Graduate Studies Invites: Museum Objects, Health and Healing

John E. Reeves Great Hall Conference Center, Fashion Institute of Technology, New York City, NY, United States

Associate Professor Brenda Cowan, Exhibition and Experience Design, presents research from her new book, Museum Objects, Health and Healing, with partners in the museum community. Cowan's book provides an innovative and interdisciplinary study of the relationship between objects, health and healing. Shedding light on the primacy of the human need for relationships with objects, the book […]

Online Exhibition: Jacaranda: 2020 Illustration MFA Visual Thesis Exhibition—Ongoing

June 11–August 31, 2020 The School of Graduate Studies presents the 2020 Illustration MFA Visual Thesis Exhibition, Jacaranda, as an online exhibition hosted by the Society of Illustrators. The 2020 MFA in Illustration candidates have spent the past three years of graduate study supporting, challenging, and encouraging each other through remarkable and extraordinary circumstances. As individuals […]

Online Exhibition: Off the Grid: 2021 Illustration MFA Visual Thesis Exhibition—Opens

Opens June 10 View the exhibition here. The School of Graduate Studies presents the 2021 Illustration MFA Visual Thesis Exhibition, Off the Grid, as an online exhibition hosted by the Society of Illustrators. The MFA in Illustration at FIT is a three-year program designed to provide opportunities to develop a creative voice and refine technical skills. […]

2021 Cosmetics and Fragrance Marketing and Management Capstone Research Presentations: The Future of Consumerism

The annual capstone research presentation by the School of Graduate Studies’ Cosmetics and Fragrance Marketing and Management (CFMM) class of 2021 will be held virtually as a YouTube Premiere Wednesday, June 23, 5–6:15 pm. This year’s topic is The Future of Consumerism. Learn more about the CFMM program and its annual capstone presentations here.  An […]

Book Launch Event: Westernwear, with Sonya Abrego

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

The Department of Fashion and Textile Studies will hold an event for faculty member Sonya Abrego to celebrate the release of her new book, Westernwear: Postwar American Fashion and Culture, published by Bloomsbury. From the Bloomsbury press release: By analysing well-known and rarely considered western manufacturers, Westernwear revises the common perception that fashionable innovation came […]