Diversity – FIT Newsroom

We Have Questions for … Rebecca Hoffman

May 4, 2026 Kim Masibay College & Campus, Diversity, Faculty/Staff, Featured, Students

Newsroom: Your career reads like a series of distinct, deliberate chapters—from an English degree at Oberlin to leadership at the […]

‘Adorned Futures’ Explores Indigenous Futurism and Cultural Resistance

March 16, 2026 Laura Hatmaker College & Campus, Diversity, Faculty/Staff, Press Release, School of Art & Design, Students, Top Stories

Adorned Futures: Fabric, Form, and Indigenous Resistance, opened in the Art and Design Gallery on February 25. The exhibition brings […]

Amy Denet Deal and Dr. Joyce F. Brown sitting in chairs onstage at the Native American Heritage Month event

Indigenous Creators Share Their Career Journeys

November 17, 2025 Laura Hatmaker Alumni, College & Campus, Diversity, Events, Top Stories

What makes a successful career? That was the question posed at the panel “Native American Voices: Crafting a Successful Career […]

Four panelists sit in green armchairs on a theater stage

Adapt/Evolve Symposium Explores Inclusive Design

October 20, 2025 Jonathan Vatner College & Campus, Diversity, Events, School of Art & Design, Top Stories

On Thursday, Oct. 16, the symposium Adapt/Evolve: A Cross-Disciplinary Exploration of Inclusive Design, brought designers, activists, academics, students, and alumni […]

six chairs in the Adapt/Evolve exhibition gallery that each have adaptive design qualities

‘Adapt/Evolve’ Showcases the Power of Inclusive Design

September 22, 2025 Laura Hatmaker Alumni, College & Campus, Diversity, Featured, School of Art & Design

The FIT Art and Design Gallery recently opened Adapt/Evolve, a multidisciplinary exhibition exploring adaptive and inclusive design across fashion, interior, […]

Actor Jim Newman sits with an acoustic guitar in a photographic portrait shot by FIT Professor Ron Amato.

‘Out’ Features Ron Amato’s Photos of ‘Mamma Mia’ Star

September 3, 2025 Kim Masibay Diversity, Faculty/Staff, Press, School of Art & Design

In June, Ron Amato, professor of Photography and Related Media, photographed actor Jim Newman, who is currently starring in the […]

Juneteenth Resources

June 18, 2025 FIT Newsroom Diversity

Today we honor Juneteenth not only through remembrance, but through reflection and responsibility. We invite our community to learn with […]

Robin Givhan, President Joyce F. Brown, Debra Martin Chase, Julieanne Richardson

Cultural Luminaries Explore the Power of Imagery

February 24, 2025 Laura Hatmaker Alumni, College & Campus, Diversity, Events, Featured

On Wednesday, February 19, President Joyce F. Brown sat down with three influential Black female creatives to discuss how images […]

Wilbekin Moderates a Harlem Renaissance Roundtable

February 21, 2025 Kim Masibay Diversity, Faculty/Staff, FIT in the News, School of Liberal Arts, Top Stories

In honor of the Harlem Renaissance centennial, Assistant Professor Emil Wilbekin, Marketing Communications, moderated a roundtable with four other Black […]

Cover of books Multidisciplinary Representations of Home and Homeland in Diaspora and Home and Homeland in Asian Diaspora: Transnational Reflection in Art, Literature, and Film

New Anthologies Explore the Ideas of Home and Homeland

January 14, 2025 Kim Masibay Diversity, Faculty/Staff, School of Liberal Arts

Jean Amato, professor of English and Communication Studies, and Kyunghee Pyun, professor of Art History and Museum Professions, have co-edited […]