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overhead photo of two people gardeningTake Part in FIT Sustainability Awareness Week, Oct. 5–9

The FIT Sustainability Council is pleased to invite you to the 2026 lineup of programming for Sustainability Awareness Week (SAW). This year we continue to highlight sustainability initiatives led by industry leaders, FIT students, faculty, staff, and alumni. The schedule includes a conversation series, tours, workshops, networking opportunities, and the sustainability fair, which will feature sustainable products and practices curated for this event as well as hands-on opportunities to learn about initiatives at FIT. Visit the full SAW 2026 schedule of events at fitnyc.edu/saw.

Recent Press Coverage

photo of Melissa Joseph; photo of Joseph's artwork, a needle-felted work of a colorful dinner table with bowls and plates of food; The New York Times logo
Photos, from left: Daniel Greer; KC Crow Maddux.

The New York Times wrote a glowing review of the solo exhibition by Melissa Joseph, Textile/Surface Design ’06, on display at Charles Moffett in Tribeca through October 17. The show, Casserole Culture, uses needle felting to illustrate domestic scenes and industrial landscapes, “images that represent places of memory—somewhere real but also imagined, suffused with nostalgia and grief,” according to critic Jillian Steinhauer.

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