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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, […]

Fashion Culture: ‘Charles James: The Couture Secrets of Shape’ with Homer Layne and Dorothea Mink

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

Cover of Charles James: The Couture Secrets of Shape, published by Spector Books. Photograph by Juan Ramos, courtesy of the Estate of Antonio Lopez and Juan Ramos, archive of Homer Layne. Join Dorothea Mink, professor of fashion design at the University of Arts, Bremen, and Homer Layne for a presentation of their fascinating book on […]

Feminism and the Art of Collaboration

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

In an event co-hosted by the Presidential Scholars Program, ARTSpeak, and the Department of English and Communication Studies, two creative artists—one literary, one visual—will present their work and discuss the ways in which women’s collaborative art, and their work in particular, fits within the feminist tradition. Denise Duhamel, an acclaimed poet and author of collaborative […]