ROBIN CASS

Robin Cass is an artist, educator, and academic leader whose career spans more than 30 years in art and design education and academic leadership. She currently serves as Associate Provost at Catawba College in North Carolina where her portfolio has included experiential learning, international studies, student success, retention strategy, and major curricular initiatives.

Before joining Catawba, Cass spent over two decades on the faculty of the Rochester Institute senior leadership roles, including Interim Dean of the College of Art and Design and Senior Associate Dean. At RIT, she led major cross-college initiatives advancing integration across technology, the arts, and design.

Cass’s sculptural work combines traditional glassblowing techniques with contemporary approaches and various materials to explore themes of discovery, perception, and wonder. She has exhibited, lectured, and taught internationally, including at the National College of Art and Design in Dublin, L’viv National Academy of Arts in Ukraine, and the Osaka University of Art in Japan, and at leading U.S. institutions such as Pilchuck Glass School and The Studio at the Corning Museum of Glass. She has received fellowships and grants from Wheaton Arts, the New York Foundation for the Arts, and the Glass & Ceramic Center of Seto.

Her work is represented in numerous public and private collections, including the Museum of American Glass (NJ), Tacoma Museum of Glass (WA), and Tittot Museum (Taipei, Taiwan), and has been featured in publications such as Masters of Blown Glass, Breaking Ground: Art/Craft in Upstate New York, and 25 Years of New Glass Review. Cass also served on the Board of Directors of the Glass Art Society from 2004 to 2010.

She holds a Doctor of Education from Northeastern University, an MFA from Alfred University, and a BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design.