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Pulling on the Thread - Podcast

Pulling on the Thread

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.

Business Arts Visual Arts Design Entrepreneurship
Update frequency
every 7 days
Average duration
26 minutes
Episodes
29
Years Active
2021 - 2025
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Vincent Brathwhite

Vincent Brathwhite

/’gīdens/ (pronounced guidance) is a new platform using AI to help small business owners with administrative tasks. An Industrial Design graduate from 2005, Vincent is also the Chair of the RISD Blac…

00:36:02  |   Mon 26 May 2025
Degen

Degen

DEGEN incorporates artisanal knitted apparel, accessories, patterns, and an online knitting community KNIT CLUB. A Textiles graduate from 2010, Degen also opened a new brick and mortar yarn store and…

00:33:22  |   Mon 19 May 2025
Miguel Enrique Lastra

Miguel Enrique Lastra

He is the current Visiting Assistant Professor and AICAD Fellow at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design and received a RISD x Hyundai Summer Research Fellowship in 2021. 
 

Miguel’s website   

Mi…

00:28:51  |   Mon 12 May 2025
JooHee Yoon

JooHee Yoon

The self-published book features illustrations of birds observed on walks and bike rides in the state. JooHee worked with fellow alumna, Marie Otsuka MFA 18 GD, on the design and layout of the book. 

00:28:07  |   Mon 05 May 2025
Hanson Cheng

Hanson Cheng

The Tyre Collective is a London based clean tech organization which examines how the tiny particles released by tires are impacting our environment. Hanson is also the recipient of the 2024 Emerging …

00:35:40  |   Mon 28 Apr 2025
Jo Sittenfeld

Jo Sittenfeld

Jo's work has been featured in The New Yorker and New York Times, including a series that recreated portraits of college classmates taken at their 15 year reunion. We talked about Jo’s new website, M…

00:23:18  |   Mon 21 Apr 2025
Season 4 Trailer

Season 4 Trailer

Season 4 will feature interviews with Jo Sittenfeld MFA 08 PH, Hanson Cheng BArch 16, Miguel Lastra MFA 22 CR, JooHee Yoon 11 IL, Lindsay Degen 10 TX, and Vincent Brathwaite 05 ID. 

Supported by the R…

00:00:42  |   Tue 15 Apr 2025
Huma Bhabha and Shahzia Sikander

Huma Bhabha and Shahzia Sikander

Huma mentioned her exhibition with the painter Michael Williams at David Kordasky in LA. The installation is a wonderful balance between the paintings and sculptural works.  

Shahzia has just finished…

00:50:09  |   Thu 23 Feb 2023
Ryan Cunningham and Colin Healey

Ryan Cunningham and Colin Healey

Ryan and Colin are both graduates of the Film Animation and Video department and talked about the inherently collaborative nature of film and television.


 

In the Cards at the Tribeca Film Festival 

Col…

00:35:07  |   Mon 16 May 2022
Wayne Faucher

Wayne Faucher

Wayne’s Instagram page 
Wayne’s Facebook page 

A list of Wayne’s work at Marvel 

See Wayne in person at the 3 Rivers Comic Con June 4 & 5, 2022

Pulling on the Thread

RISD Alumni on Instagram

00:28:36  |   Mon 09 May 2022
Pippi Zornoza

Pippi Zornoza

The Wedding Cake House operates as a bed and breakfast and artist's residency. The house is full of custom wallpaper, tile installations and contemporary works on paper.  Read more about the house he…

00:36:21  |   Mon 02 May 2022
Jordan Seaberry

Jordan Seaberry

His painting, The Wanderer, was acquired by the RISD Museum in 2017.  Seaberry works as the co-director of the US Department of Arts and Culture, a nonprofit grassroots organization that fosters  a c…

00:31:37  |   Mon 25 Apr 2022
Jazzmen Lee-Johnson and Henry Felton Brown

Jazzmen Lee-Johnson and Henry Felton Brown

The two have collaborated on a new series of prints and talked about the process of transforming drawings and ideas into layered silkscreen prints. 

 

See more of Jazzmen’s work below    

https://www.ja…

00:25:05  |   Mon 18 Apr 2022
Emiko Davies

Emiko Davies

Her previous books , Florentine: The True Cuisine of Florence (2016), Acquacotta (2017), Tortellini at Midnight (2019) and Torta della Nonna (2021) all highlight regional cuisines of Italy where she …

00:23:02  |   Mon 11 Apr 2022
Gráfica Latina

Gráfica Latina

The directory launched earlier this year and highlights artists, historical movements captured in print and a contemporary listing of designers currently practicing. The Gráfica Latina website is bea…

00:18:19  |   Mon 08 Nov 2021
Jeff Hannoosh

Jeff Hannoosh

We talked about Jeff’s journey from RISD to his current role including how he oversees and guides a team of creatives from idea inception to finished product.

Here’s a link to the Light Rods collectio…

00:23:21  |   Mon 01 Nov 2021
Lucia Monge

Lucia Monge

We talked about Lucia’s long running project, Plantón Móvil, a walking parade of plants that ends in the creation of a living greenspace. We also discussed  Desbosque: desenterrando señales, a projec…

00:31:05  |   Mon 25 Oct 2021
Yelitsa Jean-Charles

Yelitsa Jean-Charles

Yelista received the Emerging Leader Award earlier this year, which recognizes alumni who graduated within the past 10 years, who have made significant achievements and contributions to their profess…

00:23:39  |   Mon 18 Oct 2021
Priya Himatsingka

Priya Himatsingka

She has a been a staple at the RISD Craft sales since participating in them as a student.  Find more information about the new spring sale at risdcraft.com. 

 

More of Priya’s work below. 

https://www.h…

00:22:28  |   Sun 10 Oct 2021
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