• Panel Discussion: What Is Feminism Now? Art and Activism

    John E. Reeves Great Hall Conference Center, Fashion Institute of Technology, New York City, NY, United States

    This panel will bring together a diverse team of community activists and artists to address the vitality of work on behalf of women’s, trans, and queer empowerment through responses to the question, What is Feminism Now? The event will create new space for the sharing of ideas and mutual respect on campus about the historic […]

  • ARTSpeak: The Guerilla Girls

    Haft Theater Marvin Feldman Center, New York City, NY, United States

    Please note that this event is sold out, but a video of it will be made available shortly afterward here on Newsroom at events.fitnyc.edu. Some tickets may be available the day of the event; doors open at 5 pm. FIT students, faculty, and staff will be given priority. Questions? Email [email protected].  In a rare New York appearance, internationally […]

  • Feminism and the Art of Collaboration

    John E. Reeves Great Hall Conference Center, Fashion Institute of Technology, New York City, NY, United States

    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 […]

  • FIT Authors Talks: Subhalakshmi Gooptu

    Assistant professor of World Literature Subhalakshmi Gooptu talks about her article, "Watery Archives: Transoceanic Narratives in Andil Gosine’s Our Holy Waters, and Mine," which appeared in the March 2022 issue of Feminist Review. In this article, Gooptu conceptualizes Andil Gosine’s artistic archives as "watery" to chart a feminist genealogy of archival practice. This event is […]

  • Fashion and Textile Studies Symposium: Negotiating Femininity: Constructing Ideals

    Katie Murphy Amphitheatre Pomerantz Art and Design Center, Fashion Institute of Technology, New York City, NY, United States

    We are pleased to invite you to the annual student symposium of FIT's Master of Arts degree program in Fashion and Textile Studies: History, Theory, Museum Practice. This year’s theme is “Negotiating Femininity: Constructing Ideals” and will be held from 1 to 5 pm, on Saturday, May 2, in the Katie Murphy Amphitheatre at FIT, […]