Week of Events
Holocaust Remembrance Day
Candle, by Shawn Carpenter, licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0. The U.S. observes Days of Remembrance, the nation’s annual commemoration of the Holocaust, in April each year. For the past 19 years, FIT has commemorated the Holocaust with a lecture, exhibition, and an all-day reading of the names of victims. This year, due to COVID-19 and the […]
Symposium: International Education in Times of Global Crises: Reflections on Alternatives, Flexibility, and Resilience
Symposium: International Education in Times of Global Crises: Reflections on Alternatives, Flexibility, and Resilience
On Tuesday, April 6, 2021, the Office of International Programs and the Center of Excellence in Teaching are hosting a faculty-initiated symposium titled "International Education in Times of Global Crises: Reflections on Alternatives, Flexibility, and Resilience." The global pandemic in 2020-2021 has left an enormous impact on all areas of education, including international education. In […]
7Collections Emerging MFA Fashion Designer Virtual Showcase
7Collections Emerging MFA Fashion Designer Virtual Showcase
Powered by Bambuser, the FIT DTech Lab presents its DTech Live pilot program, “7Collections,” presented by alumni from FIT’s School of Graduate Studies. “7Collections” is a virtual fashion and shopping experience with the extraordinary work of eight FIT alumni hailing from seven countries, all of whom earned MFAs in Fashion Design. View the show here […]
ARTSpeak: A Conversation with Nell Irvin Painter
ARTSpeak: A Conversation with Nell Irvin Painter
Photo of Nell Painter by John Emerson. FIT is hosting a virtual conversation with renowned historian and artist Nell Irvin Painter as part of the ARTSpeak series. Nell Painter is a distinguished and award-winning scholar, writer, and visual artist. A graduate of Harvard University, Painter went on to become the Edwards Professor Emeritus of American History […]
Art/Works: Teaching Labor and Capitalism in Art and Design Symposium
Art/Works: Teaching Labor and Capitalism in Art and Design Symposium
Teaching Business and Labor History to Art and Design Students presents the Art/Works: Teaching Labor and Capitalism in Art and Design symposium, Thursday and Friday, April 8 and 9, 2021, 9 am to 6 pm, through Webex Meetings. Artists and designers aspire to be creative geniuses, and they often are. But they are also bosses, employees, […]
Art on the Ground: On Going black + beyond with jazsalyn
Art on the Ground: On Going black + beyond with jazsalyn
jazsalyn. Photo by Jon Millner. Art on the Ground welcomes jazsalyn (she/her), sound artist, curator, and creative director of black beyond, a radical platform for artists and activists to speculate alternative realities for blackness. In conversation, jazsalyn and Shameekia will discuss her artistic practice, the primal force of music as the source of an archive […]
UCE of FIT Presents: Stop Asian Hate Town Hall Meeting
UCE of FIT Presents: Stop Asian Hate Town Hall Meeting
The UCE of FIT invites you to a town hall-style event titled "Stop Asian Hate," moderated by Isabella Bertoletti, Modern Languages and Cultures; Paul Clement, Social Sciences, and Felix Rivera-Perez, Career and Internship Center. This event is for the FIT community only; attend the event here.
Art/Works: Teaching Labor and Capitalism in Art and Design Symposium
Art/Works: Teaching Labor and Capitalism in Art and Design Symposium
Teaching Business and Labor History to Art and Design Students presents the Art/Works: Teaching Labor and Capitalism in Art and Design symposium, Thursday and Friday, April 8 and 9, 2021, 9 am to 6 pm, through Webex Meetings. Artists and designers aspire to be creative geniuses, and they often are. But they are also bosses, employees, […]