Birth Name:

Rosanne Somerson

Female

Birth Date:

Mon, Jun 21, 1954

Time of Birth:

Unknown (using Noon)

Place of Birth:

Phila, Pennsylvania, United States

Age:

69

Zodiac Sign:

Gemini

Astrology Data:

Sun

29°

Gem

44'

About Rosanne Somerson

Rosanne Somerson (born June 21, 1954) is an American-born woodworker, furniture designer/maker, educator, and current President of Rhode Island School of Design (RISD). An artist connected with the early years of the Studio Furniture, her work and career have been influential to the field.

Link to Wikipedia biography

External Links:

• New Events: [1]

• Cultured: "The RISD Connection"

• Surface: "Design Dialogues No. 32"

• Metropolis: "We Need More Boredom in Our Lives" op-ed

• Aesthetica: "Mapping the Invisible at RISD"

• American Craft: "Crafted Lives"

• Providence Journal: "As President, Rosanne Somerson if Crafting a Vision for RISD"

• WIRED: "Famed Designer Rosanne Somerson on Innovation and Failure"

• Rhode Island Monthly: "Inside RISD President Rosanne Somerson's Home"

• YouTube: RISD'S Rosanne Somerson - Educating Students for Jobs that Don't Exist Yet

• Providence Business News: Embrace Complexity to Innovate

• WPRI: Executive Suite - Rhode Island School of Design

• Huffington Post: "At RISD, an Artisan Who's Now President"

• Disegno: "Interview: Rosanne Somerson becomes president of RISD"

• Core 77: "RISD Welcomes a New President"

• Disegno: "Rosanne Somerson on the challenges of design education"

• Providence Business News: "Design is a critical element to manufacturing innovation"

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Astrological aspects and planetary data / tags for Rosanne Somerson: Sun 29 Gemini, Moon 1 Pisces, Mercury 18 Cancer, Venus 4 Leo, Mars 3 Capricorn, Jupiter 6 Cancer, Saturn 2 Scorpio, Uranus 21 Cancer, Neptune 23 Libra, Pluto 23 Leo, Sun Conjunct Jupiter, Mercury Conjunct Uranus, Sun Opposition Mars, Mercury Square Neptune, Sun Trine Saturn, Venus Quincunx Mars, Venus Semi Sextile Jupiter, Venus Square Saturn, Mars Opposition Jupiter, Mars Sextile Saturn, Jupiter Trine Saturn, Jupiter Semi Square Pluto, Uranus Square Neptune, Uranus Semi Sextile Pluto, Neptune Sextile Pluto

Categories related to Rosanne Somerson: Living people, Massachusetts, June 21 births, 1954 births, Harvard Extension School faculty, Rhode Island School of Design alumni, American woodworkers, Rhode Island School of Design faculty, Educators from Philadelphia, People from Fall River, American furniture designers, Women woodworkers, Furniture makers, Presidents of the Rhode Island School of Design, Fellows of the American Craft Council

Photo attribution: RISD, Own work