News

December 6, 2018

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

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 30, 2018

Student Spotlight: Students collaborate to design the new City Art Space downtown

Meet Logan Fugle, Marjorie Henderson, Caitlyn Litaker and Michelle Reuter, fourth-year interior design students whose designs were chosen for RIT’s new gallery space in downtown Rochester.
November 20, 2018

MAGIC spells opportunity with new learning laboratory

RIT’s MAGIC Spell Studios opened the doors to its new home this fall, inviting students, faculty and industry professionals to experience a digital media development and publishing learning laboratory never before seen in the Northeast.
November 20, 2018

Alumna finds perfect solution to wedding planning

Arielle Link ’13 used graphic design skills that she learned at RIT to create a wedding planner for the modern bride.
November 20, 2018

Main Street Arts becomes family affair

Bradley Butler ’10 MFA (fine arts studio) and Sarah Butler ’08 (graphic design) run Main Street Arts in Clifton Springs, N.Y.
November 20, 2018

MAGIC Spell Studios: Making new products

Taylor Thum is using her enthusiasm for live- action, virtual reality and 360- degree filmmaking—as well as the countless opportunities provided by MAGIC Spell Studios—to design and build a new platform for live-action storytelling.
November 20, 2018

Design manager by day, air guitarist by night

Jason Farnan ’03 (graphic design) performs a rather unconventional instrument in front of thousands of people. Farnan, known on stage as Lt. Facemelter, is a decorated air guitarist.
November 20, 2018

Alumnus recounts college days with candid photos from yesteryear

Andy Franklin ’75 (photojournalism) has amassed one of the largest single collections of images of student life at RIT during the early years of the still-new Henrietta campus.
November 20, 2018

MAGIC Spell Studios: Publishing a game

The collaborative nature of MAGIC Spell Studios gives RIT students such as Chris Robinson the unique opportunity to create, develop and publish digital media projects alongside students and faculty from a variety of colleges and departments.
November 20, 2018

Graduate’s sculpture causes her to reflect on RIT

Julia Manson ’17 MFA (metals and jewelry design) is now a freelance artist and jewelry designer in Austin, Texas.
November 14, 2018

Students design solutions for local nonprofit during EUREKA! workshop