2024 event schedule

Thursday, SEP 19, 2024
4 – 8 PM

Breathe

4 - 6PM: A I R Showcase

Two floors of interactive, “Arts, Innovation and Research” displays generated by RISD faculty, students and alumni, including 20+ exhibitors!
Meet our 2024 exhibitors!

4 - 5PM: Co-Works Tour

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

1-on-1 sessions with RISD Research or Human Resources to learn about upcoming opportunities, drop a resume, business card, share your web profile or ask about anything.

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.