RIT-ART. RIT Art Collection

Karl Laurell woven fabric collection consists of a length of hand woven flaz fabric. Laurell was on the faculty in the School for American Crafts at RIT from 1953-1957.

The collection consists of photographs from the RIT School of Photographic Arts and Sciences class of 1964 alumni exhibit titled “Exhibit ’64 Old Dogs Learning New Tricks” The exhibit illustrated similarities and differences between their work in 1964 and today and features older printing processes as well as recent photographic printing processes.

The collection consists of three steel and plexiglass sculptures created by artist James Herman.

6 silver pieces by Hans Christensen.

The RIT Libraries Art Purhase Prize program has awarded purchase prizes to graduate students of the School of Art and the School of Design annually 1972. Works are purchased for the permament collection from MFA thesis exhibits.

Medals, photographs, drawings, and scrapbooks relating to Achille Forgione, collected by the artist's friend Hy Kreitzman.

Six screen prints created by RIT professor R. Roger Remington.

Elmer Messner collection contains 1,500 political cartoons, mainly in pen and ink; newsprint clippings of Messner's work; and cartoons from other artists collected by or gifted to Messner.

Photographic portraits from three series by Nancy Stuart, photographer and former faculty member and associate dean at RIT. Also contains materials created while writing Stuart's dissertation where she received her Ph.D. in 2005 from SUNY Buffalo.

Collection contains 11- CD's of digital files, 85-4 x 5 inch color negatives, 19-color slides, 1- 8x 11 inch color photo of the NTID stained glass window, and a three page inventory of images used in View It! the art and architecture of RIT, a book about the artwork and architecture of the RIT campus.