Students in three Wintersession travel courses learn through hands-on work with local artisans in Mexico.

“IT’S ONE THING TO SEE a Diego Rivera mural in an auditorium slide show,” says Assistant Professor Sean Nesselrode Moncada. “But it’s totally different to see it on-site, in conversation not only with the architecture but also with the climate, the food, the language, the people. It’s an experience you just can’t get in a classroom or from a book.”

“It’s an experience you just can’t get in a classroom or from a book.”ASSISTANT PROFESSOR SEAN NESSELRODE MONCADA

Moncada recently partnered with longtime RISD faculty member Winifred Lambrecht to teach Pre-Columbian Architecture and Traditional Crafts In Mexico, one of three Wintersession travel courses that brought students south of the border in January and February…Read More