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SUMMARY:Virtual Artist Talk: Anabella Bergero on Constructing Identities
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a virtual presentation and discussion with Anabella Bergero\, Fashion Design MFA ’20\, and Tanya Melendez-Escalante\, senior curator of Education and Public Programs from The Museum at FIT. Bergero won the inaugural SUNY Performing Arts Creation and Curation Prize for her exhibition proposal. Constructing Identities is part of the Journal and Pattern exhibition in the Art and Design Gallery through February 27. \nBorn in Argentina and raised in Mexico\, Bergero researched her heritage and created garments that explored Latinx and Latin American culture and gender identity. For her exhibition\, Bergero expanded upon a personal narrative to create a broader cultural landscape that includes photographic wallpapers on the theme of the quinceañera and Mexican wooden folk masks. Bergero created characters “as a portal to certain aspects of Latinx and Latin American culture” and designed a dress for each. \n“I traced back the femininity I inherited\, and I’m owning the kind of femininity I want to build for myself\,” she writes. “This project was building space for different configurations of identity by first acknowledging that we are not this monolith of how we were born. We have multiple pieces we can play with.” \nThis event is for the FIT community only; registration required—REGISTER HERE.
URL:https://events.fitnyc.edu/event/virtual-artist-talk-anabella-bergero-on-constructing-identities/
CATEGORIES:Conversation,Online Event
ORGANIZER;CN="Art and Design Gallery":MAILTO:gallery@fitnyc.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220211T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220211T133000
DTSTAMP:20260403T221100
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SUMMARY:Fashion Symposium: Reinvention and Restlessness: Fashion in the Nineties
DESCRIPTION:The 26th annual symposium organized by The Museum at FIT focuses on the 1990s\, exploring how concepts such as globalism and technological advancement shaped fashion of the era. The dynamic line-up of speakers includes Paul Boudens\, graphic designer; Colleen Hill\, curator of costume and accessories at MFIT and curator of the exhibition; Lamine Badian Kouyaté\, fashion designer and founder of the label Xuly.Bët; Patricia Mears\, deputy director of MFIT; Marco Pecorari\, program director of MA Fashion Studies at Parsons Paris; Alexandre Samson\, curator of haute couture (from 1947) and contemporary creation at the Palais Galliera; and Dr. Valerie Steele\, director of MFIT. \nThe symposium was organized in conjunction with the exhibition Reinvention and Restlessness: Fashion in the Nineties\, which runs through April 17\, 2022. \nThis virtual event is free and open to the public; visit the symposium webpage for a complete schedule\, speaker bios and event registration. 
URL:https://events.fitnyc.edu/event/fashion-symposium-reinvention-and-restlessness-fashion-in-the-nineties/
CATEGORIES:Online Event,Public,Symposium
ORGANIZER;CN="The Museum at FIT":MAILTO:museuminfo@fitnyc.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220215T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220215T190000
DTSTAMP:20260403T221100
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SUMMARY:Commemorating the Triangular Slave Trade: Billy Gerard Frank Venice Biennale 2022
DESCRIPTION:In recognition of Black History Month\, the UCE of FIT holds a virtual talk with multimedia artist Billy Gerard Frank. At this talk\, he will discuss his work for the forthcoming 2022 Venice Biennale. \nBilly Gerard Frank \nFrank was born in Grenada\, West Indies\, is a multimedia artist\, filmmaker\, production designer\, and founder of the Nova Frontier Film Festival & Lab\, showcasing and incubating the works of filmmakers and artists from and about the Global African Diaspora\, The Middle East\, Latin America. He is also a Lecturer in Directing and Design in the David Geffen School of Drama at Yale. Frank’s research-based practices mine and address issues of migration\, race\, and global politics\, relating to gender\, minority status\, and post-colonial subjects\, challenging normative discourses around them. He moved to London as a teenager\, where he began painting and exploring experimental video art and installation before moving to Brooklyn\, New York where he is now base. His mix-media artworks and films have been exhibited and screened in group and solo shows in museums and institutions like Brooklyn Museum (2020); Yale\, and international film festivals like the Berlinale\, Sundance\, among others. He represented Grenada at The 58th La Biennale di Venezia 2019 and has the honor of being one of the artists in the collective representing Grenada in the 2022 La Biennale once again. \nThis virtual event is free and open to the public; join via Webex on the date and time of the event.
URL:https://events.fitnyc.edu/event/commemorating-the-triangular-slave-trade-billy-gerard-frank-venice-biennale-2022/
CATEGORIES:Lecture,Online Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220216T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220216T180000
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SUMMARY:FIT Authors Talks: The History of Modern Fashion
DESCRIPTION:FIT Adjunct Assistant Professor Professor Daniel James Cole and NYU Assistant Professor Nancy Deihl will give an FIT Authors talk about their book\, The History of Modern Fashion. Discussion and Q&A to follow. \nThis book explores fashion not simply from an aesthetic point of view but also as a manifestation of social and cultural change. Focusing on fashion from 1850\, the authors consider the evolution of women’s wear\, menswear\, and children’s wear. The book looks at the dissemination of style and the mechanisms of change\, at the relationship between fashion and the visual\, applied\, and performing arts\, the intertwined relationship between fashion and popular culture\, the impact of new materials and technology\, and the growing globalization of style. \nThis virtual event is free and open to the public; REGISTER HERE. 
URL:https://events.fitnyc.edu/event/fit-authors-talks-the-history-of-modern-fashion/
CATEGORIES:Conversation,Online Event,Public
ORGANIZER;CN="Jennifer Brady%2C Gladys Marcus Library":MAILTO:jennifer_brady@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220217T121500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220217T130000
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SUMMARY:A Yearning for Perfection
DESCRIPTION:Join a conversation between Tom Bronk (b. 1944) and John Paul Jang (AHMP ‘22). In his Op Art paintings\, Bronk explores ratio\, linearity\, and symmetry. His diagnosis of late stage Parkinson’s disease\, uncontrollable shaking\, and loss of balance does not stop his yearning for perfect geometry in his paintings. \nJohn Paul Jang is the senator of the Art History and Museum Professions program and co-founder of the Artchive series. She has volunteered to assist Bronk in his painting procedure. \nLearn about Bronk’s unconventional artistic journey\, platforms for outsider artists\, and about disability inclusion in the art world. \nThis virtual event is free and open to the public; scan the QR code in the flyer above to join on the date/time the event. 
URL:https://events.fitnyc.edu/event/a-yearning-for-perfection/
CATEGORIES:Conversation,Online Event,Public
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220217T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220217T140000
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SUMMARY:Virtual Artist Talk: Journal and Pattern
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a virtual presentation and discussion with with a group of artists who that participated in the exhibition Journal and Pattern: Jaclyn Burke\, Fine Arts ’22; Slavko Djuric\, book artist and staff technologist\, Fine Arts and Photography; Bil Donovan\, adjunct associate professor\, Illustration; Thomas Leach\, exhibition installer; Lauren Zodel\, assistant professor\, Fashion Design; and invited guest artists Woolpunk and herbalist and artist Donna Cleary. \nJournal and Pattern is on view in the Art and Design Gallery through February 27. The work on display includes crocheted installations\, fibrous stitchery\, handmade books\, collages\, theatrical garments\, costumes for dogs\, sketches from the COVID-19 lockdown\, illustrations of an extraordinary shoe collection\, a gigantic moss-like sculpture\, and a quilt. All the work on display is by students\, faculty\, staff\, alumni\, and invited guest artists. \nThis virtual event is for the FIT community only; RSVP HERE. 
URL:https://events.fitnyc.edu/event/virtual-artist-talk-journal-and-pattern/
CATEGORIES:Conversation,Online Event
ORGANIZER;CN="Art and Design Gallery":MAILTO:gallery@fitnyc.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220223T160000
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SUMMARY:New Curating: Justice\, Museums\, and the Power of the Grand Narrative
DESCRIPTION:Three panelists engage in a conversation on innovative aspects and new ways of curating histories and art. Learn about exciting new initiatives and directions to diversify traditional displays in art galleries and museums. How has curating changed in recent years\, and how have art galleries and museums with traditional curatorial roles focused on specific periods or arts and cultures responded? How can we reach audiences in a meaningful way to engage with objects and histories? \nLed by Art History and Museum Professions Department Junior Joi Berry (’23) and supported through a Grant for a Black Futures sponsored by FIT project\, this conversation builds upon the excitement and enthusiasm created by past exhibitions curated by Berry. View Berry’s Black Futures exhibition here.  \nThis event is part of FIT’s Black History Month activities. Find more at fitnyc.edu/blackhistory. \nThis virtual event is free and open to the public; REGISTER HERE. 
URL:https://events.fitnyc.edu/event/new-curating-justice-museums-and-the-power-of-the-grand-narrative/
CATEGORIES:Online Event,Panel Discussion,Public
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220224T121500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220224T130000
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SUMMARY:Globally Connected @ FIT: Designed for the Future: Creating with the Planet in Mind
DESCRIPTION:Traditionally the fashion industry has operated on through a linear economy\, following the take-make-waste trend for products. Our current climate crisis demands a shift in societal patterns\, creation and consumption. The shift to a circular economy offers a promising solution to waste reduction and resource preservation. FIT alumni Riley Anderson-Lusher (FIT ‘20)\, founder of Guilt Free Goods and a former Cultural Fellow\, and professor Todd Blumenthal\, who teaches Sustainability in Merchandising at FIT\, are in a conversation with Camila Quiroga and Stephanie Baljet\, Cultural Fellows at FIT. \nRiley Lusher\, Fashion Design ’20; OUR CHOICE\, visual designer; Choose2B Inspirational Apparel\, operations management \nRiley is a designer and maker working to explore the interconnectedness of all beings\, and create work that honors and respects these relationships. She would like to shift her central focus of creation from simply lessening her environmental impact to actually benefiting all beings and the environment from her work’s inception. She enjoys learning new trades\, from carpentry\, to web development\, to 3D rendering. Regardless of any professional title or position\, Riley is a passionate problem-solver\, designer\, and maker. Moving forward she hopes to be able to harness these passions in ways that will promote growth and vitality. \nTodd Blumenthal\, assistant professor\, Fashion Business Management \nA visionary leader and master storyteller\, Todd teaches with a highly effective balance of business skills\, innovative creativity\, an entrepreneurial mindset\, and refined aesthetics. Throughout his corporate career\, his focus is on the training and development of the special hard and soft skills and competencies necessary in the New Economy for professional team and management development. For more than 25 years in the fashion industry\, Todd has partnered with global brands including: Nike\, Victoria’s Secret\, The Gap\, and Ralph Lauren developing an expertise for sustainable product commercialization. \n\nAbout Globally Connected @ FIT \n\nGlobally Connected @ FIT is a series of 45-minute virtual discussions led by students\, faculty\, and alumni to advance global education at FIT in our world with limited mobility. The major themes are fashion\, art\, sustainability\, racial equity\, and life during the pandemic around the world. Hosted by the Office of International Programs and the Cultural Fellows\, and the History of Art Department. \nThis virtual event is free and open to the public; REGISTER HERE. 
URL:https://events.fitnyc.edu/event/globally-connected-fit-designed-for-the-future-creating-with-the-planet-in-mind/
CATEGORIES:Conversation,Online Event,Public
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220227
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SUMMARY:Exhibition: Journal and Pattern — Closes
DESCRIPTION:December 13\, 2021–February 27\, 2022 \nWork will include crocheted installations\, fibrous stitchery\, handmade books\, collages\, and theatrical garments exploring aspects of Latinx and Latin American culture and identity. \nParticipating artists: Anabella Bergero (Fashion Design MFA ’20); Donna Cleary (herbalist and artist); Slavko Djuric (book artist and technologist\, Fine Arts and Photography); Bil Donovan (adjunct associate professor\, Illustration); Esther Li (Fashion Design BFA ’21); Tom Scott­ (assistant professor\, Fashion Design); Lauren Zodel (assistant professor\, Fashion Design); and invited visiting artist Woolpunk\, aka Michelle Vitale. \nThe gallery is open from 9 am to 6 pm daily. \nThis exhibition is free and open to the public. 
URL:https://events.fitnyc.edu/event/exhibition-journal-and-pattern-closes/
LOCATION:Art and Design Gallery\, Pomerantz Center\, Fashion Institute of Technology\, 227 West 27th Street\, New York City\, NY\, 10001\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Public
ORGANIZER;CN="Art and Design Gallery":MAILTO:gallery@fitnyc.edu
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