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.
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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. -
November 6, 2018
![On the left, a portrait photo of Adam Kubert. On the right, a comic snippet of Spiderman using webs to swing from building to building with a text box which says "Anatomy of a Comic: The Art of Adam Kubert."]()
Exhibition explores Marvel Comics artist’s creative process
“Anatomy of a Comic,” will provide a behind-the-scenes look at how Adam Kubert ’81 illustrated an entire issue of Peter Parker: The Spectacular Spider-Man No. 305. -
October 1, 2018
![Tabitha Jacques posing next to a sculpture in the Dyer gallery.]()
Dyer Arts Center director named ‘40 Under 40’ honoree
Tabitha Jacques has been selected as a 2018 Forty Under 40 honoree by the Rochester Business Journal. -
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.”
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September 4, 2018
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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. -
August 30, 2018
![Hermann and Gudrun smile at each other in this black and white photo. They are pictured from the shoulders and chest up.]()
‘Zapf Centenary’ exhibition celebrates iconic type designers
RIT’s Cary Graphic Arts Collection opened a new exhibition to celebrate the 100th birthdays of renowned German type designers and calligraphers Hermann Zapf and Gudrun Zapf von Hesse. “Zapf Centenary” is on display now through Oct. 31. -
August 28, 2018
![An abstract art piece containing historical photographic information.]()
University Gallery hosts exhibit examining truth in imagery
Rebecca Aloisio’s “OBJEKT: Matter in the Digital Age,” is now on display at RIT’s University Gallery through Oct. 6. “OBJEKT” features large-scale works created by the RIT lecturer without any digital generation. -
August 8, 2018
![artwork featuring multicolored rectangles arranged in a grid.]()
‘Cultivating Connections’ exhibit seeking artists
NTID’s Dyer Arts Center is now accepting submissions for its exhibit “Cultivating Connections: Growing Communities in the Flower City,” which will showcase artwork that represents our local communities.
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June 27, 2018
![Art piece from Dyer Arts Center. Abstract women with different shapes and colors around her.]()
Exhibits highlight 50 years of deaf art and history
As part of its 50th anniversary activities, NTID will host a “50 Artists 50 Years” exhibition through Oct. 20. On Friday, as part of the 50th anniversary reunion festivities, a triptych—or three-paneled work—by deaf artist Susan Dupor will be unveiled. -
April 25, 2018
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App makes museum experience more accessible
NTID is launching a mobile app to be used in its Dyer Arts Center that provides content in various forms, including video in American Sign Language, transcripts and audio and visual descriptions. -
March 20, 2018
![image by NASA astronaut Donald Pettit.]()
University Gallery hosts exhibit of prints from space
An exhibition of otherworldly photographic images taken during NASA astronaut Donald Pettit’s time aboard three space flights will canvas the walls of RIT’s University Gallery through the end of April. An opening reception will be held Thursday.
