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On Focus: Rhode Island School of Art and Design Museum of Art's exhibit "Un/Settled" This is an outdated article, yet I felt necessary posting it for archival purposes. Un/Settled, currently open at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) Museum until July 8th 2018, encompasses a wide variety of prints, drawings and photographs that promise a unique and intriguing exhibition to appease anyone. The exhibition works in conjunction with RISD alumni, and holds around ten differentiating art works on the topic of their birthplace from a globalized perspective. Taking inspiration from fellow RISD alumni Tia Blassingame’s novel Settled: African American Sediment or Constant Middle Passage, the exhibition follows a strict narrative of cultural identity through international dislocation with the inclusion of artists both from foreign and national areas. The exhibition is closely tucked away through the Modern and Contemporary New Mediums wing on the third floor, and as i...