NAM Members Visit RISD
May 22, 2025 11:30 am - 1:00 pm Rhode Island Convention Center
Join us for a special opportunity to view the Rhode Island School of Design’s 2025 Graduate Thesis Exhibition. This annual showcase transforms a vast industrial space into a constellation of intimate galleries—each offering a glimpse into the distinct artistic journeys of RISD’s graduating cohort.
The walk-through will be led by Taylor Baldwin, curator of Bobby Anspach: Everything is Change and professor at RISD. As both an artist and educator, Baldwin offers a unique perspective shaped by his own creative practice and role as a mentor. This walk-through invites us to experience the exhibition not only as a celebration of emerging talent, but as an opportunity to reflect on process, mentorship, and the transformative power of contemporary art.
Walk-through RISD Graduate Thesis Exhibition
Thursday, May 22 | 11:30 am – 1:00 pm
1 Sabin Street, Providence, RI 02903
Transportation is not provided. Registration is required because space is limited.
If you are interested in carpooling, please contact the Museum at hello@newportartmuseum.org. Our group will gather in front of the convention center at 11:30am.
Taylor Baldwin is an artist working primarily in sculpture, video, and installation and an associate professor and Graduate Program Director of Sculpture at Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), where he taught Bobby Anspach.
Baldwin has had solo exhibitions with International Waters Gallery (Brooklyn, NY), Wayfarers Gallery (Brooklyn, NY) Conner Contemporary Gallery (Washington D.C.), Land of Tomorrow Gallery (Louisville, KY), and Vox Populi (Philadelphia, PA) as well as groups shows at the Queens Museum of Art (Queens, NY), Tucson Museum of Contemporary Art (Tucson, AZ), the Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art (Norfolk, VA), the Kentucky Museum of Arts and Craft (Louisville, KY), and P.P.O.W. Gallery (Manhattan, NY). He is currently based in Providence, RI.
He received a BFA from RISD in 2005 and an MFA from Virginia Commonwealth University in 2007. He has been a resident at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, the Fine Arts Work Center, and the Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, among others.