
New York Residency Program, Photo by Mike Mishin
Rhode Island School of Design participates in the mobility program of the Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design (AICAD). This program provides an opportunity for RISD students to study for one semester at one of the participating art and design colleges throughout the United States and Canada. It offers the experience and benefit of studying at a different school and living in a different geographic area. Also, please note, there is an opportunity to participate in the New York Studio Residency Program: http://nysp.aicad.org/ through AICAD.
PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS
- USA
- CALIFORNIA
- California College of the Arts
Oakland
- Otis College of Art and Design
Los Angeles
- Laguna College of Art and Design
Laguna Beach
- San Francisco Art Institute
San Francisco
- California College of the Arts
- CONNECTICUT
- Lyme College of Fine Arts
Old Lyme
- Lyme College of Fine Arts
- FLORIDA
- Ringling School of Art and Design
Sarasota
- Ringling School of Art and Design
- ILLINOIS
- MAINE
- Maine College of Art
Portland
- Maine College of Art
- MARYLAND
- Maryland Institute, College of Art
Baltimore
- Maryland Institute, College of Art
- MASSACHUSETTS
- Massachusetts College of Art
Boston,
- Montserrat College of Art
Beverly
- Massachusetts College of Art
- MICHIGAN
- College for Creative Studies
Detroit
- College for Creative Studies
- MINNESOTA
- Minneapolis College of Art and Design
Minneapolis
- Minneapolis College of Art and Design
- MISSOURI
- Kansas City Art Institute
Kansas City
- Kansas City Art Institute
- NEW YORK
- The Cooper Union School of Art
New York City
- The Cooper Union School of Art
- OHIO
- The Art Academy of Cincinnati
Cincinnati
- Cleveland Institute of Art
Cleveland
- Columbus College of Art & Design
Columbus
- The Art Academy of Cincinnati
- OREGON
- Oregon College of Art & Craft
Portland
- Pacific Northwest College of Art
Portland
- Oregon College of Art & Craft
- PENNSYLVANIA
- Moore College of Art and Design
Philadelphia
- Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Philadelphia
- The University of the Arts
Philadelphia
- Moore College of Art and Design
- TENNESSEE
- Memphis College of Art
Memphis
- Memphis College of Art
- WASHINGTON, DC
- Corcoran College of Art and Design
Washington
- Corcoran College of Art and Design
- WISCONSIN
- Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design
Milwaukee
- Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design
- CALIFORNIA
- CANADA
- Ontario College of Art Design
Toronto, Ontario
- Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design
Vancouver, British Columbia
- Ontario College of Art Design
ELIGIBILITY
The AICAD Mobility Program is open primarily to full-time students in their junior year who are in good standing and meet the eligibility requirements of their specific programs. Students choose which school they wish to attend on the Mobility Program. However, the host school retains sole discretion to accept or decline an application or selection of courses.
For any questions concerning the Mobility Program and to apply, please contact Katherine Scanga in the Office of International Programs at kscanga@risd.edu
