RIT College of Art and Design

09/24/2026

A groundbreaking palette, for refined palates. 🎨 🥃

Peter Pincus, associate professor of ceramics, and his wife Laurie showed why they are porcelain pioneers during a three-plus year collaboration with whisky maker Glenmorangie! The Pincus team handcrafted 149 unique ceramic vessels that beautifully present the distillery’s newest, and rarest, release: a single-malt whisky aged 50 years.

Learn more about the collaboration: https://www.glenmorangie.com/en-us/pages/glenmorangie-50-years-old

09/24/2026

High school students: Registration is open for our Connect and Critique event on Oct. 15! The online platform allows you to:

🎨 Meet one-on-one with faculty for a portfolio review
🖌️ Learn about the application process
📱 Ask questions about our programs

➡️ https://brnw.ch/21x5UWa

09/23/2026

💥 RIT Industrial Design Internship Panel 👏

Four of our industrial designers recently shared insights from their professional work experiences with fellow students! Panelists were, from left:

🔸 Maggie Reynolds - Keurig/Dr Pepper
🔸 Zoe Levin - NOBULL
🔸 Gerardo Reyes - GE | Priority Designs
🔸 Maggie Wagner - Teak Tuning

Another panel on RIT Study Abroad programs is set for 2 p.m. Friday, Oct. 2, in the ID studio.

09/23/2026

Tune in this Thursday-Sunday for the latest showcase of RIT student-made films on WXXI!

09/22/2026

Through painting, printmaking and sculpture, Ya'qub Shabazz ’26 MFA (fine arts studio) explores Black American identity, memory, migration, and cultural expression. Learn more about his work during a talk at Nazareth University Wednesday evening.

➡️ https://brnw.ch/21x5Sww

09/21/2026

Vignelli Center for Design Studies Director Josh Owen joined ICFF for a panel on how good design can help housing become more accessible.

ICFF Talks ➡️ https://brnw.ch/21x5RlS

09/21/2026

💥 Student spotlight: Julia Coley ’27 (medical illustration) 💥

Julia is applying her background in medical illustration in support of improved military safety training. She conducted research through the Summer Scholars Program at Uniformed Services University, where she created a customizable silicone mask for use during emergency response training called moulage. The mask, with interchangeable eyes representing various injury types, fits over the head of existing manikins. It represents an enhanced way to aid the identification, and treatment, of ocular trauma from warfare.

“As eye injuries continue to evolve as a result of modern warfare, it is critical that our educational tools and resources evolve as well,” Julia said. “This research aims to help close the diagnostic training gap and ultimately improve patient outcomes in diagnosis.”

09/19/2026

College of Art and Design Faculty Exhibition!

📍 Bevier Gallery | William Harris Gallery
🗓️ On view until Sept. 25 (Bevier) and Sept. 26 (William Harris)

📸 Colin Norland ’29

09/18/2026

D5 Design Magazine reviews our City Art Space's ongoing exhibition highlighting the career work of Vignelli Center for Design Studies Director Josh Owen! And don't miss Saturday's gallery walk and talk (6 p.m.).

Explore Unboxed: the topography of Josh Owen, a modular exhibition charting the active archive of designer Josh Owen through 55 plywood crates.

09/18/2026

The Buffalo Bills' new Highmark Stadium sparkled in primetime last night, just as the old stadium did a year ago for RIT The Big Shot No. 37!

📸 1. Jenn Poggi | 2. Rebecca Villagracia ’26 | 3. RIT Big Shot team