Rochester Institute of Technology – School for American Crafts

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The School for American Crafts is part of the College of Art and Design of the Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, New York, and teaches students to master clay, wood, glass or metals using both traditional skills and modern technology. It offers a BFA in Studio Arts with options in ceramics, furniture design, glass, and metals and jewelry design, an AOS degree in furniture design, and MFA programmes in ceramics, furniture design, glass, and metals and jewelry design. Facilities include a glass hot shop, flameworking and glass studios, a woodworking studio, and buffing, casting and welding rooms; the school states that Tiffany & Co. has employed more than 50 of its metals and jewelry design alumni.