- Website
- efs.risd.edu
- Hours
- Mon – Fri
8:30 am – 4:30 pm
- Key Contact
- Karen Zucconi
- Phone
- 401 454-6176
- kzucconi@risd.edu
- Location
- Waterman Building
- 13 Waterman Street
As the studio curriculum for all first-year undergraduate students at RISD, Experimental and Foundation Studies is comprised of three programs of study: Drawing, Design and Spatial Dynamics, each of which meets one full day per week. Freshmen are assigned to a section of approximately 20 students who attend the three studio classes together.
Experimental and Foundation faculty members emphasize the development of rigorous critical inquiry and motivate students to learn independently. Projects are designed to encourage exploration, questioning and risk taking. At the end of each project, critiques are held so that students can discuss their intentions and processes, and reflect on the capacity of the work to embody ideas and emotions.
Staff
Mickey Ackerman Programs Head 401 454-6161 mackerma@risd.eduElliot Clapp Innovation Director 401 454-6176 eclapp01@risd.edu Carr House
Simcha Davis Technical Assistant III sdavis01@risd.edu
Amy Dente Department Administrative Coordinator adente@risd.edu
George Dyment Technical Assistant III 401 952-4551 gdymen01@risd.edu
Carol Lasch Interim Advising Coordinator 401 454-6176 clasch@risd.edu
Joanne Stryker Dean of Experimental and Foundation Studies 401 454-6177 jstryker@risd.edu
Traci Vaspol Department Coordinator 401 454-6672 tvaspol@risd.edu
Nicholas Ventola Technical Assistant III 401 454-6176 nvento01@risd.edu
Carla Vilaboa Office Assistant 401 454-6344 cvilaboa@risd.edu
McDonald Wright Technical Assistant III 401 454-6761 mwright@risd.edu Carr House
Karen Zucconi Senior Division Coordinator 401 454-6176 kzucconi@risd.edu