Contact Us
Please email us at risdspecial@risd.edu with questions, all of us monitor this email.
Websites: Archives and Special Collections
Class Visits and Appointments
We are available for appointments via email or Zoom. You can “make a remote appointment” or "schedule a remote class visit".
From mid March to July, we have been teaching scheduled classes and artists' books demos (see example below) via Zoom with materials we have at home as well as our digital collections.
As of July 15 we will be offering appointments and classes from our Reading Room with our document camera and Zoom.
Events and Exhibits
Unbound 2020 is online, Unbound 2021 will be held April 10, 2021.
Student Artists' Book Contest - The exhibit remains up until the library reopens. Items not added to the collection can be picked up by appointment when the library reopens. We are happy to hold on to entries until Fall semester or mail your entry to you. Please contact us to make arrangements.
Digital Collections
Archives - includes Brown/RISD Community Art Project, Infinite Radius, Raid the Icebox I with Andy Warhol, RISD Buildings and Open Spaces, RISD Cabaret 1987-2000, RISD Posters, Student Newspapers, TLAD External Projects, Visiting Artists.
Special Collections - includes Annual Student Artists' Book Juried Contest + Exhibition, Artists' Books, Dazzle Print Collection, Zine Collection.