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 […]
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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 […] |
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […] |
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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, […]
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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 […] |
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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 […] |
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As part of FIT’s annual Holocaust commemoration, a photographic exhibit from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum will be presented alongside contemporary photographs. |
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The 13th Edition of The World Summit on Innovation and Entrepreneurship (WSIE) takes place April 9 and 10, 2019, at FIT. The summit is an engaging experience that intersects the brilliance and innovations of chief executives, entrepreneurs, artificial intelligence leaders, social leaders, heads of design, and innovation captains from top brands and social businesses. The […] |
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The 13th Edition of The World Summit on Innovation and Entrepreneurship (WSIE) takes place April 9 and 10, 2019, at FIT. The summit is an engaging experience that intersects the brilliance and innovations of chief executives, entrepreneurs, artificial intelligence leaders, social leaders, heads of design, and innovation captains from top brands and social businesses. The […] |
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On Thursday, April 11, 2019, FIT will commemorate the Holocaust with the annual Reading of the Names of Holocaust Victims in the FIT Dining Hall in the Dubinsky Building. By reading the names of the victims of the Holocaust, we give a face to the forgotten victims whose lives were cut short by genocide. Two readings will take place. One reading will be held from 9:30 am to 12:30 pm; the second will be from 2 […]
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Note: The location of this event has changed. The trustees meeting will now be held in the Faculty and Staff Dining Room on the eighth floor of the Dubinsky Student Center. The FIT Board of Trustees holds its April meeting. For more information, contact the Office of the President, (212) 217-4000. This event is open to the public.
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As part of part of FIT's annual Holocaust commemoration, the college will screen the 2019 Academy Award Nominee for Best Documentary Short Subject A Night at the Garden and host a discussion with director Marshall Curry. In 1939, 20,000 Americans rallied in New York’s Madison Square Garden to celebrate the rise of Nazism—an event largely forgotten from American […] |
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This is an event for anyone to learn about the professional side of fine arts and be part of the discussion on how to secure careers and internships in the business. Themes we will discuss include: • The Unwritten History of Art and Design Careers: state of the field and thesis/dissertation brainstorming session • Teaching […] |
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Installation view of Fashion & Surrealism (1987) featuring La Sirène dress by Charles James and "Lobster" dress by Elsa Schiaparelli and Salvador Dalí. February 8–April 20, 2019 Founded in 1969 by the Fashion Institute of Technology, The Museum at FIT is a specialized fashion museum famous for its innovative and award-winning exhibitions. The museum has been the site […] |
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It’s time for Academic Open Mic night, where faculty members can showcase their projects and interests. Share your research, propose a project collaboration, pitch an idea, or display an artistic or performance-based talent. All faculty are welcome to attend to watch and support their colleagues at the mic; food and drinks will be provided. Cocktail hour […]
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The Film and Media Screening Series will present Beautiful Things (2017) with director Giorgio Ferrero; he will participate in a Q&A after the film. Beautiful Things is a symphonic documentary journey into our obsessive consumerism. The film follows four men who work in isolation at remote scientific and industrial sites around the world. Like monks, they carry […] |
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For this event we ask that all members of the FIT community make a social statement with their fashion by wearing jeans on this day as a visible means of protest against the misconceptions that surround sexual assault. The information provided here is taken from denimdayinfo.org. “Denim Day is a worldwide initiative to prevent sexual violence […]
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In its ninth year, the International Dance Festival aims to showcase FIT’s dance and cultural curriculum to the community and beyond. The following performers are expected to participate: Masami Morimoto (Japanese musician) FIT Gospel Choir Gamin (Korean flute player) Aria Entertainment (Russian dance) Aliesha Bryan (flamenco dancer) Bahar Dance Ensemble (Persian group) PAKA (Passing Ancestral […] |
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SUNY’s Got Your Back provides the opportunity for students, faculty, and staff to create comfort kits for victims and survivors of violence, and to learn methods of better preventing and responding to violence, as together we work to build a New York where these bags are no longer needed. Join us on Thursday, April 25, […]
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From over 200 looks submitted by graduating students in the 2019 class of the Fashion Design BFA program, judges select which looks will appear in The Future of Fashion runway show held May 9. The day after the judges have made their selections, an exhibition of all submitted garments will be on view to the public from 11 am to 3 pm in […] |
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Hand weave with decorative yarn, conductive thread, and LEDs. No electronics experience needed. Beginning and expert weavers welcome. Come, share, and learn! This is a first come, first served event. Supplies are limited to 25 projects/participants. This event is for the FIT community only. |
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Research! Cite! Have a bite! Workshop from 5 to 6 pm: How to cite sources in any style with Professor Maria Rothenberg. Librarians will be available for assistance. This event is for the FIT community only.
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The ARTSpeak Lecture Series hosts Nathaniel Mary Quinn on Tuesday, April 30. Quinn is a Chicago-born, Brooklyn-based artist whose work has been shown in solo exhibitions at the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Madison, WI; M+B, Los Angeles; Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago; Almine Rech Gallery, Brussels; Pace Gallery, London; and Salon 94, New York. He […] |
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May 1–5 Selected works by graduating Fashion Design AAS students will be on display. Exhibition hours are 9 am to 9 pm. This exhibition is free and open to the public. |
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March 15–April 26 (extended to May 2) 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 […]
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The Jay and Patty Baker School of Business and Technology will hold a Dean's Forum to discuss strategies to improve working conditions and combating IP theft around the world. Speakers will be: Kenneth J.F. Kennedy, senior policy advisor, Forced Labor Programs, U.S. Department of Homeland Security Steve Birkhold, Applied DNA Sciences Rajan Kamalanathan, vice president […]
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Please join us for the final presentations from students in the FIT Biodesign Challenge. Presentations will start at 6 pm, followed by a reception and interactive presentations by the teams. Light refreshments will be served. These students have worked all semester on identifying global problems and designing solutions inspired by and using nature and sustainable […] |
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Traina-Norell, “Indian sari” silk brocade dress, circa 1955, gift of Mildred Morton. December 4, 2018–May 4, 2019 Fabric In Fashion explores the role played by textiles in forming the silhouette in Western fashion over the last 250 years. The examination of textiles is often separated from that of the fashionable silhouette, yet historically, textiles were as […] |