event schedule

Thursday, SEP 19, 2024
4 – 8 PM

Breathe

4 - 6PM: A I R Showcase

Explore two floors of interactive, “Arts, Innovation and Research” displays generated by RISD faculty, students and alumni, including 20+ exhibitors!
Meet our exhibitors!

4 - 5PM: Co-Works Tour

Take a tour to the RISD Co-Works Interdisciplinary Research Lab, a makerspace filled with emerging and traditional technologies that RISD students use to incubate and fabricate ideas.

Soar

5 - 6PM: RISD CONNECTS

Sign up for a 1-on-1 session with RISD Research or Human Resources. Learn about upcoming opportunities. Drop your resume, business card, share your web profile. Ask about anything. We want to get to know you.

Velocity

6 – 7 pm: Flash Talks & Live Mural Making

10-minute “flash talks” featuring RISD researchers with Q&A

Ruchika Nambiar (MA Global Arts and Cultures ‘24), “Memes for the Soul”
Pei-Yu Hung (Industrial Design ‘24), “Don’t Grow Up, Age, and Play”
Emily Vogler (Faculty, Landscape Architecture), “HYDRO | COMMONS: Stewardship Practices to Build Climate Resilience”
Kelin Zhang (Faculty, Industrial Design), “Poetry Camera”

Broadcast

7 – 8 Pm: On A I R Podcast

“What’s AI Gotta do with BIPOC Futures?”

A conversation with artists/scholars Curry J. Hackett, S.A. Chavarría and Jessica Brown whose work examines and transgresses artificial intelligence in relation to Black and Indigenous cultures. Moderated by Dr. Soul Brown.