Sculpture and Expanded Forms Option - Studio Arts BFA
RIT’s dynamic BFA in sculpture and expanded forms degree explores three-dimensional art-making, ranging from traditional materials and techniques to new technologies.
Overview for Sculpture and Expanded Forms Option - Studio Arts BFA
Why Study Sculpture and Expanded Forms at RIT
Creative Expression: Push the boundaries of creativity with this flexible degree.
College Preparation Workshops: High school juniors and seniors can participate in the two-week School of Art's annual Pre-College Portfolio Preparation Workshop.
Exhibit your Work: During senior year, your final work will be featured in a gallery.
What is Sculpture?
Sculpture is an art form that can include more than just art objects – often incorporating sound, moving image, installations, site, time, and smell beyond the pedestal.
RIT’s Sculpture Degree
In our sculpture degree, you will build your creative practice through traditional materials and techniques paired with new technologies and contemporary approaches. Learn to use space to create sculptural objects, installations, performances, and more by studying materials, processes, and techniques including:
- Stonecarving
- Woodworking
- Foundry and metal casting
- Welding and metal fabrication
- Modeling and mold-making
- Digital fabrication in our Fab Lab
- Installation, performance, and sound/video
Through these tools, you will develop critical thinking skills and creative growth in work spanning from large-scale public sculpture to social practice while embracing your individual creative path. The sculpture and expanded forms option is part of the Studio Arts BFA program.
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Join us for Fall 2026
There's still time to apply. For some programs, applications will be reviewed on a rolling, space-available basis.
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Join Us for Accepted Student Open House
Visit campus on March 28 or April 11 to meet faculty, tour campus, and ask your questions.
Careers and Experiential Learning
Cooperative Education and Internships
What’s different about an RIT education? It’s the career experience you gain by completing cooperative education and internships with top companies in every single industry. You’ll earn more than a degree. You’ll gain real-world career experience that sets you apart. It’s exposure–early and often–to a variety of professional work environments, career paths, and industries.
Cooperative education, internships, and other experiential learning opportunities are optional but strongly encouraged for students in the BFA in studio arts.
Creative Industry Days
Connect with Design Industry Leaders
RIT’s Office of Career Services and Cooperative Education hosts Creative Industry Days, which connects students majoring in art, design, film and animation, photography, and select computing majors with companies, organizations, creative agencies, design firms, and more. Creative Industry Days are a series of events that allow you to network with company representatives and interview directly for open co-op and full-time employment positions.
Featured Work and Profiles
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Summer Drawing Course for High School Students
Denton Crawford Each summer, RIT’s School of Art invites high school students to campus for an intensive course that prepares them to apply to the art schools of their dreams. Pre-College Portfolio Prep is a two-week...
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Exhibition Opportunities in Downtown Rochester
John Aasp, Todd Jokl RIT has maintained a creative presence in downtown Rochester with an urban art gallery in various locations since 1999. The latest location of RIT City Art Space in the Neighborhood of Play, steps...
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Intro to Sculpture Course
Christina Leung Get an inside look at the welding assignment in faculty Christina Leung's Intro to Sculpture course. Majors from across RIT's College of Art and Design welded metal sculptures that were publicly...
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'Sp(arrows)' Exhibition
Taylor Kennedy, Annalisa Barron "Sp(arrows)" is a two-person exhibition at RIT City Art Space featuring Annalisa Barron and Taylor Kennedy '15 (fine arts studio), whose combined work explores the cathartic relationship of...
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School of Art Reel
No matter your medium, a world of possibility awaits in RIT's School of Art.
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Exploring Buffalo's Arts Scene
Denton Crawford Each semester, Senior Lecturer Denton Crawford leads his Expanded Forms class on a networking trip to nearby Buffalo, N.Y., to experience the area’s art scene.
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Admissions and Financial Aid
This option is part of the Studio Arts BFA. Please visit the degree program page for admission requirements.
Financial Aid and Scholarships
100% of all incoming first-year and transfer students receive aid.
RIT’s personalized and comprehensive financial aid program includes scholarships, grants, loans, and campus employment programs. When all these are put to work, your actual cost may be much lower than the published estimated cost of attendance.
Learn more about financial aid and scholarships
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