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Fashion Culture: 50 Years of The Museum at FIT: Fashion as Cultural Heritage

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

Roberto Cavalli, ensemble, embroidered denim and silk, spring 2003, Italy. As part of its ongoing 50th anniversary celebration, The Museum at FIT invites you to this panel discussion about fashion museums, the fashion industry, and the cultural heritage of fashion. Panelists will include Dr. Valerie Steele, director of The Museum at FIT; Professor Susan Scafidi, […]

Exhibition: The Future Is Immersive — Opens

Art and Design Gallery Pomerantz Center, Fashion Institute of Technology, 227 West 27th Street, New York City, NY, United States

March 15–April 26 This immersive exhibition at FIT will show how artistic virtual reality can change how patients react to treatment. FIT artists and technicians, using Google Tilt Brush, have created artwork, which will be on view, in a “fourth dimension.” VR and art impact the patient experience during treatment and beyond. Artist Tom Christopher's […]

Event Series A Collective Ribbon: Weaving Stories of the Triangle Fire: A Participatory Community Event

A Collective Ribbon: Weaving Stories of the Triangle Fire: A Participatory Community Event

John E. Reeves Great Hall Conference Center, Fashion Institute of Technology, New York City, NY, United States

Join us for two days of events and discussion on March 16 and 17 about the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire and its memory. The centerpiece of the event will be the collective creation of a ribbon, formed together from smaller individual pieces of fabric brought by the participants. The ribbon will be used to cast […]

CANCELED: Poetry Reading and Collaborative Poetry Workshop: Denise Duhamel

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

THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED. Poet Denise Duhamel will read from her work and lead a collaborative poetry writing workshop for participants. Denise Duhamel's most recent book of poetry is Scald (Pittsburgh, 2017). Blowout (Pittsburgh, 2013) was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. Her other titles include Ka-Ching! (Pittsburgh, 2009); Two and […]

Film and Media Screening Series: ‘The Punk Singer,’ with Sini Anderson

Film and Media Screening Room D207 Pomerantz Center, New York City , NY, United States

The Film and Media Screening Series will present The Punk Singer (2017) with director Sini Anderson; she will participate in a Q&A after the film. The Punk Singer is a documentary film about feminist singer and activist Kathleen Hanna who fronted the bands Bikini Kill and Le Tigre, and who was a central figure in the riot grrrl movement. The film combines a combination of interviews and archival footage, […]