Digital and Media

Overview

Informed by critical and decolonial theory, environmental science, sound studies and more, the curriculum supports students in developing robust research agendas and independent studio practices. Faculty also encourage cross-disciplinary dialogue with researchers at Brown University, the Rhode Island School of Design and with other individuals and institutions outside the world of art and design.

Graduates with Digital and Media from Rhode Island School of Design will be prepared to:

• develop a thorough understanding of a range of technologies, including their material capabilities and characteristics, appropriateness for specific strategic applications, relevance within larger systems and impact on people and society

• demonstrate proficiency with a vocabulary of multiple material practices

• exhibit fluency in history, theory and criticism with respect to art, technology and new media practice

• organize teams and work collaboratively with people from a range of disciplines

• present work professionally through exhibitions, publications and other relevant contexts

• communicate cogently about their ongoing studio art process

• demonstrate effective writing skills as part of or in support of artistic practice

• contribute to the ongoing dialogue about research and new work in the field