News by Topic: Galleries

RIT is a long-time supporter of the arts. Exhibits featuring bold and innovative works are regularly showcased across the campus’s many galleries, seeking to inspire, inform, and engage with the wider public.

  • January 26, 2019

    Painting of two people of different races facing each other, forehead to forehead, communicating with sign language

    Artist explores her deafness in new gallery exhibit

    A collection of paintings on display at NTID explores deafness in a unique and powerful way. “Rise Up: Silent Margins,” a collection of 17 paintings by RIT/NTID alumna Ashley Hannan, runs through Feb. 23 in NTID’s Dyer Arts Center.

  • January 18, 2019

    Poster with black-and-white image of artist and five samples of his work with text: Design Observatons: Abram Games, A record of Britain's Social History, 14 January to 9 March, 2019, University Gallery Poster Exhibition

    RIT hosts rare exhibit featuring work of Abram Games

    The pioneering work of Abram Games, a prominent British graphic designer renowned for his inimitable wartime poster designs, is now on display at University Gallery in Booth Hall on the RIT campus through March 9.

  • December 6, 2018

    The front window display at the new RIT City Art Space.

    RIT City Art Space ushers in new creative era for Rochester

    RIT City Art Space—the College of Art and Design’s new first-floor gallery and community event venue inside Sibley Square at Liberty Pole Plaza in downtown Rochester—opened its doors to the public on Friday, with an exhibition featuring two of the university’s creative titans.
  • December 6, 2018

    logo for RIT intersections: the RIT podcast.

    Podcast: City Art Space 

    Intersections: The RIT Podcast, Ep. 4: Robin Cass, interim dean of the College of Art and Design, and John Aäsp , gallery director, discuss how RIT City Art Space in downtown Rochester will invite the public to engage with the university through culture and creativity.

  • November 15, 2018

    Two artists, a man and a woman, admire artwork on the wall of the gallery.

    Art exhibitions connect deaf and hearing artistic communities

    “Cultivating Connections: Growing Communities in the Flower City” showcases artwork representing the local community. “6x6 Deaf Pride” features more than 100 artworks created by members of the deaf and hard-of-hearing communities. Both exhibits run through Dec. 15 at NTID’s Dyer Arts Center.
  • September 17, 2018

    A photo taken from the exhibition which features a group of men and women laying down in the street with their arms and legs locked together in protest.

    Exploring photography’s role in social change

    “Whose Streets? Our Streets!” features the work of 37 independent photographers who documented protests, demonstrations and conflicts on the streets of New York City from 1980 to 2000. The project, led by RIT faculty and alumni, features a book, short film, interactive website and exhibitions.
  • September 7, 2018

    Three vertical images next to each other of stars, strings of bacteria and small blue and green fragments

    RIT to host third ‘Images from Science’ exhibition

    Scientists and photographers from around the world will have the opportunity to share their scientific research, discoveries and observations of natural wonders with the launch of the collection phase of “Images from Science 3.”
  • September 4, 2018

    RIT to open gallery space in historic Sibley Square

    The College of Art and Design is moving its gallery space to the historic Sibley Tower Building in the heart of downtown Rochester, where the newly named exhibition venue will invite the public to engage with RIT through creativity.