West Elm RISD Cottage Tour
West Elm RISD Cottage Tour Although I've never had a chance to visit the new RISD Cottage, I feel like I have a bit of a connection to it. Approximately 1 year ago I received amazing news that the art and design school in Providence, RI, where my parents attended and where they met each other for the first time acquired one of my artworks. My mother would use the RISD Museum as a form of child care, when she went back to finish up her degree in Textile Design. My sister and I had the extraordinary privilege to be able to attend t he museum's after-school art classes drawing from the many master works that hung on the walls. Years later, I was able to attend RISD myself as a student where I thrived artistically and developed so many deep and long lasting personal relationships. Directly after graduate school, my first professional teaching job was visiting professor in the RISD ceramic program. It was truly my dream job. When I found out that W