As a science and natural history resource situated in an art and design school, the Nature Lab provides numerous research and collaboration opportunities to students.
Events
Past events
- 5/21: Oaklore Insect Observation Night
- 5/14: Faculty Biomaterials Workshop
- 5/6 Lecture: Jonathan Montalbano 16 ID
- 4/29 Lecture: Anna Dyson
- 4/26 Workshop: Tanning Dyeing with Tree Bark
- 4/20 - 4/24: BioPossibilities Exhibition
- 4/9 Lunch + Learn: Aaron Ellison
- 4/8 Workshop: Biomimetic Sampler
- 3/15 Workshop: Paper to Thread
- 3/12 Lecture: Doug Tallamy + Garden Resources Fair
- 3/7: INFINITE FETCH Artist Talk + Gallery Closing Party
- 2/22 Workshop: Loop Lab Pulp Possibilities
- 1/14 Lunch + Learn: Vis-a-Thon
- 1/10, 1/11, 1/17, 1/24: Folded Forms: Origami as a Design Language
- 11/2 Workshop: Making Books from Reimagined Paper
- 10/26 In the Field: Foraging for Dye Mushrooms
- 10/22 Lunch + Learn: Lauren Pearlman Sugita
- 10/21 Workshops: Loop Lab Pulp Possibilities
- 10/16 Lunch + Learn: May Babcock
- 10/5 In the Field: Tree Tour with Arborist Tonay Gooday-Ervin
- 9/22 Lecture: Bryan James
- 9/16 Workshop: It's Not Just the Fiber
- Lunch & Learn: Virtual Presence, or the Art of Almost Being There
- Wool 101
- Paint & Pigment Workshop
- Compost Talk with Providence Gardenworks!
- Lunch & Learn: Science in the Southern Ocean
- Tank Redesign Workshop
- Art & Avian Activism
- Monstera Mash!
- Ethan Tapper: How to Love a Forest
- Land Art Generator: The Aesthetics of a Clean Energy Future
- Compost Caddy Design Charrette
- Spring Speaker Series: Mitchell Joachim
- Hunting for Dye Mushrooms
- Spring Speaker Series: Orkan Telhan
- Unweaving Colonial Binaries With Ants
- Spring Speaker Series: Christina Agapakis
- Book Repair Workshop
- Pulp Ecologies | Biomaterial Workshops
- Natural Paint & Pigment Workshop
- REC Indigo Dye Workshop
- Plant Bodies: Breath, Sex and Interspecies Relationships
- Earth Day Event!
- Plant this Poem: Poetry Reading with Eleni Sikelianos
- Foraging & Bundle Dye Workshop
- REC Ink and Paint from Plants
- SKY TALK
- BRIC/REC Flax Fibers and Composites
- Living Materials – Sustainable Technologies of the Future from Forms of the Past?
- Geology Rocks!
- Mindful Movement and Meditation
- Biomaterial Workshops | December: Food Scrap Dye
- OPEN CALL for student participation in RISD-KIA Research Collaborative
- Biomaterial Workshops | November: Biomaterials with Invasive Plants
- Monstera Mash
- Hyundai Research Collaborative Exhibition
- Nature Lab Block Island Experience (BIX)
- Read the 27th issue of Nature Lab Newsletter | Inspiration from Nature
- The Color Blue: A Two-Part Indigo Dye Workshop Series
- The Visualization Forum
- From Field to Studio: A Flax Processing & Spinning Workshop
- Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) 2021
- RISD x Hyundai Research Collaborative Studios for Spring 2022
- RECAP The Common Thread: A Virtual Series
- RECAP the Regeneration: A Virtual Series
- CALL FOR PAPERS — Our Shared Planet: The Environment Issue —DUE August 31
- Nature Lab Block Island Experience (BIX) DEADLINE: February 12, 2020
- Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) DEADLINE: February 7, 2020
- The 6th Biennial Design Science Symposium: Inclusive Narratives from Nature
- OPEN CALL FOR PROPOSALS — The 6th Biennial Design Science Symposium: Inclusive Narratives from Nature
- Forms and Hidden Narratives in Nature
- Biodesign Tour+Talk with Modern Meadow
- Biodesign: From Inspiration to Integration
- RISD Weekend celebrated our 80th anniversary
- Biodesign: From Inspiration to Integration SYMPOSIUM
- Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) Application Deadline: Feb. 28th!
- Leave Your Mark at the Nature Lab
- Salon: RISD's Nature Lab and the vision of founder Edna W. Lawrence
- Latin-American Collection Exhibition: aka "The Greatest Show on Earth"
- Open Call for Proposals! Biodesign: From Inspiration to Integration
- The Nature Lab: An homage to the RISD Nature Lab and its founder Edna Lawrence
- Patterns Inconceivable : the History and Influence of the Edna W. Lawrence Nature Lab
- University of Rhode Island to host 10th Annual SURF Conference
- Experimental Visualization Platforms
- Bee Hotel Workshop
- Green Roof Innovation Talk by Scott MacIvor
- Structure and Growth installation by David Katz
- Graduate Liason Fall Workshop Series 2017
- SHELL-ter Project Installation
- Design Science Symposium: STEAM Intelligence
- RI EPSCoR Inaugural Research Symposium
- Love for Mouse Deer
- Philip Hoare Lecture: Of the Less Erroneous Picture of Whales: The Whale in Myth, in Industry, & in Futurity
- Robert Lang Workshop & Public Lecture
Research + Collaborations