RISD students report challenges affording materials as spring semester begins

RISD students report challenges affording materials as spring semester begins

With Rhode Island School of Design's spring semester starting last week, students are scrambling to foot the bill for class art supplies. On the high end, the price of supplies for a single course can reach thousands of dollars.In spring last year, a majority of students reported having trouble affording the cost of required materials."Even today, I went to the store to buy drawing supplies for my first class, and I already spent close to $150 j…