 but has also made admission for guests 18 and under free. / COURTESY BEST COLLEGE REVIEWS

RISD Museum to waive admission fee for youths

Education 08/23/2017

PROVIDENCE - Starting Sept. 12, Rhode Island School of Design Museum in Providence will not charge an admission fee for any youth aged 18...

RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN graduate Sonny Liew '01, a comic book author and illustrator, was nominated for more Eisner Awards than anyone and took home three awards at Comic-Con International 2017 in San Diego in July. /COURTESY RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN

RISD alumni win big at Comic-Con International

Education 08/11/2017

SAN DIEGO – Three Rhode Island School of Design alumni – Sonny Liew ’01, Erica Henderson ’08 and Anne Szabla ’10 – took home...

ROGER WILLIAMS UNIVERSITY graduates entered the job market carrying more student debt than graduates from any other university in the state. /COURTESY ROGER WILLIAMS UNIVERSITY

Rhode Island ranks in U.S. top 10 for most student loan...

Education 08/10/2017

PROVIDENCE – Students graduating from Rhode Island-based four-year public and nonprofit private colleges and universities in 2016 entered the job market carrying the nation’s...

DANIEL CAVICCHI is the associate provost of Research|Global|Practice at the Rhode Island School of Design, a new position at the university that oversees continuing education, executive education, RISD Global, partnered projects and RISD Careers. /COURTESY RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN

4 RISD educators promoted to leadership positions

Education 07/21/2017

PROVIDENCE – Effective July 1, four long-term Rhode Island School of Design faculty members were promoted to positions of leadership, one of which is...

With $205.8 million impact, arts economy is strong in Providence

Economic Activity 07/21/2017

Given the results of the most recent Americans for the Arts study, “Arts & Economic Prosperity 5,” it’s no coincidence Providence is known as...

WaterFire Arts Center to host FringePVD Festival July 24-29

Hospitality & Tourism 07/21/2017

PROVIDENCE – More than 300 individual theater, music, dance, multimedia and performing artists will be featured during Providence’s fourth annual Fringe Festival, FringePVD 2017,...

R.I. architects feel high-profile work too often goes to out-of-state firms

Business Services 07/14/2017

In a state that prides itself on world-class creative talent, it strikes some on the local scene as odd when high-profile design work goes...

Five Questions With Lizzi Ross

In Their Own Words 07/14/2017

1. What was the catalyst behind RISD’s Design for Manufacturing Innovation certificate program launched in September 2016? This program was developed in partnership with...