RIT Purchase Prize Art collection

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: RITArt-0064

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The Art Purchase Prize collection contains artwork of College of Art and Design graduate students dating from 1972.

Dates

Creation: 1972 to the present

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open to researchers.

Biographical / Historical

The RIT Libraries Art Purchase Prize program has awarded purchase prizes to graduate students of the School of Art and the School of Design annually since 1972. Works are purchased for the permament collection from MFA thesis exhibits. The selection committee complement for the award has changed over the years and now includes the Art and Photography Librarian and the RIT Archivist. The goal of the program is twofold: to select the best work and to capture the diversity of work made by RIT students in the programs.

Extent

241 as of 2018 Item(s)

Language

English

Additional Description

Overview

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.

Arrangement

Works are arranged individually in boxes and on shelves. Some are on display throughout the Wallace Memorial Library building.

Physical Location

Items in the collection are displayed throughout The Wallace Center and stored in many locations within RIT Archive Collections. See the finding aid for the most current locations.