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A Tribute to Puerto Rican Illustrator Antonio Lopez

Dubinsky Student Center, Eighth Floor Fashion Institute of Technology, New York City, NY, United States

Rocío Aranda-Alvarado, curator at El Museo del Barrio, will speak on the legendary Puerto Rican fashion illustrator and FIT alumnus Antonio Lopez, whose work made great strides in exploring and representing the ethnic or racialized body within the world of high fashion. The artist's illustrations are on view in an exhibition, Antonio Lopez: Future Funk Fashion, at the Museo del Barrio through November 26. […]

Love Your Library: Oaxaca Stories in Cloth With Eric Mindling

Robert Lagary Board Room Marvin Feldman Center, Ninth Floor, Fashion Institute of Technology, New York City , NY, United States

Author and photographer Eric Mindling will discuss his work in Oaxaca, Mexico, as part of this fall’s Love your Library programming. Mindling spent two years traveling in the Oaxaca region observing traditional textile practices and communities, which he has compiled in his book, Oaxaca Stories in Cloth: A Book About People, Belonging, Identity, and Adornment. After […]

Reading and Book Signing: David Mason

Dubinsky Student Center, Eighth Floor Alcove Fashion Institute of Technology, New York City, NY, United States

Author and former Colorado poet laureate David Mason will read selections from his travel writing and poetry with a presentation of photographs by Cally Conan-Davies and illustrations by Grant Silverstein. A Q&A session and book signing will follow the presentation. Click here to read  Mason's bio and some of his poetry on the Poetry Foundation site.

Liberal Arts Dean’s Forum: Dan Cooper Chamber Music Ensemble

Haft Theater Marvin Feldman Center, New York City, NY, United States

Dan Cooper, who teaches music and music history in the Film, Media, and Performing Arts Department, will present a colloquium-concert of his distinctive compositions, including "Bowery," "Design," "El Planeta Rojo," "Herald Square," "Lullaby," "Plural of Blue," "Soca," and "Unsubscribe," among others. The live orchestra will feature Kaoru Hinata on flute and piccolo, David Valbuena on clarinet and bass clarinet, John Lake on trumpet on flugelhorn, Nicole Brancato, Jai Jeffryes […]

Fashion Symposium: Proust’s Muse

Katie Murphy Amphitheatre Pomerantz Art and Design Center, Fashion Institute of Technology, New York City, NY, United States

Photograph by Otto of the Countess Greffulhe in a ballgown, circa 1887.© Otto/Galliera/Roger-Viollet. The Museum at FIT's 16th annual daylong academic symposium is organized in conjunction with the current exhibition Proust's Muse, The Countess Greffulhe. Researchers from the United States and Europe will discuss the connections between fashion, patronage, literature, and the arts in turn-of-the-century France. The Countess […]