An Ugly, Behind the Scenes Look at Hope Alswang's Resignation from RISD

Back in August, there was something of a mysterious cloud hanging over Providence, Rhode Island. At the Rhode Island School of Design Museum of Art, Hope Alswang, its director had suddenly and without warning announced that she was resigning immediately. She wasn’t talking, everyone was caught off guard, and the reasons behind it all remained a mystery. We’d only heard mention of it again later that month, in a brief passage in this AP report about the university’s president, John Maeda, and his second year in the position.

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