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ARTSpeak: The State of the Museum Panel Discussion

March 17, 2025 Laura Hatmaker

The State of the Museum panel discussion will bring together a group of esteemed curators and historians who will discuss […]

Alexander Nagel; Nagel accepting award from Iranian officials

Nagel Nabs Iran’s World Book Award for Studies on Ancient Pigments

March 10, 2025 Kim Masibay College & Campus, Faculty/Staff, School of Liberal Arts

Color and Meaning in the Art of Achaemenid Persia (Cambridge University Press, 2023) by Alexander Nagel, chair, Art History and […]

ARTSpeak: Oasa DuVerney

January 27, 2025 Laura Hatmaker

Artist and FIT Fine Arts alumna Oasa DuVerney is known for her figurative works utilizing graphite on paper. DuVerney’s work […]

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 […]

Exhibition: Fabric of Survival: Images of the Art of Esther Nisenthal Krinitz — Closes

April 10, 2024 Laura Hatmaker

April 8–18, 2024 Feldman Center Lobby In recognition of Holocaust Memorial Day, which begins on May 5, the college’s Holocaust […]

Exhibition: Fabric of Survival: Images of the Art of Esther Nisenthal Krinitz — Opens

April 10, 2024 Laura Hatmaker

April 8–18, 2024 Feldman Center Lobby In recognition of Holocaust Memorial Day, which begins on May 5, the college’s Holocaust […]

Women, Textiles, and the Holocaust

April 9, 2024 Laura Hatmaker

The Holocaust Commemoration Committee and the Diversity Collective present a conversation between Bernice Steinhardt from Art and Remembrance and Tanya […]

black and white photo of female garment workers in rows at sewing machines; fashion illustration of a figure in a coat

Women Workers in NYC’s Garment District Deserve Better, These Speakers Say

March 25, 2024 Alex Joseph Alumni, College & Campus, Events, Faculty/Staff, Top Stories

At its peak, from about 1920 to 1980, New York’s Garment District employed about 46% of the city’s industrial labor […]

The Ruth Finley Collection: Digitizing 70 Years of the Fashion Calendar

November 11, 2023 Alexandra Mann College & Campus, Events, Faculty/Staff, Featured, School of Liberal Arts

On Saturday, November 11, FIT launched its Fashion Calendar Research Database (FCRD), a digital humanities project and open-source research database […]

Hanbok Workshop: Tradition for Contemporary Fashion Design—How to Make Dansokgot

September 13, 2023 Laura Hatmaker

The Korea Craft and Design Foundation holds a special lecture/workshop series related to Hanbok (traditional Korean clothing) in overseas locations […]