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.

  • February 8, 2017

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    Dyer Arts Center showcases work of Ann Silver

    “Deaf Way, Her Way,” a retrospective of the work of internationally known artist Ann Silver, runs March 3 through April 22. Silver, who was born deaf, is a founding member of the historic Deaf Art Movement of the 1960s and 1970s.

  • January 19, 2017

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    Dyer Arts Center opens 2017 with three exhibits

    The Dyer Arts Center hosts “(Re)Invention,” a traveling exhibition from the Kennedy Center; an exhibit with works from the personal collections of faculty artists from RIT/NTID’s Visual Communication Studies Department; and an exhibit on “Shakespeare in American Deaf History.”

  • November 10, 2016

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    Galleries to honor Norman Ives

    The first-ever major retrospective exhibition highlighting the work of Norman Ives—a renowned Yale University artist and designer—will be on display at both RIT’s University and Bevier galleries from Nov. 18 to Jan. 6.

  • November 7, 2016

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    Gallery features work by deaf nature photographer

    The Dyers Arts Center is hosting “Adventures Around the World” through Dec. 3 with images by accomplished mountain climber Jose Saldana, who is known for his breathtaking images of the world’s mountain ranges and the people who call them home.

  • November 2, 2016

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    Photo exhibit highlights alumnus Bernie Boston

    The exhibit, “Everyday with the President: Bernie Boston Photographs, 1967-1992,” is open through Nov. 11 in RIT’s William Harris Gallery. Boston ’55 photographed the lives of five U.S. presidents—from the routine to the highly politicized—including a moment of President Ronald Reagan laughing.

  • November 1, 2016

    Poster for "Hunter/Gatherer" at Gallery R

    Gallery r features work with local ties

    RIT’s Gallery r hosts “Hunter/Gatherer—Rochester Connections: Works from the Gerald Mead Collection” from Friday to Nov. 20, with an opening reception scheduled for Friday.

  • October 26, 2016

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    RIT again ranked among world’s best design schools

    The School of Design in RIT’s College of Imaging Arts and Sciences is ranked 10th among the 30 best design schools in the world in a new ranking conducted by Ranker, a leading digital-media company.

  • August 16, 2016

    RIT to host exhibit on Wendell Castle

    University Gallery will host the first-ever exhibition to focus on Castle’s creative process. “Wendell Castle Imagined: A Revelation of Creative Process” opens Aug. 22.

  • August 4, 2016

    Gallery r hosts 9/11 exhibit

    Gallery r presents “A 9/11 Project, Reflections and Memories,” a multi­part exhibition running Friday through Aug. 21.

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