Ingrid Neuman (left) with RISD undergrad student Sophie Bugat (right), doing repair work on a statue of Pan. Photo by @risdmuseum on Instagram.
How Ingrid Neuman Conserves Sculptures at the RISD Museum
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This past November, Ingrid Neuman, senior conservator at the RISD Museum, wheeled a twelfth-century Japanese wooden Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara into Hasbro Children’s Hospital for a CAT scan. Conservators have repaired the ancient figure, a revered Buddhist symbol, over centuries — Neuman’s examination would reveal exactly where [...]

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The graduation of the pilot Imani program in RI at the Bethel AME Church. Photo courtesy of Ericka Mack-Andrew.
The Imani Program Offers R.I. a Faith-Based Solution to Opioid Addiction
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Homer Lee-Walker felt he should have been dead a long time ago from his addiction. He says he fell in with the wrong crowd as a teen, and soon after, he was using cocaine, pills, alcohol, and anything else he could get his hands on. [...]

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