Ann-Maree Quaynor (BRDD 2024.5) Selected as a Brown Midyear Completion Speaker
Ann-Maree "AMQ" Quaynor (BRDD 2024.5, Painting, International and Public Affairs) has been selected as one of two student speakers to address Brown's class of 2024.5 at this semester's Midyear Completion Celebration. “I have often been in between things," Quaynor told News from Brown. "[But] the dual degree program, as difficult as it was, finally gave me the opportunity to find the most authentic version of myself. I have a lot more clarity to recognize all the ways in which all parts of me are working together."
Illustrations by Julie Kwon (BRDD 2017) Honored by School Library Journal
School Library Journal has named "I'm Sorry You Got Mad," written by Kyle Lukoff and illustrated by Julie Kwon(BRDD 2017, Illustration, Urban Studies), one of the Best Picture Books of 2024. SLJ praises the book's "sublime" art and story.
Zoe Goldemberg and Yutaka Tomokiyo (BRDD 2027) Contribute to “The Blind Urban Subject" Installation
The Blind Urban Subject is a public art installation initiated by Daniel Solomon (Brown 2026) with the aim of increasing understanding of how the blind and visually impaired experience of urban life. The project takes the form of a binocular tower viewer, modified to simulate four common eye conditions. It is on view at the intersection of Thayer and Angell Streets through January 2025. Design Engineering Director, Zoe Goldemberg(BRDD 2027, Apparel Design, Materials Engineering) led a team of fellow students including Yutaka Tomokiyo (BRDD 2027, Industrial Design, Materials Engineering) through the research, prototyping, and installation phases of this deeply interdisciplinary project.
Elliott Rosenberg (BRDD 2024) Featured in Brown Alumni Magazine Gift Guide
Shortly before graduating, Elliott Rosenberg (BRDD 2024, Furniture Design, Engineering, Computer Science) established Perennial Design Studio with a goal to “meld fine arts, design objects, and functional home goods.” Now, his Sedum Lamp is featured in the Brown Alumni Magazine's 2024 Gift Guide. Yukti V. Agarwal (BRDD 2024.5, Textiles, Contemplative Studies, Psychology) contributed to the Gift Guide, which highlights alumni-made products each year.
Alex Hogue and Jo Ouyang (BRDD 2026) Fuel Change as Maharam Fellows
RISD's Maharam Fellowship funds students to pursue summer work focusing on sustainability and social justice in community organizations in the US and abroad. The 2024 Maharam Fellows included two Brown|RISD Dual Degree students. Alex Hogue (BRDD 2026, Illustration, Computer Science) created illustrated materials for The Grand Adventure - a nonprofit that organizes programs and support for pediatric and adult cancer survivors - while Jo Ouyang (BRDD 2026, Painting, Ethnic Studies) worked with the Asian American Advocacy Fund on an oral history and visual art archive of Asian American organizing in Atlanta.
RISD News highlights the Brown|RISD Dual Degree capstone presentations delivered on May 29 and 30, 2024, in Brown's Lindemann Performing Arts Center. These presentations offered a "captivating and emotional look into [the graduates'] multidisciplinary work."
Ernesto Renda (BRDD 2018) in "for love, for art, and for being"
Ernesto Renda(BRDD 2018, Painting, Modern Culture and Media) has artwork in for love, for art, and for being, an exhibition curated by UTA Artist Space Senior Director Harrison Tenzer in partnership with actor Elliot Page. On view in Los Angeles from June 5-8 and online from June 5-26, 2024, for love, for art, and for being celebrates queer artistic expression in honor of Pride Month. This follows Renda's recent solo exhibition at Moskowitz Bayse in LA.
Hannah Subotnick (BRDD 2016) Awarded a Fulbright Grant
Hannah Subotnick (BRDD 2016, Film/Animation/Video, Modern Culture and Media) has been named a 2024-25 Fulbright Grant recipient. Subotnick earned an MFA in Art Pratice from Stanford University in 2020, and has served as a Critic in RISD's F/A/V department. The award will allow her to "travel to the Netherlands to make a photographic portrait of philosopher Baruch Spinoza in absentia by tracing his presence through the places he lived ... [exploring] how Spinoza’s occupational practice of lens grinding relates metaphorically and poetically to his philosophy."
Naya Lee Chang (BRDD 2024) Remixes Public Art on College Hill
In the last month of her five years in Providence, Naya Lee Chang (BRDD 2024, Furniture Design, History) led walking tours of public art installations that she created in conversation with existing buildings and monuments across both Brown and RISD's campuses. Stops on the tour included a waving inflatable arm attached to the statue of Caesar Augustus overlooking Brown's Wriston Quad and Bricked Over Windows, a Dorner Prize-winning work on the RISD Museum's Benefit Street facade. Drawing parallels between practices of historical scholarship and public art, Naya muses that critical practitioners in both fields "learn existing stories then try to make [their] intervention."
Njari Anderson (BRDD 2024) Awarded Windgate-Lamar Fellowship
Njari Anderson(BRDD 2024, Sculpture, Modern Culture and Media) has been awarded a 2024 Windgate-Lamar Fellowship. Each year, the Center for Craft awards ten emerging craft artists $15,000 in unrestricted funds in recognition of the "excellence of their artistic contributions and their potential to innovate and enrich the craft field."
