Past Exhibitions

John Pfahl
October 16, 2025 – November 15, 2025

“Pure and natural landscapes don’t interest me at all. I try to get people to think about the landscape as an intellectual construct.”

—John Pfahl

Curated by Therese Mulligan and Becky Simmons

Faculty Show
September 4, 2025 – September 27, 2025

This annual group show brings together creative work in various media by faculty across the College of Art and Design, including Art and American Crafts, Design, Film and Animation, and Photographic Arts and Sciences. The exhibition spans two galleries: Bevier Gallery (Booth Hall, 2600) and William Harris Gallery (Gannett Hall, 3030).

 

Honors Show
April 29, 2025 – May 11, 2025

Featuring some of the best examples of student work across the RIT School of Photographic Arts and Sciences: Advertising, Fine Art Photo, Photojournalism, Photo Sciences, and Visual Media, juried by faculty.

MFA Photo 2025
April 3, 2025 – April 19, 2025

Graduate students present their thesis projects in photography and related media, featuring: Zahra Babaei, Julia D'Amico, Che-Wei Hsu, Aaron "Llyoid" Ickler, Anastasia Lawrence, and Ella Tunis.

collective reflections
March 6, 2025 – March 29, 2025

Featuring the culminating work of ten students studying fine art photography in their senior year: Greer Blanchard, Angela Gerard, Alex Hlaing, Michael Johns, Shushan Li, Erin Monahan, Stacy Nethery, Matteo Randall, Kai Umayam, and Nixie Wallace.

 

Lázaro Roberto Ferreira dos Santos
February 7, 2025 – March 1, 2025

Organized by Joshua Rashaad McFadden, this exhibition emphasizes the preservation of cultural heritage in the Afro-Brazilian diaspora through photographic portraiture. A film screening, panel discussion, a guest lecture are scheduled in addition to the exhibition in Harris Gallery. 

MFA Workshare
December 5, 2024 – January 25, 2025

An exhibition of recent work by Graduate students in Photography & Related Media concluding their first semester of study.

PR Nadya
October 11, 2024 – November 23, 2024

The Pussy Riot founder, artist and performer will visit RIT in October for a multi-media exhibition in William Harris Gallery and artist talk as part of the Anna Ballarian Visiting Artist Series. One of her works will also be included in Doomslayers, a group exhibition at City Art Space, opening November 1, 2024.

Faculty Exhibition
September 5, 2024 – October 5, 2024

This annual group show brings together creative work in various media by faculty across the College of Art and Design, including Art and American Crafts, Design, Film and Animation, and Photographic Arts and Sciences. The exhibition spans two galleries: Bevier Gallery (Booth Hall, 2600) and William Harris Gallery (Gannett Hall, 3030).

Honors
April 30, 2024 – June 30, 2024

Featuring some of the best examples of student work across the RIT School of Photographic Arts and Sciences: Advertising, Fine Art Photo, Photojournalism, and Photo Sciences, juried by faculty.

Check out a video from the 2018 Honors Show here: https://vimeo.com/269670136

SASFF
April 25, 2024 – April 27, 2024

Two days only!  Moving media projects from RIT students: a showcase of animations, boomerangs, cinemagraphs, GIFs, motion graphics and more -- 30 seconds or less!

WhyWait
April 4, 2024 – April 20, 2024

Seven graduate students present their thesis projects in photography and related media: Joe Cuccio, Chandler Culotta, Charlotte Eshelman, Justin Gibson, Evan Jaccodine, Kim Soomin, and Patty Tomanovich