Author: Ariel Wills

Manna for Goya Journal

17″ x 14″ collage, found paper, pastel, watercolor, art paper 2025. Illustration for Goya Journal. In this…

Variations on Adaptation

Sketches from Italy

Sketches from my time in Rome and Naples during a summer as TA for RISD Global course…

Studio Discovery

Cleveland Institute of Art FNDN 150B. 2026. Studio Discovery is an opportunity to explore, discover interests, realize…

Illustration I

Cleveland Institute of Art ILL 205; 2024 To prepare illustration students to become working professionals by providing…

AICAD Fellowship Recipient 25-26

THE ASSOCIATION OF INDEPENDENT COLLEGES OF ART & DESIGN Teaching fellowship program that aims to help increase…

2025 Cleveland Institute of Art (CIA) Faculty Exhibition

Cleveland Institute of Art, Reinberger Gallery.  August 28 through October 5, 2025

2024 Cleveland Institute of Art (CIA) Faculty Exhibition

Cleveland Institute of Art, Reinberger Gallery.  August 29

2024 RISD Grad Show 2024

The Illustration MFA looks to the future of the field by focusing on critical perspectives, artistic voice…

Familiar Places

(2023) Materials: Illustration board, gouache, acrylic paint, linen tape, prepared paper  Paper sculpture inhabited by shadows, illuminated…

2021 RISD Graduate Thesis Show

Rhode Island School of Design Nature-Culture-Sustainability Studies (NCSS) applies the conceptual and theoretical rigor of the liberal…