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Projects completed by undergraduate and graduate students across all School for American Crafts (SAC) programs can be observed in multiple locations during the Imagine RIT: Innovation and Creativity Festival.

The 11th annual festival is slated to run from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, April 28, on the RIT campus.

The SAC walkthrough event is a diverse showcase of the artistry of students of all grade levels in the disciplines of ceramics, furniture design, glass and metals and jewelry design. The work will be displayed in each program’s studio spaces, which are located on the second and third floors of Booth Hall. read more

The second of two spring shows exhibiting thesis work of School for American Crafts and and School of Art MFA candidates is set for April 27-May 12 in Bevier Gallery. The opening reception will be held from 5-7 p.m. Friday, April 27, in the gallery.

Featured artists include Darren Adair (glass), Yagmur Akarsu (ceramics), Badreyah Almuqhawi (metals and jewelry design), Montaha Alqattan (fine arts studio), Fatmah Bamashmous (furniture design) and Jieun Yoon (glass).

The capstone material of students in Rochester Institute of Technology’s visual arts-all grades (MST) program will be on display during a public walkthrough event.

The aspiring artist-teachers are set to exhibit their student teaching portfolios, visual journals and other collateral materials from 5-7 p.m. on Thursday, April 26, in front of room 3560 of Booth Hall.

Faculty will be on hand to answer questions about RIT’s one-year MST program and how to submit an application for the 2018-19 academic year. read more

Kristen Gresh — a curator, researcher, lecturer and award-winning author — will speak at Rochester Institute of Technology as part of the Charles Arnold Lecture Series, sponsored by the School of Photographic Arts and Sciences.

Gresh is scheduled to deliver her lecture from 6-7:30 p.m. Monday, April 23, in Carlson Auditorium (Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science, room 1125). She is the Estrellita and Yousuf Karsh Curator of Photographs at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston.

CAD staff are invited to join Interim CAD Dean Robin Cass for coffee and conversation in the Dean’s office — Booth Hall, room 2549 — from 10-11 a.m. on April 20.

Jewelry made by Rochester Institute of Technology metals and jewelry design students will be available for purchase during a three-day sale. It is scheduled to run from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. April 17-19 in the Bevier Gallery lobby (Booth Hall, second floor).

Cash and credit are the accepted payment methods. 

Jewelry made by Rochester Institute of Technology metals and jewelry design students will be available for purchase during a three-day sale. It is scheduled to run from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. April 17-19 in the Bevier Gallery lobby (Booth Hall, second floor).

Cash and credit are the accepted payment methods. 

Jewelry made by Rochester Institute of Technology metals and jewelry design students will be available for purchase during a three-day sale. It is scheduled to run from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. April 17-19 in the Bevier Gallery lobby (Booth Hall, second floor).

Cash and credit are the accepted payment methods. 

Rochester Institute of Technology’s glass program is hosting a make-your-own hot glass object fundraiser to support an educational trip this spring.

The public (18 years of age and older) is invited to partake in sessions led by RIT glass students, who will teach participants how to make a paperweight in the hot shop or a marble pendant in the flame shop that they will take home.

The one-hour classes are offered from noon-5 p.m. April 14 and 15 in Booth Hall, rooms 3633 and 3730. They are $30 for students and $50 for anyone else. read more

Rochester Institute of Technology’s glass program is hosting a make-your-own hot glass object fundraiser to support an educational trip this spring.

The public (18 years of age and older) is invited to partake in sessions led by RIT glass students, who will teach participants how to make a paperweight in the hot shop or a marble pendant in the flame shop that they will take home.

The one-hour classes are offered from noon-5 p.m. April 14 and 15 in Booth Hall, rooms 3633 and 3730. They are $30 for students and $50 for anyone else. read more