February 26–March 8 This special short exhibition is curated by Communication Pathways Professor Anne Kong and 42 students in the Visual Presentation and Exhibition Design program, featuring hats from the celebrated collection of former FIT dean and professor Nina Kurtis. The students will design and create individual 360-degree displays featuring a hat from a distinctive time period […]
Amir Issaa, an Egyptian rapper from Italy, will perform and give a talk on the changing patterns of migrations of the New Italian Society. This event is made possible by funding from the Diversity Council.
You are invited to a Celebration of Caribbean Culture! There will be a scholarly presentation on Caribbean studies followed by a performance of traditional steel drum music and dance from the Caribbean. In addition, there will be a recitation of original poetry by distinguished, award-winning poet Madeline Millan, assistant professor, Modern Languages and Cultures. This event […]
In this panel discussion, learn to combat the effects of pop culture and peer pressure by building self-esteem to better love yourself with tips from experts in the fashion industry. The panel features professionals that include fashion bloggers, fashion curators, and health care professionals from the community. Afterward, enjoy light refreshments, resources, and make your […]
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED. The documentary Fresh Dressed chronicles the history of hip-hop/urban fashion and its rise from Southern cotton plantations to the gangs of the 1970s in the South Bronx, to corporate America, and everywhere in between. Supported by rich archival materials and in-depth interviews with individuals crucial to the evolution of a way […]
FIT joins the V-Day global movement to stop violence against women and girls. V-Day at FIT 2019 presents a benefit production of Eve Ensler’s The Vagina Monologues by the Theater Club. Doors open for an art exhibition at 7:30 pm; show at 8 pm. This event is part of Promoting Healthy Relationships Month. Find more details at fitnyc.edu/healthyrelationships. This event […]
February 12–March 5 Professor C.J. Yeh, Communication Design, curates an interdisciplinary exhibition examining the importance of creativity for social impact and inclusion. IMPACT: The Future Is Inclusive is an exhibition about the imagination and its effects on positive social change. Yeh will curate work by students, faculty, and alumni, as well work by an invited artist to […]
Grenelle-Estévez, evening set, circa 1957, gift of Sylvia Levine. March 5–30, 2019 Gallery FIT The Traphagen School: Fostering American Fashion explores the legacy of one of the first institutions dedicated to educating fashion industry professionals in New York City. The impact of the school, in operation from 1923 to 1991, will be explored through an introduction […]
Simeon Marsalis. Photo by Chris Buck. Multimedia writer Simeon Marsalis's first novel, As Lie Is to Grin, focuses on an African-American college student's experience in a predominantly white college. Short-listed for the Center for Fiction's First Novel Prize in 2017, the novel examines racialized bodies navigating spaces from which they have historically been barred. Incorporating […]
Poster for Antonio Lopez 1970: Sex Fashion & Disco. Antonio Lopez 1970: Sex Fashion & Disco is an electrifying documentary that follows fashion illustrator and FIT alumnus Antonio Lopez from New York to Paris between 1969 and 1973. Interviews with Bill Cunningham and Jessica Lange, archival footage, and Antonio’s own exuberant illustrations tell the story of […]
February 26–March 8 This special short exhibition, curated by Communication Design Pathways Professor Anne Kong and 42 students in the Visual Presentation and Exhibition Design program, features hats from the celebrated collection of the late former FIT dean and professor Nina Kurtis. The students designed and created individual 360-degree displays featuring a hat from a […]
The Museum at FIT presents Exhibiting Fashion, its 21st academic symposium. This symposium will explore the history of fashion curating, the different ways fashion is displayed in museum settings, and how national and regional identities influence fashion exhibitions. The symposium is organized in conjunction with Exhibitionism: 50 Years of The Museum at FIT, which commemorates the rich history of the museum, […]
Roberto Cavalli, ensemble, embroidered denim and silk, spring 2003, Italy. As part of its ongoing 50th anniversary celebration, The Museum at FIT invites you to this panel discussion about fashion museums, the fashion industry, and the cultural heritage of fashion. Panelists will include Dr. Valerie Steele, director of The Museum at FIT; Professor Susan Scafidi, […]
March 15–April 26 This immersive exhibition at FIT will show how artistic virtual reality can change how patients react to treatment. FIT artists and technicians, using Google Tilt Brush, have created artwork, which will be on view, in a “fourth dimension.” VR and art impact the patient experience during treatment and beyond. Artist Tom Christopher's […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
Soraya Chemaly will give a talk as part of Women's History Month activities on campus. Chemaly is an award-winning writer and media critic whose writing appears regularly in national and international media including The Atlantic, The Nation, Verge, Quartz, TIME, Salon, The Guardian, and The New Statesman. She speaks frequently on topics related to inclusivity, free speech, sexualized […]
This year's Fashion and Textile Studies MA exhibition, The Traphagen School: Fostering American Fashion, explores the legacy of one of the first institutions devoted to educating fashion industry professionals in New York City. This exhibition, the first dedicated to the school, will focus on the Traphagen methods of design-by-adaptation and experimentation, both of which are […]
Create your own unique laser cut pendants. Learn how you can turn Adobe Illustrator files into laser cut objects, stencils and stamps. This is a hands-on computer lab workshop. Materials provided. This event is for the FIT community only.
Stony Brook University Professor Robbye Kinkade. The UCE of FIT invites you to a talk on the subject of strengthening diversity at FIT. Robbye Kinkade, clinical assistant professor of Health Science at Stony Brook University, will share her expertise on diversity and inclusion initiatives on college campuses. Come and bring your story. The talk will […]
Poster for McQueen, courtesy of Bleecker Street Media. Directed by Ian Bonhôte and co-directed and written by Peter Ettedgui, McQueen is a personal look at the extraordinary life, career, and artistry of Alexander McQueen. Through exclusive interviews with his friends and family, recovered archives, exquisite catwalk visuals, and music, the documentary is an authentic celebration, a thrilling portrait of […]
The FIT community is welcome to attend a special open house in the Gladys Marcus Library Special Collections and College Archives. We will feature on display items from the collection that focus on jewelry design and accessories design. We will also open our vast vaults for guided tours. This event is for the FIT community […]
Simran Singh—author, humanitarian, storyteller, and FIT alumna—brings a unique experiential evening of light, love and conscious exploration of the inner and outer worlds. Three-time Gold Award-winning author, radio show host, and publisher, Singh encourages individuals to consciously integrate and align their lives through compassionate presence and witnessing. Singh's talk will be on the topic of […]
The Jay and Patty Baker School of Business and Technology, in collaboration with the Technical Design department, presents a Dean's Forum on the Business of Gender Neutral Fashion, featuring a fashion show followed by a panel discussion with the designers. The event is funded by the Student/Faculty Corporation. The panel will be moderated by Catherine […]
Grenelle-Estévez, evening set, circa 1957, gift of Sylvia Levine. March 5–30, 2019 Gallery FIT The Traphagen School: Fostering American Fashion explores the legacy of one of the first institutions dedicated to educating fashion industry professionals in New York City. The impact of the school, in operation from 1923 to 1991, will be explored through an introduction […]
February 11–March 31 It is estimated that between 1525 and 1866 some 12.5 to 15 million African men, women, and children were violently forced from Western and Central Africa into brutal captivity to provide labor for the Western Hemisphere. Approximately 450,000 of the 10.5 million who survived the overseas voyages were sent to North America […]
FIT supports the Clothesline Project, a visual display that bears witness to the relationship violence. During the public display, a clothesline is hung with shirts; each shirt is decorated to represent a particular person’s experience, by the survivor themselves or by someone who cares about them. You can view this public display throughout the month of April […]
FIT supports the Clothesline Project, a visual display that bears witness to the relationship violence. During the public display, a clothesline is hung with shirts; each shirt is decorated to represent a particular person’s experience, by the survivor themselves or by someone who cares about them. You can view this public display throughout the month of April […]
Sama’a Al-Hamdani will discuss the war in Yemen at this World Affairs Lecture, moderated by Yasemin Celik Levine, director of the Presidential Scholars Program. Al-Hamdani is a visiting fellow at Georgetown University Center for Contemporary Arab Studies and director of the Yemen Cultural Institute for Heritage and the Arts. The Department of Social Sciences’ World […]
Cover of Treasures Afoot: Shoe Stories from the Georgian Era, courtesy of Johns Hopkins University Press, 2018. Join author Kimberly S. Alexander for a presentation of Treasures Afoot, her intriguing new book that interweaves biography and material culture with full-color photographs to tell how shoes were made, sold, and worn during the eighteenth century. Alexander traces […]
April 3 and 4, 2019 The Sustainability Council at FIT hosts a Sustainable Business and Design Conference each spring. The event provides a platform for collaboration and discussion throughout the creative industries, highlighting advances in sustainable design and thought leadership. Environmental and social challenges and potential solutions are explored through innovative student projects, cross-institutional research, […]
At this FIT Authors event, Assistant Professor Sharon Rothman talks about her book The Fashion Designer's Sketchbook. The Fashion Designer’s Sketchbook is a step-by-step guide to making and using sketchbooks as an experimental design lab to visually explain your design ideas. Three distinct types of sketchbook, each representing a different phase in the design process, evolve […]
FIT supports the Clothesline Project, a visual display that bears witness to the relationship violence. During the public display, a clothesline is hung with shirts; each shirt is decorated to represent a particular person’s experience, by the survivor themselves or by someone who cares about them. You can view this public display throughout the month of April […]
