FIT Executive Committee Meeting

The Executive Committee of the Fashion Institute of Technology Board of Trustees and of the FIT Student Housing Corporation will hold a meeting remotely by conference call. Live public access available is at fitnyc.edu/executivecommittee. This event is free and open to the public — and is being held remotely. Use the link above. 

Exhibition: Vanishing Community, Vanishing Cultures: The Yörüks of Taurus Mountains, Turkey — Closes

Gladys Marcus Library, Fifth Floor Fashion Institute of Technology, 227 West 27th Street, New York City, NY, United States

The Gladys Marcus Library is temporarily closed.  February 3–March 31, 2020 Vanishing Community, Vanishing Cultures: The Yörüks of Taurus Mountains, Turkey was inaugurated by the photographer and professor Praveen K. Chaudhry, Social Sciences, along with ethnographer Souzeina Mushtaq. Chaudhry and Mushtaq have been working on the issues of nomads and weavers in Kashmir and Tibet for […]

POSTPONED: Fine Lines: Reclaiming Imperiled Language and Culture—Poet Solmaz Sharif

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

POSTPONED Poet Solmaz Sharif will read from and discuss her groundbreaking book of poems, LOOK (Graywolf Press, 2016), a finalist for the National Book Award. LOOK asks readers to see the ongoing costs of war as the unbearable loss of lives and also the insidious abuses against everyday speech.  A book signing will follow, courtesy […]

POSTPONED: Fashion Culture: Fashion and Political Power

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

Robin Givhan photographed by Helayne Seidman. POSTPONED Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Robin Givhan will discuss the current relationship between fashion, politics, and power. Drawing on her experience as fashion critic for The Washington Post, Givhan will address such potent sartorial symbols as the MAGA hat, the Pussyhat, and the white suit. All Fashion Culture events are free, but registration […]

Exhibition: Conversations: Artworks in Dialogue — Closes

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

Dimitri Dimizas, Hold It Together, 2014, steel and concrete. The Art and Design Gallery is temporarily closed.  March 17–April 7, 2020 This exhibition calls attention to each artist’s distinct visual […]