RIT College of Art and Design

RIT Industrial Design students are invited to take part in a series of free, online workshops led by alumni during winter break! Each Zoom session will focus on developing important design skills. Register for free below.

RIT Industrial Design Professor and Graduate Director Alex Lobos' 3D-printed Spiral Lamp was selected for the seventh Ibero-American Design Biennial. The event is a premier showcase of design work from 23 Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking countries.

RIT School of Photographic Arts and Sciences Associate Professor Ted Kinsman's latest article for PetaPixel shares his experiments making water bell fountains for high-speed photography.

Students: the Imagine RIT poster contest is open through Jan. 15! Enter your design for a chance to win $500 in Tiger Bucks and be used to promote the festival.

While 2020 has been a year unlike any other, our creative spirit sustains us and we are stronger than we realize. We hope you and your loved ones are able to unwind and rejuvenate this holiday season. May your new year be filled with peace, health and creative possibilities. . Art by Julie Toich '22 (Illustration)

Join us for a free virtual event exploring the people, facilities and programs that make RIT School of Photographic Arts and Sciences the place to study photography! Prospective students are invited to our annual Day of Photo on Nov. 13: rit.edu/artdesign/day-of-photo

Join us for a Virtual Graduate Open House next week! Explore our MFA, MS and MST programs and see how they inspire students to think critically and express themselves creatively. Learn more: https://bddy.me/31O7sF0

Three films by Assistant Professor Ambarien Alqadar are screening in I View World 2020, an international film festival providing new ways of seeing human rights cinema: plexigo.com/IViewWorld2020/index.html

RIT's research team that developed a health monitoring toilet seat was honored with a grant from the National Academy of Medicine! Our own Adam Smith, director of RIT New Media Design (BFA) and Visual Communication Design (MFA), is among the project leaders.

"It’s really based on being a part of a community of makers," said Professor Cat Ashworth, editor of Voices from the Barrens. Cat was among the many alumni and faculty of our School of Film and Animation involved in making the documentary, selected for a handful of festivals in the U.S. and Canada.

RIT Industrial Design Associate Professor Mindy Magyar has assumed to new role to promote diversity, inclusion, equity and social justice at RIT.

We love when our feathery friends from Wild Wings Inc. help out with Professor Alan Singer's Zoological and Botanical Illustration class! : A. Sue Weisler

An RIT team representing three programs placed second in the national Paperboard Packaging Alliance Student Design Challenge! Students across the country were challenged to create a packaging toolkit, to be distributed by the Trees into Cartons, Cartons into Trees program, that engages third through fifth graders with an educational activity highlighting sustainability. . RIT’s second-place team designed a board game and included: Rachel Goldberg (RIT Industrial Design), Luke Hallick (RIT Graphic Design), Brianna Johnson (Graphic Design), Allison Kunz (Graphic Design) and Jenna Robinson (Packaging Science at RIT). Two other RIT teams received an honorable mention and shout out.

Last week, our beloved Assistant Dean Debbie Kingsbury retired after 32 remarkable years at RIT! We’re going to dearly miss her unparalleled loyalty to students and their well-being, as well as all faculty, staff and alumni. Debbie’s career started in the Bursar’s Office before moving on to Saunders College of Business, Development and in 2004, the College of Art and Design to lead our Student Services and Academic Advising team. We wish Debbie the best in retirement!

Our faculty are ready to meet with prospective undergraduate and graduate students at upcoming National Portfolio Day events! Get virtual portfolio feedback every weekend through Dec. 5: rit.edu/artdesign/national-portfolio-day Art by RIT Graphic Design student Jiayi Zheng

Alumnus Ryan Vazquez '14, '16 and Phil Szrama '11 (3D Digital Design faculty) recently joined RIT Graphic Design's Professional Practices class to discuss their careers! In the course, students learn strategies to obtain internships and permanent employment in the field.

RIT's annual day of giving, ROAR Day, starts now! We appreciate any support for College of Art and Design initiatives, projects and departments: https://bddy.me/3kjaqc4

From reimagining the light switch to creating the country's first in-line deposit/withdrawal system for banks, Noel Mayo has enjoyed a pioneering design career. See for yourself in Design Milk's rebroadcast of his Vignelli Center for Design Studies lecture!

Associate Professor Glen Hintz, director of our Schools of Art and American Crafts, created this illustration for RIT City Art Space's Visible Voices exhibition. Glen’s piece, Vote to Make This Community, Our Community, and the rest of the show is on view through Sunday, Oct. 25. . From the artist: Given the civil unrest and health threat engulfing our country, I thought it was appropriate to suggest that our country is in distress, hence the upside down flag. I wanted to offer more than this observation I wanted to offer a possible solution. Voting is the only means I know to peacefully and decisively make the will of the people the rule of their community. The poster illustrates people casting their ballots during this time of distress in a tangible effort to make this community, our community and this country, our country.