Rhode Island School of Design x IESA
From June 19 to July 10, 2022, 14 students from the Rhode Island School of Design stayed in Paris for their summer course titled "The Art Market in Paris, Past & Present".
This introduction to the commercial side of producing artworks took place under the guidance of Pascale Rihouet, art history professor at IESA.
The prestigious RISD (pronounced "Riz-dee") is a private school in which artists and designers are trained with full awareness of current and future issues, notably regarding social justice, ethics and the environment.
Summer course students therefore attended classes at IESA as well as guided tours to discover the players in the art market: galleries, museums, private and public collections, auctions, etc.
The challenge of this course was to create works resonating with their Parisian experience in a very short time.
The challenge was met on July 8, the day of the installation and opening of their exhibition "Reçu" (a pun with the double meaning of receipts/received) in the IESA gallery. A highly fruitful first collaboration between the two schools!
