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. 

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 […]