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Rochester Institute Of Technology

university art department · Active
last checked 2026-05-29

As archived

Degrees
B.F.A, M.F.A

Now (checked 2026)

Status
Active

What happened
Continuation. The metals/jewelry program — one of RIT's oldest craft programs, rooted in the School for American Crafts faculty lineage (Prip, Christensen, Paley, Griffin, etc.) — remains active through 2024-2025 with no closure, merger, or rename. It continues as both an MFA and a BFA option under the School for American Crafts in the College of Art and Design. Leadership: Elizabeth Kronfield serves as Director of the School for American Crafts and School of Art (active 2024-2025, including metals/iron arts work); Juan Carlos Caballero-Perez is the lead professor of Metals and Jewelry Design.

Link
www.rit.edu/study/metals-and-jewelry-design-mfa

People

Faculty
Albert Paley · 1969 to 1972Gary Griffin · 1974 to 1984Hans Christensen · 1954 to 1983Harlan Butt In · 1975John Prip · 1948 to 1954Philip Morton ? To ?Svetovar Radakovich · 1955 to 1958

Trained here

Charles LolomaChristine ClarkChuck EvansDavid PimentelFelicia SzoradHiroko M. StrepponeJim CharlesJoe Reyes ApodacaKathleen KennedyLouis MuellerLynda WatsonLynne HullMary Lee HuOlaf SkoogforsRonald Hayes PearsonSharon Church McNabbSusan Hamlet

Sources

https://www.rit.edu/study/metals-and-jewelry-design-mfahttps://www.rit.edu/artdesign/study/metals-and-jewelry-design-mfahttps://www.rit.edu/artdesign/school-american-craftshttps://www.rit.edu/study/studio-arts-bfa-metals-and-jewelry-design-optionhttps://www.rit.edu/directory/edkfaa-elizabeth-kronfield

From the original Tyler “Academic Metals Directory” (≈2014), brought current in 2026.

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