About this podcast
Presented by the RISD Alumni Association, Pulling on the Thread features interviews with members of the RISD alumni community talking about one thing they've made, created, or founded.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 34 episodes
- Jawaher Al-Bader · 21 min · Season 5 Episode 6Dr. Jawaher Khaled Al-Bader BArch 98 is an artist and educator based in Kuwait.
- Xuân-Lam Nguyễn · 21 min · Season 5 Episode 5Xuân-Lam Nguyễn MFA 25 PT is a multidisciplinary artist based in Vietnam.
- Amanda Beard Garcia · 25 min · Season 5 Episode 3Amanda Beard Garcia is an Illustration major now specializing in murals, public art and community programming.
- Yukti V. Agarwal · 25 min · Season 5 Episode 1Yukti V. Agarwal is a Brown-RISD Dual Degree graduate with a BFA in Textiles and a BA in Psychology and Contemplative Studies.
- Vincent Brathwhite · 36 min · Season 4 Episode 6Vincent Brathwaite is a designer and entrepreneur who recently launched ‘/gidens’.
- Degen · 33 min · Season 4 Episode 5Degen is the creative founder behind the eponymous craft centered lifestyle brand.
- Miguel Enrique Lastra · 29 min · Season 4 Episode 4Miguel Enrique Lastra is a sculptor, ceramicist and installation artist who graduated with an MFA in Ceramics in 2022.
- JooHee Yoon · 28 min · Season 4 Episode 3JooHee Yoon is a freelance illustrator who has just completed a guide to birding in Rhode Island called "100 Birds".
- Hanson Cheng · 36 min · Season 4 Episode 2Hanson Chang is a creative entrepreneur and a co-founder of The Tyre Collective.
- Jo Sittenfeld · 23 min · Season 4 Episode 1Jo Sittenfeld is a photographer who is a regular at RISD events. We talked about her path from RISD student, to faculty, staff and now freelance photographer.
- Season 4 Trailer · 1 min · Season 4Pulling on the Thread returns on April 21st. Tune in for a new season of interviews with RISD Alumni.
- Huma Bhabha and Shahzia Sikander · 50 min · Season 4A conversation between Shahzia Sikander and Huma Bhabha. The artists talked about their time at RISD, their current career trajectories and their recent involvement with RISD…
- Ryan Cunningham and Colin Healey · 35 min · Season 3 Episode 6Colin Kane Healey is the creator and director of the new television series In the Cards. In conversation with Colin and the producer of the series, Ryan Cunningham, we learn…
- Wayne Faucher · 29 min · Season 3 Episode 5Wayne Faucher is a comic book inker whose 30 year career has seen countless pages of superheroes. A graduate of the Graphic Design department, Wayne first worked in the design…
- Pippi Zornoza · 36 min · Season 3 Episode 4Pippi Zornoza graduated from the Printmaking Department in 2001. She and cofounder Xander Marro started the Dirt Palace, a feminist live work space in Olneyville and recently…
- Jordan Seaberry · 32 min · Season 3 Episode 3Jordan Seaberry is a painter based in Providence who has built a career as a grassroots organizer and legislative advocate. His work in social justice is integral to his painting…
- Jazzmen Lee-Johnson and Henry Felton Brown · 25 min · Season 3 Episode 2Jazzmen Lee-Johnson 06 FAV is a multimedia visual artist and musician whose work strives to understand the connection between the present and historical trauma. Henry Felton…
- Emiko Davies · 23 min · Season 3 Episode 1Emiko Davies is a cookbook author based in Tuscany. We spoke before the release of her fifth cookbook, Cinnamon & Salt, which will feature recipes and history of Venice.
- Season III Trailer · 1 min · Season 3Have you missed our Alumni Association podcast, Pulling on the Thread? The new season launches on April 4. We’ll be highlighting our four favorite episodes with female founders…
