Academics

The Department of the Arts offers undergraduate and graduate programs in Electronic Arts, and an undergraduate program in Electronic Media, Arts, and Communication (EMAC) offered jointly with the Department of Communication and Media.

The Arts Department features an integrated and multidisciplinary approach to the arts with a focus on the use of electronic media in artistic creation and performance. The faculty's work is represented internationally in museums, galleries, festivals, publications, and performances.

Undergraduate

Graduate

Music Ensembles

  • The Rensselaer Orchestra
  • The Rensselaer Concert Choir 
  • The Rensselaer Chamber Music Ensembles
  • The Rensselaer Roots of Africa Music Ensemble
Oron Catts to present workshop "Growing meat and synthetic biology"
March 18, 2014 4:00 PM
EMPAC Studio Beta

Oron Catts has grown both meat and leather using tissue engineering and was the first person to grow and eat a piece of in-vitro meat. Catts will lead this workshop which will cover some of the main techniques of regenerative biology that are used for in vitro meat and will explore the broader cultural and artistic implication of using living tissue within a non-medical context.