• Globally Connected @ FIT: Confluence of Tradition and Modernity in Textile Art

    Virtual event

    Join Sunaina Bhalla for a fascinating exploration of how traditional textile techniques blend with modern artistic expressions. Sunaina Bhalla is a contemporary artist of Indian origin, living in Singapore. Educated in India, she moved to Tokyo in the late '90s and has spent the last two decades in various parts of North and South Asia. […]

  • Globally Connected @ FIT: Textiles in Africa, Focus on South Africa

    Virtual event

    Sindiso Khumalo, from the Minty Collection, spring 2021, South Africa. Please join us for a virtual talk about traditional and modern textiles in South Africa, featuring: Elizabeth Way is curator of Costume and Accessories at The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology, where her recent exhibitions include Fresh, Fly, and Fabulous: Fifty Years of […]

  • Globally Connected @ FIT: A Talk with Patricia Michaels of Taos Pueblo

    Virtual event

    Patricia Michaels, whose designs are featured in the FIT’s Art and Design Gallery's exhibition Lighted Earth, on display from November 7 through December 1, will discuss the global aspects of her work. A collaboration between FIT and the Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA) in Santa Fe, New Mexico, the exhibition features work by students […]

  • Globally Connected @ FIT Presents: The Instituto Técnico Superior Mercy Jácquez (ITESUMJ) in the Dominican Republic

    Virtual event

    A virtual conversation between students from the Instituto Técnico Superior Mercy Jácquez (ITESUMJ) and FIT students about studying at their institutions, how they spend their time, and what they hope for their future careers in design. The founder of ITESUMJ was Mercy Jácquez, a graduate of FIT in the late 1970s. The conversation will be […]