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POSTPONED: Fashion Culture: Jeffrey Gibson and Korina Emmerich in Conversation

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

Korina Emmerich photographed by Jonathan Nesteruk. POSTPONED Jeffrey Gibson and Korina Emmerich will discuss Native American fashion design. Gibson is an award-winning Choctaw-Cherokee artist, whose work combines traditional Native American elements with contemporary references. Emmerich is the founder of EMME, a fashion brand, which reflects her indigenous heritage stemming from the Coast Salish territory, Puyallup […]

POSTPONED: Fashion Culture: Prabal Gurung in Conversation with Valerie Steele

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

Prabal Gurung photographed by Joanna Totolici. POSTPONED Fashion designer Prabal Gurung and Museum at FIT Director Valerie Steele will discuss his innovative and international career. With over 80 percent of his collections made in New York, Gurung is committed to sustaining domestic employment, income, and production. His family’s Shikshya Foundation Nepal provides education to children […]

POSTPONED: Presidential Scholars Program Colloquium: Jazz Encounters: The Tardo Hammer Trio

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

POSTPONED At this Presidential Scholars Colloquium, the internationally acclaimed Tardo Hammer Trio will be joined by tenor saxophonist Julieta Eugenio. Argentina-born saxophonist Eugenio has been rapidly making her presence known on the New York jazz scene, performing at numerous venues in the metropolitan area. She won the International Women in Jazz competition in 2017 and […]

POSTPONED: Fashion Culture: Blacks in Ballet: The Shadow World

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

Courtesy of Theresa Ruth Howard. POSTPONED Join Theresa Ruth Howard for an enlightening lecture documenting the history of black people in ballet. A former ballerina, Howard is now a writer, […]

CANCELLED: Queer History Month Film Screening: Rafiki

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

https://youtu.be/7M_-ucSaFpU CANCELLED Rafiki (Swahili for "friend") is a 2018 Kenyan drama film directed by Wanuri Kahiu. Rafiki is the story of romance that grows between two young women, Kena and […]