Your support can insure that Max Covill's thesis project for his certificate in Digital Film Production sees the light of day! This film explores the struggles of a young woman who seeks refuge in the stars because of an abusive relationship. Don't leave Max in the dust!

Nathaniel Katz, '08/MFA DM, has been invited to realize his project The Pacifist Library for an exhibition at Flux Factory and he needs your support! Funds will be used to purchase the book collection, build the library structure and to get the library up and moving around NYC.

Harrison Love '08/IL seeks your assistance to bring light to the Indigenous cultures of Peru and help preserve the cultural heritage of these tribes by creating a linear storyline, upon which these myths and stories take place and act.

Nicole Gsell '10/IL and Sylvia Westphal want you to give more than two "sh*ts" about their new book project at Pinwheel Books, "All About Poop". Help them go big on this new book project by getting behind this kickstarter project!

Help Peter Athos '03/IL Put A Ring On It, by supporting his AnimRings project. AnimRings combines his love of illustration, crafts and animation and the result is a really cool ring that provides you with hours of entertainment!

Meet Celadour (Melanie Steinway '12/IL, Erica Ehrenbard, '12/SC and Sarah Louise Neal '13/SC) a three-piece alternative-folk band hailing from Providence. Spread their unique and captivating sound that comes from a mysterious world of its own by supporting this Kickstarter!

Struggling to get your iPhone out of your pocket? Drop your iPhone again? Sick of the bedazzled or silicone cases? Is you answered yes to any of these questions then Conor McDonald '04/ID has a solution with the railcase! Support his kickstarter today and help save iPhones!

This project is "for the birds", the birds of Finland that is! Your support will allow Stephanie Chambers '03/IL to take flight to Finland and participate in the Arteles Center Summer residency. For this Kickstarter project, "bird, bird, bird is the word."

Help Wes Milholen '03 set sail on a journey to the Arctic by supporting his Kickstarter project. Wes will join a small group of artists, architects, and scientists as a participant in The Arctic Circle residency and with your support create a book Arctic Architecture: Svalbard

"Clearly" you don't want to miss out on supporting this Kickstarter project launched by Matthew Day Perez '10 MFA Glass. Clearly is a solo show that is the culmination of Matthew's Fulbright Fellowship which will be held in Australia in June.

"TO AFFECT THE QUALITY OF THE DAY IS NO SMALL ACHIEVEMENT!" You can have a profound effect on Julian Marshall '12/FAV by supporting his narrative film project Obey The Giant, a story about the early years of Shepard Fairey. Obey the call to fund this Kickstarter project!

The "key" to the success of this Kickstarter project is your support! Cristina Cook '08/ID is about to solve the age old question for runners, "where do I put my key?" with gokey, a sleek and stylish wristband that conceals your key! Run, don't walk to support this project!

Always wondering where you left your keys or wallet? Desperately searching for your shades on a stellar day? Then Stephanie Tharp's '00/MID Kickstarter project is right up your alley. Your support can help absent minded folks all over the world find what they are looking for!

Sarah Young '10/SC needs your help to occupy the Kniznick Gallery. Her exhibit examines religious and secular roles of Jewish women from the time of the Second Temple to the present. Your backing will help her secure the necessary tools to create an interactive installation.

Support the Young Publishing Dream by throwing your support (and $$ of course) behind the second issue of Strep Throat, a triannual zine created by RISD Grad Laura Perez-Harris '10/PH. Your support can score you her gratitude and some pretty awesome swag!

Sakura Bready '12/TX had a dream....that Missy Elliot was President of the USA! In that dream Missy sported an official track suit designed by Sakura....Hollah' at Sakura by supporting her "baller" Kickstarter project today!

"Hey Cupcake, won't you be an angel and support this sweet Kickstarter Project?" Katy Gerdes '03 AP is expanding her Hell's Kitchen establishment to include a separate open kitchen bakery and coffee bar. So be a sugar daddy or momma and while some amazing rewards!

Marina DeBris ( Anne Shackman) '82/GD needs your help to make splash with her Trashion Fashion Show. Her "beach couture" fashion delivers a message about sustainability and plastic pollution. Marina needs your support to take the message international!

RISD Freshmen: Genevieve Marsh ‘15, Denali Schmidt ’15, Joshua Shiau ’15, Caitlyn Au ‘15 are burning to get your support for their crowd-sourced, self-sustainable vehicle, the Art Car. Get their project rolling towards Burning Man by donating to their Kickstarter project today!

Jenna Spevack, '96 MFA Painting/Printmaking aims to provide healthy greens to extraordinary people with ordinary incomes. Help "grow" her movement by supporting this Kickstarter projects. Being a backer will leave others "green with envy".

There's soon to be a new Truck on the block with your help! The Rad-ish team of current RISD sophomores Alec Babala and Otis Gray and JWU students Tim Silva and Danny Do are looking for you to ripen their project to create an organic food truck and roving promoter in PVD!

Fascinated by stories where humans overcome loss, and the idea that nature and humanity are interchangeable, this cinematic story is one that is very close to Jess X Chen '13/FAV heart. Your support will help Jess successfully complete her Junior film project.

Make a donation, even a small one, you and play a critical part in getting this important photographic archive out into the world. Marget Long '02, MFA, Photography conceived this book as an artwork. It is an archive of pictures and texts intended for the printed page.

Fairy tales are an excellent metaphor for life and you can help Liz Mooney '12 IL make her senior project a reality by supporting her Kickstarter proposal. Your assistance will help her celebrate all that makes these tales beautiful without stripping them of their magic.

We hope you get "Jazzed" about this this really unique project. Your support will go to help Jazzmen Johnson '06 FAV and her band Folk Told Me create a musical album and afro-futurist scientific graphic novel.

Support Katrina Vonnegut '09/FD in achieving her goal to present this bed, along with these new pieces as well as a line of machine knit bedding and printed textiles in the Spring 2012 International Contemporary Furniture Fair in New York City!

Help RISD Architecture instructor Dongwoo Yim create a dialogue that addresses the missing topics in urbanism for smaller, slower, and much more stable cities around the world in his book "I Want To Be Metropolitan"

A gap, ripe for exploration, currently exists between hand-made objects and the content of the images that are expressed through video and web-based media, join Lee Johnson '11, MFA Ceramics on a quest to close that gap.

Seung Chan "Slim" Lim MFA GD '11 is seeking your support is sharing his story, and those of others in the meaning of making. Will you realize the empathy of art through allowing Slim to realize his goal?

What happens when we are haunted by not only ghosts, but also our own mind? Help Paul Bertolino '13 FAV explore OCD and shed a cinematographic lens on control and the lack of control. Paul's film will provide a creative look at this often misunderstood disorder.

Andrew Bain '98, SC needs a little help from his friends to get his band to deep in the heart of Texas for SXSW. Help them keep on 'rockin by supporting their Kickstarter project!

Matty McNamara '12 FAV needs "you" to complete his Senior Film Project "Taste of You".
Make his final scene at RISD a thriller by supporting this project.

Mackenzie Younger '12/PA wants to bring sunshine to the Creative Capital and the Big Apple by planting sunflowers in the concrete jungle. By supporting his kickstarter project you will be bringing sunshine to so many!

Support Marissa Goldman '15 in her desire to transform warehouse space into a pop-up gallery exploring the sphere.

Consider "sign"ing on to Molly Woodward '08 GD, project to document the character and culture of regions through the use of environmental lettering. Do you part to preserve this important history by donating to this project!

Kimberly Becker, '90 TX is in "stitches" about her project to bring a fresh approach to an old art.

Help Darian Brenner '12 FAV keep the memory of her Mom alive by supporting her degree project. "Abyss" is a story of adapting to drastic changes, one that many of us can relate to.

You will totally get a KiX out of this wearable mobility designed by Peter Treadway '96, ID. Consider helping Peter keeping "rolling" toward his goal!

Show kids you care by supporting Fresh Artists desire to use children's artwork as a tool to enhance the memory of underprivileged children. Fresh Artists includes Gardner Allen FAV'02 and his mom, Barbara Allen.

Robey Clark '01 GD combines his love of print with a insatiable desire to read in the Pop-Hop Books & Curio project. Do you miss the feel of a local bookstore? The Pop-Hop Books & Curio will offer a place that fosters inspiration and action in equal measure.

Make some noise for Max Frieder '12 PT who combines music and painting to bring the Arts to communities. Max's work focuses on community-based public arts founded on inspired participation. Won't you join him on this spirited journey...

Ryan Waller '03/GD, Scarlett Boulting '06/AP & some friends are hoping you are in the spirit of giving! Primetime is hoping to raise the funds for their third year of lectures, artist visits, shows and receptions.

This is one project where you don't want to be an "Outlier. Join in on this adventure by supporting Erik Johnson's '90/PM Kickstarter project and let your imagination take you on a new journey.

Judy Gelles '91, MFA, Photography is setting out to use word portraits to help teach youth to appreciate how they are similar, how they are different, and where they fit into our global society. Be a part of a project that has been called "a moving experience".

Audrey Barnes MID 11 is hoping to make a film about "Perennials" - individuals who realize that a sustainable future relies on building bridges across complex societal divides.

Ray Sumser, Paint/FAV 07 is not clowning around with his 7' by 11' oil painting that will include over 2,000 recognizable cartoon, comic book and video game characters.

Daniel Meredith BArch 01 has helped launch a freeform internet radio station in Brooklyn. BBOX Radio features programs by community partners focused on local culture, education, and news and, with your help, will be broadcast live to the world online.

Sas Colby 61 PT is working on a limited edition artists' book "World of Books", a commemoration of and lament for the booksellers of Baghdad.

Sam Blanchard MFA 04 SC is headed to the International Maker Faire in NYC with his Polaroid Flipbook Camera, and needs to buy lots of film!

Sarah Moore 09 PH wants to hit the road in September with a 6 week trip around the country to continue her photography series "expanse".

Jennifer Adler 06 CE would like to spread the love, happiness and positivity that greeting cards offer by growing her sassy, quirky stationery business.

Ashley Zelinskie 10 GL is creating sculptures and paintings using the binary and hexadecimal codes which are the basis of a computer's language.

Christina Seely MFA 03 PH is investigating how climate change is altering natural rhythms in the Arctic through photography and video.

Marcy Mendelson '95 SC is traveling to South Africa, Namibia and Botswana to photograph the cheetah in the wild, and document conservation efforts underway to save the cheetah.

Sarah Haskell '76 TX is weaving 1000 prayer flags using positive messages gathered from all over the world, to be used in NY to honor the 10th anniversary of 9/11, and around the globe to honor the International day of Peace on 9/ 21/11.

Nina Maxwell 06 PR and Andrea Starr 06 BArch are working to build a community through sustainable, real-food lifestyle in Providence. Yes!!

Pete Oyler MFA 09 FD and Jay Salvos 02 GD are launching Outpost, a bi-annual print publication that focuses on innovative art, design, and community action in smaller urban areas.

Kevin Cunningham's (BArc + Fine Art '05) surfboard project that emphasizes green design and sustainable construction.

Check out this super-innovative contemporary glass/visual media project by our alumni Helen Lee 06 GL, Alexander Rosenberg 06 GL and Matthew Szosz 07 GL!!

Congrats to David Hodge 81ID for successfully funded his documentation of the photographic essay on the city of Niagara Falls.

FAV student, Matthew Davies, successfully funded his film project about a girl who decides to go a little too far in her exploration of artistic expression.

Professor Hansy Better's awesome project to bring people together through design of public art and objects.

Photo studentLeonore McCarthy's project on documenting her cross country trip from Estonia and Ukraine to define her "home".

Kendisan Kusumaatmadja's (FAV '10) degree project on the child education issues in Indonesia through storytelling and image-making.

Brooke Budner 04 PT proposes a project to continue building innovative and collaborative local food systems in SF Bay Area!

Senior film student, Tiffany Ji Won Yoon, successfully raised the funding for her degree thesis project!

Kait Rhoads 93 GL raised the funding for the catalogue of her exhibit in Seattle.

Nick Mahshie 07 PT is hoping to create artistic performances with people in Zurich, Paris, and Ibiza that utilize his original hand-painted costumes.

Katie Herzog 01 PT is raising funds to participate in the first ever Librarian on Wheels conference, cycling from Copenhagen to Berlin!

James Bewley 97 SC could use a little help launching season 4 of his arts and culture podcast, Dale Radio.