Soliciting creative work that interrogates injustice and inequity while celebrating diversity and resilience. This special multi-genre contest encourages students to create with words they deem urgent and essential to the discourse of diversity, equity, and inclusion. You may enter work in the regular contest and this special division, but you may not win with the same work. Cash prizes.
Congratulations to lecturer Jarah Moesch (STS) who has been named as a United States Artist Fellow in Media in the 2022 cohort of United States Artists (USA). The award honors their creative accomplishments and supports their ongoing artistic and professional development. With sixty-three artists across ten creative disciplines, the 2022 USA Fellows class is the largest in the organization’s sixteen-year history.
Congratulations to Sarah Shiang (Senior majoring in Economics and STS) who was selected unanimously by a panel of music faculty judges as the winner of the 2021-22 Rensselaer Orchestra Concerto Competition. Sarah will perform The Lark Ascending by Ralph Vaughan-Williams with the Rensselaer Orchestra at the April 14th Spring Concert in EMPAC. While at RPI, Sarah has performed in the Rensselaer Orchestra and Chamber Ensembles, including performances of the Mendelssohn Octet, Amy Beach Piano Quintet, and the Grieg String Quartet.
Calling all film enthusiasts to submit your films to the RPI student Film Festival. Students are welcome to submit entries in a number of categories with the opportunity to win prizes. UPAC Cinema is hosting the film festival in association with the Arts Department. Films will screen at UPAC Cinema at the end of the semester. Submissions open until March 1, 2022.
RPI Student Film Festival Submission Form
Do you want to create a video game during the weekend? Professor Payen in conjunction with the Game Dev Club will host the first RPI monthly Game Jam: Friday, February 25th (6pm) to Sunday, February 27th in VAST! A Game Jam is a contest where participants make a game from scratch in a limited time (48h).
You are encouraged to jam with others whom you may not have even worked with before. Beginners are highly welcome (and faculty too), including those who may have never participated in a Game Jam before.
On Thursday, March 3 from 7pm - 9pm celebrate the new moon and the coming of the light, as you join us in this virtual healing event featuring an artist talk, live digital ritual and meditation. Co-sponsored by the Arts department's iEAR Presents program, HASS and The Sanctuary for Independent Media/ NATURE Lab.
On Wednesday, March 23, 2022, at 7 pm UPAC cinema in association with the Arts Department will host a film screening of student-made work. Come celebrate these productions. Snack will be sold by UPAC Cinema.
BioArt Talks @CBIS are an online series of one hour lunchtime presentations given by internationally recognized bioartists. The series is presented in conjunction with RPI’s Center for Biotechnology Interdisciplinary Studies, the Arts Department in the School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, and the Sanctuary for Independent Media's NATURE Lab initiative.
Get more information on this presentation and pre-register for the event.
BioArt Talks @CBIS are an online series of one hour lunchtime presentations given by internationally recognized bioartists. The series is presented in conjunction with RPI’s Center for Biotechnology Interdisciplinary Studies, the Arts Department in the School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, and the Sanctuary for Independent Media's NATURE Lab initiative.
BioArt Talks @CBIS are an online series of one hour lunchtime presentations given by internationally recognized bioartists. The series is presented in conjunction with RPI’s Center for Biotechnology Interdisciplinary Studies, the Arts Department in the School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, and the Sanctuary for Independent Media's NATURE Lab initiative.