By Design August 15–September 25 Art and Design Gallery By Design is a retrospective of experience design work guided by Keith Helmetag, co-founder of the award-winning design practice C&G Partners. The show explores the intersection of design, object and interpretation, and culture in public spaces. Created in collaboration with Craig Berger, chair and associate professor […]
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August 15–September 25 The Gallery Art and Design Gallery Fast Forward features the work of 13 FIT BFA and AAS alumni who are also current or very recent FIT Illustration Department faculty members. After attending FIT, these artists have taken quite different professional paths and have returned to FIT to share their experiences with the […] |
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In celebration of National Hispanic Heritage Month, the UCE of FIT Social Justice Committee invites the community to a presentation by Ryan Bradley Pinchot, lead gallery educator and education coordinator at the Hispanic Society Museum and Library in New York City. This presentation will explore the museum and its collections and address the initiatives undertaken […]
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Buffy Birrittella, former executive vice president and senior advisor, Ralph Lauren, will be the guest at this week’s Faces and Places in Fashion. The Faces and Places in Fashion lecture series is a forum for prominent fashion professionals to discuss their trade, experience, and perspective on the business. Find more details and the full fall schedule […] |
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The FIT Board of Trustees’ next meeting will be held in person on Thursday, October 6, 2022. Public session: 9:45 am This event is open to the public. |
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Resurgence October 10–November 6 Resurgence showcases the ingenuity of artisan work and hand-crafted objects from textiles, jewelry, and decorative accessories. Contributors to this show include FIT alumni, faculty, and students, as well as finalists from the 2022 Global Eco Artisan Awards, a recognition given by the AGAATI Foundation. The unique pieces highlight FIT’s hands-on curriculum […]
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Olivia LaTronica, costume shopper, Gossip Girl S2, will be the guest at this week’s Faces and Places in Fashion. The Faces and Places in Fashion lecture series is a forum for prominent fashion professionals to discuss their trade, experience, and perspective on the business. Find more details and the full fall schedule on the Faces and […] |
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October 11–14 The Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion hosts Civility Week, a week of activities, talks, and workshops aimed at achieving the goals of FIT’s civility initiative. The initiative is aimed at engaging our community in a discussion of respectful ways of living and learning in a higher education environment. FIT encourages our community to behave […] |
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October 11–14 The Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion hosts Civility Week, a week of activities, talks, and workshops aimed at achieving the goals of FIT’s civility initiative. The initiative is aimed at engaging our community in a discussion of respectful ways of living and learning in a higher education environment. FIT encourages our community to behave […]
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Honoring Hispanic Heritage Month, the Diversity Collective and the FIT Latinx Club present the Hispanic/Latinx International Dance and Music Festival. There will be performances from Latin America, the Caribbean, Spain, and the USA. This event is free and open to the public. Note: FIT requires face masks be worn by all audience members. |
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October 11–14 The Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion hosts Civility Week, a week of activities, talks, and workshops aimed at achieving the goals of FIT’s civility initiative. The initiative is aimed at engaging our community in a discussion of respectful ways of living and learning in a higher education environment. FIT encourages our community to behave […]
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The objective of this event is to build a yearly platform that celebrates the diversity of culture that Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders bring to their creative communities. The in-person panel discussion will bring three local celebrated creatives of AAPI heritage to campus to discuss their cultures, experiences, identity, and sources of pride, emphasizing the […] |
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October 11–14 The Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion hosts Civility Week, a week of activities, talks, and workshops aimed at achieving the goals of FIT’s civility initiative. The initiative is aimed at engaging our community in a discussion of respectful ways of living and learning in a higher education environment. FIT encourages our community to behave […] |
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Image: KÙR x BLG. September 17–October 16, 2022 Gallery FIT The work of FIT alumni and faculty takes center stage in the exhibition Crafting Change. Organized by the Textile/Surface Design Department in conjunction with New York Textile Month, the works featured in Crafting Change use long-established techniques in a modern context to highlight the potential for promoting connection, […] |
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Marci Zaroff, founder, CEO, and chairwoman of EcoFashion Corp, will be the guest at this week’s Faces and Places in Fashion—a special kickoff to Sustainability Awareness Week. The Faces and […] |
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Join us for a virtual panel discussion with three disability advocates about adaptive fashion, what they look for in designs, their hopes for the future of the fashion industry, and […] |
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Dior and His Decorators is the first book devoted to the two interior designers most closely associated with Christian Dior. Like the luxurious fashions of Dior's New Look, which debuted in […] |
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Jane Hertzmark Hudis, executive group president of the Estée Lauder Company, will be the guest at this week’s Faces and Places in Fashion. The Faces and Places in Fashion lecture series […] |
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Victoria Sambunaris structures her life around a photographic journey traversing the American landscape for several months per year. Her large-scale project-based photographs document the continuing transformation of the American landscape with specific attention given to expanding political, technological and industrial interventions. Sambunaris received her MFA from Yale University in 1999. She is the recipient of […]
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Learn about NFTs (non-fungible tokens). FIT's Entrepreneurship Department hosts a discussion with leading Web3 industry experts Renee Leibler, Jordan Fried, and Andrew Masanto. This event is free and open to the public; REGISTRATION REQUIRED HERE. |
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Join New York-based fashion designer, Nicole Miller, in conversation with Dr. Valerie Steele, director and chief curator of The Museum at FIT. They will discuss Miller’s career in fashion. After studying at Rhode Island School of Design and mastering the classic French techniques of Haute Couture while at Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture in […] |
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Professor K. Meira Goldberg discusses her book Sonidos Negros: On the Blackness of Flamenco. How is the politics of Blackness figured in the flamenco dancing body? What does flamenco dance tell us about the construction of race in the Atlantic world? Sonidos Negros traces how, in the span between 1492 and 1933, the vanquished Moor […] |
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October 29–November 13 Gallery FIT Memories, both real and imagined, are the catalyst of this group exhibition of photographic-based imagery by FIT students in the Photographic Concepts and Exhibition (PH352) classes. The exhibition Unseen Memory is a creative exploration of personal narrative, identity, and truth experienced by Fine Arts students in the Photography Department. Collaborating with students […] |
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Adaptive fashion takes front row in a virtual panel discussion with three innovative professionals focusing on adaptive design. Speakers are Izzy Camilleri, Keith Kirkland, and Stephanie Thomas. Moderated by Carli Spina, Head of Research and Instructional Services, Gladys Marcus Library This virtual event is free and open to the public; REGISTER HERE. |
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The Department of Social Sciences’ World Affairs Lecture Series fulfills FIT’s mission to foster an understanding of diverse cultures and politics within the international as well as domestic perspectives. It also embraces, supports, and expands upon the president’s campuswide initiative on civility. This virtual lecture will be on: Emerging Trends in a Post-Pandemic Africa. Speaker: […]
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Paolo Volonté, Author of Fat Fashion: The Thin Ideal and the Segregation of Plus-Size Bodies (2021), in conversation with FIT Professor Yuni Kawamura. The discussion will revolve around an analysis of the contentious issue of the tyranny of slenderness in fashion. In closely examining the thin ideal and the segregation of fatness in the fashion system, and focusing […] |
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