Rhode Island School of Design

Rhode Island School of Design

      private, coeducational institution of higher learning in Providence, R.I., U.S. The school was founded in 1877 but did not offer its first instruction at the college level until 1932. It is perhaps the foremost fine arts college in the United States. Rhode Island combines professional arts training with a broad liberal arts curriculum. It offers bachelor's degrees in various fields of the fine arts (i.e., painting, sculpture, illustration, photography, printmaking, ceramics, and textiles), design, and architectural studies. It also offers master's degrees in the fine arts, industrial design, and art education. Total enrollment is approximately 1,900. The school has an art museum with notable collections of European paintings and American decorative arts.

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