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School for American Crafts
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May 2, 2025
RIT casts a bright light at national iron arts conference
Between a moving performance, building an award-winning iron-melting device, and featured exhibitions, RIT students, faculty, staff and alumni were present in every corner of the National Conference on Contemporary Cast Iron Art and Practices.
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April 30, 2025
Ceramics MFA candidate from Nigeria finds his signature at RIT
From textiles to clay, Emmanuel Okechukwu’s journey at RIT was marked by an ambition to find a storytelling style with his ceramics that authentically shared his Nigerian lineage.
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March 5, 2025
Let’s Hear It for the Ladies Who Lathe
The New York Times features the work of Wendy Maruyama '80 MFA (woodworking and furniture design), one of the first two women to graduate with a master's degree in furniture making.
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February 12, 2025
Area jeweler helped craft past Super Bowl trophies with Tiffany & Co.
Central Penn Business Journal speaks to Stephanie Perrotti '06 (metalcrafts and jewelry) about her part in crafting the NFL Superbowl Vince Lombardi Trophy.
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December 17, 2024
Faculty exhibit in Venice earns a European Cultural Centre Award
A group of six faculty members in RIT’s College of Art and Design have earned the University & Research Projects Award from the European Cultural Centre (ECC) for their collection of works, titled “Cultural Disruptors.”
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November 12, 2024
RIT emerging artists sparkle at Milano Jewelry Week
Seven metals and jewelry design students and recent alumni exhibited their work during Milano Jewelry Week, with four of their pieces being selected as "winners" at the Talent Show event.
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October 10, 2024
Venice Art Biennial showcases RIT's extensive creative community
Six faculty are featured in an exhibition in Venice that showcases the College of Art and Design's breadth of creative disciplines through the unification of sculpture, film, photography, and industrial design.
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September 19, 2024
‘My, My, Tiger’s Eye’ exhibition brings graduate student artwork to the Rochester community
Focusing on their growth as artists is what motivated Alex Paat and 14 graduate students to create My, My, Tiger’s Eye, a new exhibition hosted at Flower City Arts Center.
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April 8, 2024
Students capture dramatic midday twilight during eclipse totality
College of Art and Design students were out in force documenting the rare total solar eclipse seen in Rochester, N.Y., and other parts of the country.
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March 21, 2024
Innovation unleashed: students forge transdisciplinary projects at RIT's a2ru summit
Students leveraged the variety of makerspaces in RIT's brand-new SHED facility to create arts-integrative work responding to a theme of "Play."
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January 18, 2024
Your New $3,000 Couch Might Be Garbage in Three Years. This Is Why.
The Wall Street Journal talks to Andy Buck, professor in the School for American Crafts, about reupholstering old furniture. (This content requires a subscription to view.)
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December 25, 2023
Metal, Fire, ‘Hitting Stuff Hard’: Everybody Wants to Be a Blacksmith Now
The New York Times talks to Elizabeth Kronfield, director of the School of Art and the School for American Crafts, about the rising interest in blacksmithing.