Illustration MFA Anthologies
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Description
What follows is a collection of twelve essays by the students of RISD’s Illustration Practice MFA programme, variously reflecting upon their thesis projects, or their creative practice more generally. It allows us an opportunity to chart the many themes and perspectives that inform their work—to notice moments of both overlap and divergence. This anthology not only offers us a window into their individual practices, but also provides a glimpse of the spirit and camaraderie that underscores their experience as a cohort. The very making of this anthology is a reflection of that collective spirit, and you will find many traces of that process embedded throughout the book—be it in the title, the cover, or the little stories interspersed among the essays.
Other than following a broadly defined template, these essays have been designed independently by each student in whatever manner best captured their work and thoughts. So you’ll find moments of cohesion existing in the interstices of this book, while the essays themselves are rather varied and free-flowing in form. As you read, I encourage you to look up these twelve artists and their work more deeply—this book has only enough pages to capture a mere sliver of their rich and varied artistic lives.
Editor Ruchika Nambiar Faculty, Publishing the Thesis Seminar, Spring ‘25 Critic, Department of Illustration, RISD
Publication Date
Spring 2025
Publisher
Rhode Island School of Design
City
Providence
Keywords
Illustration, process, masters theses, thesis projects, camaraderie, experience
Disciplines
Illustration
Recommended Citation
Department, Illustration and Illustration MFA, "Something Around Storytelling | RISD MFA Illustration Anthology 2025" (2025). Illustration MFA Anthologies. 2.
https://digitalcommons.risd.edu/illustration_mfaanthologies/2