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RIT’s glass program is hosting a make your own glass object fundraiser in which the public (18 years old and over) is invited to learn how to make a paperweight, marble or pendant in the hot shop or flame shop. Hands-on sessions are available from noon-5 p.m. on March 3 and 4, with each lasting an hour and costing $50. Proceeds support RIT glass students traveling to the annual Glass Art Society conference in May in Murano, Italy.

The sessions will take place in Booth Hall, rooms 3633 and 3730. For more information and registration, please email ritglassguild2017@gmail.com. read more

The role of photography in the digital era has transformed medical photography and profoundly influenced medical education. Surgical Photography, a course offered by RIT’s photographic sciences program, aims to engage students in this transformation by placing them directly in the field.

Gallery r’s “Controlled Trauma” exhibition features photographs from the operating rooms at Rochester General Hospital (RGH) that were taken by students enrolled in the Surgical Photography course over its 10-year existence. read more

CAD faculty 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 March 2.

The public is welcome to attend two demonstrations and a lecture by printmaker Charlie Cohen, a visiting artist being hosted by RIT’s glass program. Cohan is a professor and the printmaking program chair at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. During his demos, Cohan will merge glass, kiln forming and screen printing.

The demos are scheduled to start at 11 a.m. on both Feb. 27 and March 1 in RIT’s glass studio (Booth Hall, room 3593). The lecture is set for 3:45 p.m. Feb. 27 in Neblette Conference Room (Gannett Hall, room 1104). read more

The opening reception of “Master Drawings” is scheduled for 4-6:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 16, in University Gallery. During the reception, at 5:30, Roger Remington, RIT’s Vignelli Distinguished Professor of Design, will give a presentation about the exhibit’s featured artist, Lester Beall.

Rochester Institute of Technology’s School of Art is set to host Maryland-based artist duo Plakookee from Feb. 12-16.

A creative collaboration between artists and designers Justin Plakas and Rachel Debuque, Plakookee has generated numerous imaginative projects since 2013. During their visit, Plakas and Debuque are scheduled to work with students to make work that will be exhibited in Bevier Gallery, conduct one-on-one critiques with students and deliver a public talk at 5 p.m. Feb. 15 in University Gallery. A small reception for the Bevier Gallery show is slated to take place following the lecture — the work will remain on view until March 10. read more

The entire Rochester Institute of Technology community is invited to attend a safety lecture given by Monona Rossol from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 12, in Webb Auditorium (Booth Hall, first floor). Rossol is the founder of Arts, Crafts and Theater Safety (ACTS), a non-profit corporation that provides health, safety, industrial hygiene, technical services and safety publications to arts, crafts, museum and theater communities. 

Gallery r’s February exhibit features sculpture, jewelry and fashion design work completed over three years by Rochester Institute of Technology alumna Dongyi Wu ‘16 (metals and jewelry design MFA).

After completing her undergraduate education at Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology in China, Wu enrolled in the College of Imaging Arts and Sciences at RIT’s metals and jewelry MFA program.

Since graduating, Wu has worked as a studio resident at RIT, completing new bodies of work and exhibiting internationally. Her first solo exhibition in the United States, “Wandering in Deep Deep Dreams,” is scheduled for Feb. 2-18 at Gallery r, 100 College Ave., Rochester. A reception will run 6-9 p.m. Friday, Feb. 2, at the gallery. read more

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