In keeping with RISD’s virus-preventative shift to remote learning this Spring, A&L’s physical doors will be closed for tutoring starting March 15, but student tutors and professional staff will continue to offer tutoring via Zoom conferencing throughout the Spring. Until March 30, please e-mail us at artsandlanguage@risd.edu to make an appointment. Starting on March 30, click on “Make an Appointment.”
In her 2013 book The Faraway Nearby, essayist Rebecca Solnit portrays the deep roots and value of writing and storytelling in helping us make sense of our lives. She drew her title from a phrase in a letter Georgia O’Keeffe wrote when she’d moved from New York to New Mexico. As this public health emergency sends many of us from RISD in different directions for a while, A&L hopes to be a place for storytelling and solace, a “faraway nearby” that eases our temporary separation.