MakerMinds Event: Yarn Bombing the Library with Yarn Cafe Student Group

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

Participate in some guerrilla art making and decorate the library with colorful yarn creations. This event is for the FIT community only; RSVP on FITLink. 

2024 Sustainable Business and Design Conference: Reimagining Our Future

Fashion Institute of Technology 227 West 27th Street, New York, NY, United States

April 9 and 10, 2024 Each year, the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) organizes and hosts a sustainable business and design conference. The event is recognized as a platform for collaboration and discussion across the creative industries, highlighting advances in sustainable design and cutting-edge thought leadership. By sharing innovative student projects, cross-institutional research, and industry […]

FIT Writing and Speaking Studio’s Tutor Perspectives: Talking Hearts and Minds

Writing and Speaking Studio, Room C612 227 West 27th Street, New York, NY, United States

Talking Hearts and Minds will feature FIT peer consultants reflecting on their work through vignettes and time for audience engagement and questions. While educators' concerns and hopes for AI seem ubiquitous, FIT tutors' conversations with their peers very much center human connection as they participate in and understand powerful aspects of learning: seeking community and […]

Women, Textiles, and the Holocaust

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

Child's dress knitted with red yarn and gray edging and details, by Mary Frankenstein, ca. 1941. Photo courtesy of the Illinois Holocaust Museum. The Holocaust Commemoration Committee and the Diversity Collective present a conversation between Bernice Steinhardt from Art and Remembrance and Tanya Singer of Knitting Hope moderated by Natalie Nudell from FIT's History of […]

Latinx Networking Event

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

We invite you to an evening of socializing and career building. It will start with a panel discussion with fashion professionals of Latin American heritage who will share stories about their experiences in fashion, followed by a reception to network with presenters and other attendees. Refreshments will be served. This event, organized as collaboration of […]