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Rhode Island School of Design

The Rhode Island School of Design is a private art and design school in . The school was founded as a coeducational institution in 1877 by Helen Adelia Rowe Metcalf, who sought to increase the accessibility of design education to women.
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  • Type: University
  • Description: private art and design college in Providence, Rhode Island, USA
  • Also known as: “risd”, “RISD”, “RIZ-dee”, and “rizdee”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library and First Baptist Church in America.

Library
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The , nicknamed "the Rock", is the primary teaching and research library for the humanities, social sciences, and fine arts at Brown University in . is situated 830 feet east of Rhode Island School of Design.

Church
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The , also known as the First Baptist Meetinghouse, is the oldest Baptist church in the . The Church was founded in 1638 by Roger Williams in . is situated 450 feet north of Rhode Island School of Design.

Museum
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The is a museum and National Historic Landmark at 15 Hopkins Street in . It was the home of Stephen Hopkins, a governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations and a signer of the Declaration of Independence. is situated 590 feet southeast of Rhode Island School of Design.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Downtown Providence and Providence.

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Downtown includes the core of the downtown area as well as Waterplace Park, the Providence Place Mall, and Capitol Hill.

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is the state capital and largest city in , as well as the third largest city in . It used to be an industrial bastion of organized crime, but 's Renaissance has created new parks and attractions and brought emphasis back to its historic roots.

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is a district in , Rhode Island. It is approximately bounded by North Main Street to the west, Williams Street to the south, Governor Street and Arlington Avenue to the east, and Olney Street to the north.

Rhode Island School of Design

Latitude
41.82623° or 41° 49′ 34″ north
Longitude
-71.40812° or 71° 24′ 29″ west
Elevation
62 feet (19 metres)
Open location code
87HCRHGR+FQ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 357266575
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­university
Geo­Names ID
5224304
Wiki­data ID
Q49208
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Rhode Island School of Design” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كلية رود أيلاند للتصميم”
  • Armenian: “Ռոդ Այլենդի դիզայնի դպրոց”
  • Catalan: “Escola de Disseny de Rhode Island”
  • Chinese: “罗德岛设计学院”
  • Chinese: “羅德島設計學院”
  • Dutch: “Rhode Island School of Design”
  • Dutch: “RISD”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كليه رود ايلاند للتصميم”
  • Esperanto: “Rod-Insula Lernejo de Dezajno”
  • Finnish: “Rhode Island School of Design”
  • French: “École de design de Rhode Island”
  • French: “École de design du Rhode Island”
  • French: “Rhode Island School of Design”
  • French: “RISD”
  • Galician: “Escola de Deseño de Rhode Island”
  • Georgian: “როდ-აილენდის დიზაინის სკოლა”
  • German: “Rhode Island School of Design”
  • German: “RISD”
  • Greek: “Σχολή Σχεδίου του Ρόουντ Άιλαντ”
  • Hebrew: “בית הספר לעיצוב רוד איילנד”
  • Italian: “Rhode Island School of Design”
  • Italian: “RISD”
  • Japanese: “ロード・アイランド・スクール・オヴ・デザイン”
  • Japanese: “ロード・アイランド・デザイン学校”
  • Japanese: “ロードアイランド・スクール・オブ・デザイン”
  • Korean: “로드아일랜드 디자인대학교”
  • Korean: “로드아일랜드 스쿨 오브 디자인”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Rhode Island School of Design”
  • Norwegian: “Rhode Island School of Design”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Rhode Island School of Design”
  • Persian: “مدرسه طراحی رود آیلند”
  • Polish: “Rhode Island School of Design”
  • Polish: “RISD”
  • Portuguese: “Escola de Design de Rhode Island”
  • Portuguese: “RISD”
  • Russian: “RISD”
  • Russian: “Род-Айлендская школа дизайна”
  • Russian: “Школа дизайна в Род-Айленде”
  • Russian: “Школа дизайна Род-Айленда”
  • Slovenian: “Rhode Island School of Design”
  • Slovenian: “risd”
  • Slovenian: “RISD”
  • Slovenian: “Šola za oblikovanje v Rhode Islandu”
  • Spanish: “Escuela de Diseño de Rhode Island”
  • Spanish: “RISD”
  • Swedish: “Rhode Island School of Design”
  • Thai: “โรงเรียนดีไซน์โรดไอแลนด์”
  • Welsh: “Ysgol Ddylunio Rhode Island”
  • “Rhode Island School of Design”

Localities in the Area

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