Maison Roger, two-piece dress, c. 1877, France, museum purchase, 2020.28.1. Music therapist Jasmine Edwards moderates an exploration of how psychoanalysis has impacted contemporary music composition and performance, as well as generations of listeners and fashionable concertgoers. The talk will feature art therapist Ayde Rayas and a performance by award-winning violinist Njioma Chinyere Grevious, who will […]
Sustainability is all around us. It seems that a new brand cannot exist without addressing how it offers the consumer sustainability. Often the hype and the reality are far apart. Recognizing that more consumers include this in their choice matrix, this session will address the challenges for growing brands in offering sustainability to their customers. […]
Dannielle Tegeder; Hilma's Ghost, Abstract Futures, fabricated by Stephen Miotto, photo by Erienne Frossard. Dannielle Tegeder is a New York City–based artist whose practice is grounded in painting, but also extends to drawing, wall works, sculpture, installation, animation, music, artist books, conceptual strategies and writing. Born in a family of steamfitters, her exposure to shop […]
Karl Lagerfeld at MFIT's 2010 Couture Council Award for Artistry of Fashion Luncheon, Nick Hunt/PatrickMcMullan.com. Associate Professor of German at Williams College Christophe Koné explores Karl Lagerfeld's fascination with Ancient Greece. Using Chanel's "The Modernity of Antiquity" 2017-18 cruise collection as a point of departure, Koné will discuss the recurrence of Greek Antiquity in Lagerfeld's […]
In this virtual World Affairs Lecture, Columbia University Professor Nina Berman will be in conversation with Dr. Souzeina Mushtaq, assistant professor of Communication and Media Studies at University of Wisconsin–River Falls, on the topic of “Unbroken: Solidarity Through the Lens.” Lifelong New Yorker and photojournalist Nina Berman draws on decades of documenting the city’s defining […]
