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Celebrating the published works of our alumni community of authors, illustrators, editors, and other contributors to the written word!
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Contribute to our growing list of published works illustrated, authored, contributed to, or edited by alumni
The Fleet Library at RISD Alumni Collection highlights and celebrates RISD’s creative publishing community. The collection contains hundreds of titles, including books and other materials. Each item has a special bookplate to identify it as part of the collection. The bookplates recognize the alumni and their contributions to the published work. The collection spans a wide range of subjects, including art and design, fiction, children’s literature, food, memoirs, social justice and more.
The Collection has a dedicated space in the Library’s Main Reading Room, with many of its volumes available to circulate to the RISD community.
For information about donating to the collection, please visit the Library’s Gift Policy or submit using this form.
RISD Reads is our alumni-led book club bringing our community together through books with a shared theme of creativity! Open to all, we welcome participation in reading our selections and attending our virtual book discussions even if you haven’t finished (or started!) the book. Our virtual book discussions are centered on universal themes of creativity and encourage open dialogue. We usually select between two and four books a year based on alumni feedback.
Support our community at their gallery shows, museum exhibitions, and more.
Catch up with friends and see all that is happening in our community.
Podcasts, music, movies and more from RISD alums.
In addition to our Alumni reading List we have several other ways to share our alumni’s work with our community. If you have personal updates or professional news, an exhibition or show, a new music project or film, or news of an alumni’s passing, please share through the links below.
Alumni News & Class Notes (Personal & professional updates from our alumni community)
Alumni Exhibitions Directory (Alumni exhibitions & shows)
Alumni Playlist (Listen and watch alumni films, music projects, albums, podcasts, and more!)
Memorial Wall (Remembering alumni who have passed)
This website relies upon an environment of trust and mutual respect for the rights, differences and dignity of others; of free expression and inquiry; and with a commitment to truth and personal accountability. The views and opinions expressed by alumni are theirs alone and are not endorsed by and should not be ascribed to Rhode Island School of Design. Alumni may not submit content to this website to defame, harass, or threaten people or entities. The School reserves the right to edit, remove, delete or refuse any content.
RISD does not promote third-party campaigns (e.g., Kickstarter, etc.) or fundraising initiatives that do not directly support the institution.
By submitting images to this website for publication, you stipulate that you own the copyright to these images or have permission from the copyright holder to submit these images and grant RISD permission to publish these images on the RISD Alumni Association website and other platforms.
Image credit: Jo Sittenfeld MFA 08 PH
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