Blockprint was a student magazine published throughout the 1960s. Contents include student artwork and photography, local and institutional news, editorials, comics, advertisements, and more. Higher resolution scans and the physical documents can be requested by contacting the Archives.
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Blockprint April 15, 1968
Students of RISD and RISD Archives
Blockprint was a student magazine published throughout the 1960s. This issue of April 15, 1968 covers the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., including editorials concerning the event, as well as more local news related to the school. Also included is a double page spread of photographs from the school's COLAB program of the year.
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Blockprint February 05, 1968
Students of RISD and RISD Archives
Blockprint was a student newspaper published throughout the 1950s-60s. The February 5, 1968 issue features articles on the faculty salary, rumors about the introduction of Wintersession, scholarship opportunities in Europe, the Peace Corps, a new production of "An Enemy of the People" by Trinity Square Repertory Company, Take-A-Break Weekend, and W.C. Fields, along with other opinion pieces, editorials, and creative writing.
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Blockprint January 22, 1968
Students of RISD and RISD Archives
Blockprint was a student newspaper published throughout the 1950s-60s. The January 22, 1968 issue features articles on "The Bluegrass Kid" John Kornhauser, the new student group Hydra, Take-A-Break Weekend, and an upcoming exhibition by Robert Frank, along with other opinion pieces, editorials, and creative writing.
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Blockprint January 15, 1968
Students of RISD and RISD Archives
Blockprint was a student newspaper published throughout the 1950s-60s. The January 15, 1968 issue features articles on the censorship of the publication "Avatar" in Boston, a news student communications effort "Hydra," Moby Grape, the Mystic Mexican, jazz musician Charles Lloyd, Take-A-Break Weekend, and the Grateful Dead, along with other opinion pieces, editorials, and creative writing.
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Blockprint January 08, 1968
Students of RISD and RISD Archives
Blockprint was a student newspaper published throughout the 1950s-60s. The January 8, 1968 issue features articles on life in the army, marijuana laws in Rhode Island, a Picasso exhibit at MOMA, arrests in Boston for distributing the newspaper "Avatar," and transcendental meditation, along with other opinion pieces, editorials, and creative writing.
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Blockprint December 04, 1967
Students of RISD and RISD Archives
Blockprint was a student newspaper published throughout the 1950s-60s. The December 4, 1967 issue features articles on a protest on Hallloween, Bob Krywy, a sculpture by Michael Casey at Woods Gerry, the drafting of a Blockprint contributor, and a satirical piece on Lyndon B. Johnson, along with other opinion pieces, editorials, and creative writing.
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Blockprint November 20, 1967
Students of RISD and RISD Archives
Blockprint was a student newspaper published throughout the 1950s-60s. The November 20, 1967 issue features articles on jazz musician Charles Lloyd, musician Alan Sondheim, Pete Seeger, Mike Bloomfield, an organ recital, school spirit at RISD, the underground film scene, television host Robert Jungels, draft protesters, Mexicans, and a photography exhibition of Guggenheim Fellows, along with other opinion pieces, editorials, and creative writing.
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Blockprint October 30, 1967
Students of RISD and RISD Archives
Blockprint was a student newspaper published throughout the 1950s-60s. The October 30, 1967 issue features articles on the March on the Pentagon, "Citizen Kane," marijuana laws in Rhode Island, Fred Sommers, the closing of the Crystal Tap, and Gilbert Franklin, along with other opinion pieces, editorials, and creative writing.
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Blockprint January 23, 1967
Students of RISD and RISD Archives
Blockprint was a student newspaper published throughout the 1950s-60s. The January 23, 1967 issue is a special edition that reprints excerpts from Robert Osborn's work "The Vulgarians," accompanied by photographs from Peter Blake's book, "God's Own Junkyard."
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Blockprint October 23, 1967
Students of RISD and RISD Archives
Blockprint was a student newspaper published throughout the 1950s-60s. The October 23, 1967 issue features articles on the Montreal Expo, religion in art, Designers in Drama's production of "Too True to Be Good," an anti-draft protest at Kennedy Plaza, a Resistance church service in Cambridge, and the Film Society needing funding from the RISD Museum, along with other opinion pieces, editorials, and creative writing.
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Blockprint October 9, 1967
Students of RISD and RISD Archives
Blockprint was a student newspaper published throughout the 1950s-60s. The October 9, 1967 issue features articles on WRIB DJ Chuck Stevens, drug laws in Rhode Island, Dracula, entertainment at RISD, an Industrial Design thesis project in Pawtucket, Argentinian artist Julio Le Parc, and the opening of the RISD Junior School, along with other opinion pieces, editorials, and creative writing.
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Blockprint February 20, 1967
Students of RISD and RISD Archives
Blockprint was a student newspaper published throughout the 1950s-60s. The February 20, 1967 issue features articles on the mounting cost of Take-A-Break Weekend, complaints about the Associate Dean of Students, a new museum exhibit "The Brandeis Exchange Show of Modern Art," housing at RISD, an upcoming lecture by Edward T. Hall on "Design and the Public Good," and Antonioni's "Red Desert," along with other opinion pieces, editorials, and creative writing.
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Blockprint January 16, 1967
Students of RISD and RISD Archives
Blockprint was a student newspaper published throughout the 1950s-60s. The January 16, 1967 issue features articles on men's fashion on campus, an upcoming lecture by education scholar John Holt, a Providence College poll of students' opinions on college rules and student behavior, and Take-A-Break Weekend, along with other opinion pieces, editorials, and creative writing.
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Blockprint, November 21, 1966
Students of RISD and RISD Archives
Blockprint was a student newspaper published throughout the 1950s-60s. The November 21, 1966 issue features articles on Thanksgiving break, the Vietnam War, floods in Florence that damaged art and books, Designers in Drama's production of "Look After Lulu," a RISD Museum retrospective of Walter Murch, and events taking place at RISD, along with other opinion pieces, editorials, and creative writing.
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Blockprint November 14, 1966
Students of RISD and RISD Archives
Blockprint was a student newspaper published throughout the 1950s-60s. The November 14, 1966 issue features an article on a new RISD Drama production and film reviews, along with other opinion pieces, editorials, and creative writing.
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Blockprint October 31, 1966
Students of RISD and RISD Archives
Blockprint was a student newspaper published throughout the 1950s-60s. The October 31, 1966 issue features articles on the photo lab in Benson Hall, the opening of a RISD Museum exhibition on modern Latin American art, the Vietnam War, Trinity Square, the rejection of a proposed student organization "Rhode Island School of Design Committee for Ending the War in Viet Nam," a Mamas and Papas concert in Boston, and student clubs along with other opinion pieces, editorials, and creative writing.
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Blockprint October 24, 1966
Students of RISD and RISD Archives
Blockprint was a student newspaper published throughout the 1950s-60s. The October 24, 1966 issue features articles on bringing Andy Warhol and his Exploding Plastic Inevitable project to RISD, the Vietnam War, a controversy involving a recent Trinity Square Playhouse visit, parking issues at RISD, and a new exhibit on modern Latin American art at the RISD Museum, along with other opinion pieces, editorials, and creative writing.
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Blockprint October 17, 1966
Students of RISD and RISD Archives
Blockprint was a student newspaper published throughout the 1950s-60s. The October 17, 1966 issue features articles on bussing, the films of Peter Kubelka, the Motorcycle Club, A Lovin' Spoonful concert, a Trinity Square Playhouse production of "Saint Joan," the student council, a tent dance, and the Selective Service, along with opinion pieces, editorials, and creative writing.
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Blockprint October 03, 1966
Students of RISD and RISD Archives
Blockprint was a student newspaper published throughout the 1950s-60s. The October 3, 1966 issue features articles on writer's block, films by Peter Kubelka, new officers of the RISD Alumni Association, the film "A Man and a Woman," and various events around campus, along with opinion pieces, editorials, and creative writing.
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Blockprint September 26, 1966
Students of RISD and RISD Archives
Blockprint was a student newspaper published throughout the 1950s-60s. The September 26, 1966 issue features articles on the rivalry with Brown, student housing, a Beatles concert in Boston, and the RISD Museum, along with other opinion pieces, editorials, and creative writing.
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Blockprint September 19, 1966
Students of RISD and RISD Archives
Blockprint was a student newspaper published throughout the 1950s-60s. The September 19, 1966 issue features articles on the start of the new school year, new faculty appointments, and freshman orientation, along with other opinion pieces, editorials, and creative writing.
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Blockprint May 2, 1966
Students of RISD and RISD Archives
Blockprint was a student newspaper published throughout the 1950s-60s. The May 2, 1966 issue features articles on tricks and tips for creating work at RISD, Parent's Weekend, a Carlos Montoya concert, Marcel Marceau, and the Vietnam War, along with other opinion pieces, editorials, and creative writing.
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Blockprint April 25, 1966
Students of RISD and RISD Archives
Blockprint was a student newspaper published throughout the 1950s-60s. The April 25, 1966 issue features articles on an incident involving Brown students, the Vietnam War, a Board of Trustees meeting, an Animals concert, individuality at RISD, and a Diter Rot show, along with other opinion pieces, editorials, and creative writing.
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Blockprint April 18, 1966
Students of RISD and RISD Archives
Blockprint was a student newspaper published throughout the 1950s-60s. The April 18, 1966 issue features articles on student housing, a new curriculum committee, the film Dr. Zhivago, Parent's Weekend, hallucinogenic drugs, and various films, along with other opinion pieces, editorials, and creative writing.
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Blockprint March 28, 1966
Students of RISD and RISD Archives
Blockprint was a student newspaper published throughout the 1950s-60s. The March 28, 1966 issue features articles on the student dormitories, the student refectory, Designers in Drama's prodcution of "Light Up the Sky," a review of the RISD Museum exhibit "The Paintings of Edward Mitchell Bannister," a review of bullfighting movie "The Moment of Truth," the Vietnam War, a local rock band called "The Chosen Few," and a review of Victor Borge's "Comedy in Music," along with other opinion pieces, editorials, and creative writing.