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 […]

Globally Connected @ FIT: Production Management and the Fashion Industry, Adapting to a Changing Global Landscape

Virtual event

Join us for a virtual conversation about production management and the fashion industry in today's changing global landscape featuring FIT professors Salvatore Giardina and Craig Dana from the Department of Production Management at the Jay and Patty Baker School of Business and Technology. Globally Connected @ FIT is hosted by the Office of International Programs, History […]

Globally Connected @ FIT: Shibori, Cultures in Cloth

Virtual event

Clockwise from top left: Wada, Osako, Kawamura, and Salama. Join us for a virtual conversation featuring FIT Professor Yuniya (Yuni) Kawamura, the World Shibori Network Foundation's Yoshiko Iwamoto Wada and David Salama, and FIT student Nana Osako. Yoshiko Iwamoto Wada is a scholar, curator, artist, and exponent of traditional and contemporary textile art and design. […]