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A Tribute to Puerto Rican Illustrator Antonio Lopez

Dubinsky Student Center, Eighth Floor Fashion Institute of Technology, New York City, NY, United States

Rocío Aranda-Alvarado, curator at El Museo del Barrio, will speak on the legendary Puerto Rican fashion illustrator and FIT alumnus Antonio Lopez, whose work made great strides in exploring and representing the ethnic or racialized body within the world of high fashion. The artist's illustrations are on view in an exhibition, Antonio Lopez: Future Funk Fashion, at the Museo del Barrio through November 26. […]

Social Media, Digital Aggregation, and Creating Communities: The Case of Repeating Islands

Conference Center, Seminar Room 9 227 West 27th Street, New York, NY, United States

Dr. Ivette Romero, director of the Latin American and Caribbean Studies program at Marist College and co-editor of the Repeating Islands blog—a site for news and commentary on Caribbean literature and culture—will discuss the blog, social media, and creating communities. Romero is also professor of Spanish and chair of the department of Modern Languages and […]

Being a Nasty Woman/Bad Hombre

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

Dr. Rocío Aranda-Alvarado, curator at El Museo del Barrio, will give a talk titled "Being a Nasty Woman/Bad Hombre," about the museum's current exhibition uptown: nasty women/bad hombres. Aranda is also on the faculty of the art department at the City College of New York. Her curatorial work and research focuses on modern and contemporary art of […]

Made in the Americas: The New World Discovers Asia

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

Example of artwork from Made in the Americas exhibition, via mfa.org. Dr. Dennis Carr, curator of American decorative arts and sculpture at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, will give […]