- Website
- naturelab.risd.edu
- Hours
- Natural History Collection (Room 22), Mon – Thurs
8:00 am – 10:00 pm - Natural History Collection (Room 22), Fri – Sat
9:00 am – 6:00 pm - Natural History Collection (Room 22), Sun
12:00 pm – 6:00 pm - Microscopy Lab (Room 12), Mon–Fri
8:30 am – 4:30 pm
- Phone
- 401 454-6451
- nature@risd.edu
- Location
- Waterman Building
- 1st and 2nd floors
- 13 Waterman Street
Founded in 1937 by RISD graduate and long-time faculty member Edna Lawrence, the Nature Lab provides students and faculty with an engaging space for exploring the forms, patterns and processes in nature as well as an understanding of our place within the living world. It is a forum, sustained by resources and expertise that inspires countless art and design projects throughout RISD.
With more than 80,000 preserved natural science specimens, microscopy and micro-imaging systems unparalleled in an art and design school, as well as aquatic systems and lab equipment for maintaining and studying a variety of living and non-living specimens, the Nature Lab is a unique environment for investigating the myriad connections between art, design and science.
Staff
Jennifer Bissonnette Director 401 709-8548 jbissonn@risd.eduLea Fabre Nature Lab Coordinator 401 277–4872 lfabre01@risd.edu
Benedict Gagliardi III Biologist and Collections Manager 401 277-4852 bgagliar@risd.edu
Ava Handley Nature Lab Coordinator 401 277–4871 ahandl01@risd.edu
Georgia Rhodes Visualization and Imaging Research Associate 401 277-4854 grhodes@risd.edu
Betsy Ruppa Lab Coordinator 401 277-4951 bruppa@risd.edu