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Week of Events
Exhibition: Threads of Bondage, Invisibility, and Style Influence: Hidden African American Contributions to American Couture (Revisited) — Opens
February 11–March 31 It is estimated that between 1525 and 1866 some 12.5 to 15 million African men, women, and children were violently forced from Western and Central Africa into brutal captivity to provide labor for the Western Hemisphere. Approximately 450,000 of the 10.5 million who survived the overseas voyages were sent to North America […]
Exhibition: #IMPACT: The Future Is Inclusive — Opens
February 12–March 5 Professor C.J. Yeh, Communication Design, curates an interdisciplinary exhibition examining the importance of creativity for social impact and inclusion. #IMPACT: The Future Is Inclusive is an exhibition about the imagination and its effects on positive social change. Yeh will curate work by students, faculty, and alumni, as well work by an invited artist to […]
Exhibition: Images of the Mind: Introduction to Chinese Calligraphic Art — Opens
February 13–May 15 This exhibition showcases select works by FIT students in the team-taught course "Images of the Mind: Introduction to Chinese Calligraphic Art." Through guided training, students gain knowledge of key concepts, methods, and techniques of calligraphy and brush pen writing. They also receive a thorough background in the history of the art form […]
Exhibition: X-RAYS of Balenciaga, Chanel, Dior, and Givenchy — Closes
February 6–16, 2019 X-RAYS of Balenciaga, Chanel, Dior, and Givenchy is the result of a collaboration between the students of FIT’s Fashion Design MFA program and The Museum at FIT. The project is part of a course titled “Fashion Creation 3—Design Archaeology,” which centers on the concept that in order to move design forward, it is […]
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Denim: Fashion Farming Japan Symposium
Denim: Fashion Farming Japan Symposium
The School of Graduate Studies' Fashion Design MFA program holds a symposium on local and global denim production. Students will present research from their Fashion Farming course in Japan. This event is free and open to the public; register here. Symposium schedule: 9 am Coffee/check-in 9:30 am Welcome, School of Graduate Studies Dean Mary Davis […]
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Film Screening and Discussion: “The Hate U Give”
Film Screening and Discussion: “The Hate U Give”
FIT presents a screening of The Hate U Give, directed by George Tillman Jr., based on the best-selling book by Angie Thomas. Starr witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend Khalil at the hands of a police officer. Now, facing pressure from all sides of the community, Starr must find her voice and […]
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Cosmetics and Fragrance Marketing and Management Information Session
Cosmetics and Fragrance Marketing and Management Information Session
Join us for an overview of the Master of Professional Studies in Cosmetics and Fragrance Marketing and Management program! Learn more about our graduate program and application process from program administration and staff. This event is open to the public; to register for the information session, click here.
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One Billion Rising
One Billion Rising
Stop by to learn more about the One Billion Rising movement, the largest mass action to end violence against women in human history, which began on Valentine's Day in 2012. This year the theme of Solidarity remains the focus of One Billion Rising. We ask that you join us as the FIT Dance Company and FIT Gospel Choir dance […]