Glass Option - Studio Arts BFA

Expand your interest with a glassblowing degree emphasizing research, idea development, and material exploration to ensure professional success.


Overview for Glass Option - Studio Arts BFA

Why Study Glass Studio Arts at RIT


  • 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 body of work will be featured in a gallery.

This BFA glass degree cultivates artists who are as versatile in their making as they are in their thinking. This option is part of the studio arts BFA program.

RIT’s Studio Arts BFA- Glass Option

RIT’s glassblowing major offers a rigorous and diversified curriculum that cultivates artists with diversified and informed creative potential with glass in:

  • Glassblowing
  • Flame-working
  • Hot and kiln casting
  • Cold-working
  • Kiln-forming
  • Glass imaging processes
  • Three-dimensional digital technologies

Students are equipped with the skills needed to succeed as professionals with an emphasis placed on:

  • Research
  • Idea development
  • Material exploration
  • Execution
  • Presentation

Studio Residency Program

The glass option also offers a Glass Studio Residency Program for artists interested in pursuing glass-related research at RIT.

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Careers and Experiential Learning

Typical Job Titles

Artistic Director Creative Director Independent Artist
Small Business Owner/Operator Professional Artist Assistant Professional Designer
Professional Gaffer Professional Fabricator Freelance Artist Assistant
Freelance Designer Freelance Fabricator Freelance Gaffer
Gallery Director Gallery Preparator Exhibition Curator
Studio Technician Studio Technician Assistant Professional Hot Shop Employee
Professional Kiln Studio Employee Professional Cold Working Employee Education Director
Glass Education: High School Teaching Glass Education: Undergraduate/Graduate Teaching Glass Education: Public Access Studio Teaching
Glass Education: Public Demonstration/Narration for Museums, Art Centers, Education Centers Glass Education: Material Study Workshop Teaching Glass Education: Registrar/Administration
Glass Industry: Architecture Glass Industry: Scientific Instrumentation Glass Industry: Equipment/Tool Manufacturing

Industries

  • Performing and Fine Arts
  • Higher Education
  • Design
  • Museum

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.

Co-ops and internships take your knowledge and turn it into know-how. Your art and design co-ops will provide hands-on experience that enables you to apply your artistic capabilities in dynamic professional settings while you make valuable connections between classwork and real-world applications.

Students in the glass option are strongly encouraged to complete a cooperative education or internship experience.

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

Admissions and Financial Aid

This option is part of the Studio Arts BFA. Please visit the degree program page for admission requirements.

Learn How to Apply

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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Contact

Program Contacts
David Schnuckel, Assistant Professor
Suzanne Peck, Lecturer
Offered within the
School of Art