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 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 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 16, 1967
Students of RISD and RISD Archives
Blockprint was a student newspaper published throughout the 1950s-60s. The October 16, 1967 issue features articles on a Tent Dance at the RISD Farm, a resurgence of interest in composer Gustav Mahler, a new arts initiative called FANDSO, the Hippie movement, a concert at which The Yardbirds failed to show up, and a draft protest at Kennedy Plaza, along with a review of the film "Bonnie and Clyde," an interview with leaders of Brown student group The Sons of Liberty, a review of the exhibition "Six Sculptors," and 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 September 18, 1967
Students of RISD and RISD Archives
Blockprint was a student newspaper published throughout the 1950s-60s. The September 18, 1967 issue features articles on hippies, the Montreal Expo 67, and the band Country Joe & the Fish, along with other opinion pieces, editorials, and creative writing.
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Blockprint May 08, 1967
Students of RISD and RISD Archives
Blockprint was a student newspaper published throughout the 1950s-60s. The May 8, 1967 issue features articles on the Vietnam War, the RISD Executive Financial Advisor, a rodeo in Cranston, theater at RISD, the philosophy of duality, Bud Williams of the WPRO radio station, the Crystal Tap soccer team, film reviews, the Montreal Expo 67, and the Apparel show, along with other opinion pieces, editorials, and creative writing.
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Blockprint May 01, 1967
Students of RISD and RISD Archives
Blockprint was a student newspaper published throughout the 1950s-60s. The May 1, 1967 issue features articles on the Chairman of the Freshman Foundation Division, a speech by Martin Luther King Jr. at Brown, a dispute involving sophomore women students not being allowed to live off-campus, a new Dean of Students, community involvement, and film reviews, along with other opinion pieces, editorials, and creative writing.
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Blockprint April 24, 1967
Students of RISD and RISD Archives
Blockprint was a student newspaper published throughout the 1950s-60s. The April 24, 1967 issue features articles on the Associate Dean of Students, dorm living, a peace march in New York City, a motorcylce event in Massachusetts, car racing in North Carolina, and living conditions in Farnum Hall, along with other opinion pieces, editorials, and creative writing.
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Blockprint April 17, 1967
Students of RISD and RISD Archives
Blockprint was a student newspaper published throughout the 1950s-60s. The April 17, 1967 issue features articles on communication between the administration and students, the Dean of the Faculty, studio hours at RISD, a new Dean of the College, the Crystal Tap Soccer team, interactions between RISD students and the Providence community, the need for a community organization to address moral and political issues, and Providence news, along with other opinion pieces, editorials, and creative writing.
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Blockprint April 10, 1967
Students of RISD and RISD Archives
Blockprint was a student newspaper published throughout the 1950s-60s. The April 10, 1967 issue features articles on Parents' Weekend, the RISD Director of Admissions, issues with college Deans, slovenliness, the Rhode Island Italian Festival, an Andy Warhol visit and exhibition, and an Architecture Department project on campus, along with other opinion pieces, editorials, and creative writing.
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Blockprint April 4, 1967
Students of RISD and RISD Archives
Blockprint was a student newspaper published throughout the 1950s-60s. The April 4, 1967 issue features articles on the value of art in society, a film on New Guinea by Dadi Wirz, RISD Hockey updates, and a new curator at the RISD Museum, along with other opinion pieces, editorials, and creative writing.
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Blockprint March 13, 1967
Students of RISD and RISD Archives
Blockprint was a student newspaper published throughout the 1950s-60s. The March 13, 1967 issue features articles on the expulsion of twelve students from RISD and a colonial portrait show at the RISD Museum, along with other opinion pieces, editorials, and creative writing.
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Blockprint February 27, 1967
Students of RISD and RISD Archives
Blockprint was a student newspaper published throughout the 1950s-60s. The February 27, 1967 issue features letters to the editors on Associate Dean of Students Paisner and other matters, articles on a sculpture exhibition at the Tonoff Gallery and the sailing club, and a review of the film "Endless Summer," along with other opinion pieces, editorials, comics, 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 February 13, 1967
Students of RISD and RISD Archives
Blockprint was a student newspaper published throughout the 1950s-60s. The February 13, 1967 issue features articles on the mission of RISD, a perceived decline in students' workload and effort, a new student musical group "All," future plans for campus construction, a RISD hockey game, a lecture "Design and the Public Good" by Joseph Kraft, a film society screening, an art exchange between the RISD Museum and Brandeis' Rose Art Museum, a forum hosted at Trinity Square Playhouse, and TAB updates, along with other opinion pieces, editorials, and creative writing.
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Blockprint February 6, 1967
Students of RISD and RISD Archives
Blockprint was a student newspaper published throughout the 1950s-60s. The February 6, 1967 issue features articles on the resignation of the Trinity Square Repertory Company Director, a Jacques Villon exhibit at the RISD Museum, "The Age of Rembrandt" exhibit at the MFA in Boston, and a lecture on urban renewal by Bostonian Edward J. Logue, 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 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 January 9, 1967
Students of RISD and RISD Archives
Blockprint was a student newspaper published throughout the 1950s-60s. The January 9, 1967 issue features articles on a MOMA exhibit on the Paul J. Sachs Collection, Jim Kweskin and the Jug Band, a review of Truma Capote's "Grass Harp," the death of Walt Disney, the RISD Placement Office, an upcoming meeting to discuss improvements for the environment at RISD, a RISD Apparel student's designs winning an Olympics contest, and a Noel Coward visit to RISD, along with other opinion pieces, editorials, and creative writing.
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Blockprint December 12, 1966
Students of RISD and RISD Archives
Blockprint was a student newspaper published throughout the 1950s-60s. The Decmber 12, 1966 issue features articles on a talk by Rev. Canon John Crocker, Diter Rot, visiting guest policies at the dorms, freshman class elections, the opening of the RISD Museum exhibition "Art for Your Collection IV," W.C. Fields films, development around Westminster St. in Providence, a panel discussion held at RISD with Timothy Leary, and an Illustrators' Society exhibit, along with other opinion pieces, editorials, and creative writing.
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Blockprint December 5, 1966
Students of RISD and RISD Archives
Blockprint was a student newspaper published throughout the 1950s-60s. The December 5, 1966 issue features articles on George Lincoln Rockwell, fine art, a RISD Museum exhibition on kinetic and programmed art featuring Nam June Paik in person, the Student Faculty Committee, women being allowed in the men's dorms, and an upcoming lecture by Kurt Vonnegut, 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 November 7, 1966
Students of RISD and RISD Archives
Blockprint was a student newspaper published throughout the 1950s-60s. The November 7, 1966 issue features articles on how to be cool at RISD, the formation of student group the Illustration Society, a lecture on ending the Vietnam War, a reprint of a Timothy Leary piece on acid, a RISD student concert of "Indian-like" music, a RISD football game, and a performance by Ecuadorean cellist Carlos Bonilla, along with other opinion pieces, editorials, and creative writing.