About
Patricia A. Russotti
Rochester, New York 14625
patti.russotti@rit.edu
Visual artist and, educator, Patricia Russotti is a Professor in the School of Photographic Arts and Sciences, College of Imaging Arts & Sciences at Rochester Institute of Technology. She is an active digital and photographic imaging artist producing a wide range of work for corporations, public service organizations, museums, individual artistic commissions, funded projects, and public exhibitions. She has done extensive consulting for in-house graphic service departments, ad agencies, and photography studios. These endeavors focus on assessing and refining existing workflows, creating new workflows, establishing best practices, and providing training programs. Patti is also committed to providing Best Practices, Industry Standards, technology and software training and updates to faculty in colleges and universities assisting with their integration into the curriculum. Patti has been training and presenting on Adobe Photoshop since the first version of the application. She develops and presents technical and creative corporate seminars, workshops, and training programs. Patti’s career has a breadth and depth of experience and skill in workflow, image making (analog, digital, alternative, and historic processes), the creative process, design, and education.
Patti’s positions previous to and concurrent with RIT include: the management and operation of a multimedia lab, ownership and operation of an advertising photography studio and an imaging services, consulting group.
Patti holds M.S. and Ed.S. Degrees from Indiana University.