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Entering his 50th year of teaching at RIT, Luvon Sheppard’s career as an artist, educator and community collaborator cannot be summarized easily. From his early days as a student at RIT’s downtown campus, to his work at Memorial Art Gallery and the Allofus workshop, to his advocacy for RIT City Art Space (formerly known as Gallery r), to the opening of his own Joy Gallery and Studio, to the countless individuals who have benefitted from his mentorship, Sheppard’s creative life continues to grow in himself and within the creative lives he’s affected. 

City Art Space hosted a solo exhibition of Sheppard's work and gallery talk in November-December 2021.

Sarah Kinard '18 MFA (Fine Arts Studio) is a printmaker who makes large-format prints from wood blocks carved by hand. In 2020 and 2021, she installed murals in downtown Rochester and Buffalo, N.Y. City Art Space hosted a solo exhibition and gallery talk with Kinard in September 2021.

Get to know Joshua Enck, an artist with a background in architecture, furniture design, and sculpture. City Art Space hosted a solo exhibition of Enck's work, along with a gallery talk in Fall 2021. Enck also installed an outdoor sculpture on the RIT campus in early 2022. Titled Ossicone, the piece stands over 22 feet tall and is visible on the front lawn of the MAGIC Building, near Gannett and Booth Halls, all part of the Anna Ballarian Visiting Artist Series.

RIT City Art Space's Artist Short Sesh features interviews and a showcase of work with artists in the College of Art and Design. The series, started by Gallery Director John Aasp, originally launched on Instagram.

In the second episode, Madeline Rile Smith ’20 MFA (Glass) provides insight into art school and controversial glass-blowing, and delivers an exclusive performance.

In the third episode, Marcia Liu ’20 MFA (Fine Arts Studio) compares art school in Shanghai versus Rochester and shares her experience in both printmaking and contemporary sculpture.

The fourth episode features Ileana Doble Hernandez ’19 MFA (Photography and Related Media), who uses photographs, video and installation to express her experience as an immigrant in American culture.

The fifth episode features Drishti Bhandari ’20 MFA (Metals and Jewelry Design), who often expands beyond jewelry, making use of other materials such as plastic, fabric and paper to explore themes of creation and destruction.

The sixth episode features Fatmah Bamashmous ’18 MFA (Furniture Design). She combines Arabic inspiration with traditional woodworking techniques, infusing her cultural heritage with contemporary functional furniture.