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Faces and Places in Fashion: Eva Jeanbart-Lorenzotti
No full textPart presentation, part Q&A, FIT's "Faces & Places in Fashion" lecture series is an opportunity to connect students and the public alike to the pulse of the fashion industry in an open and conversational setting.CEO and founder of Vivre, Inc. Ms. Jeanbart-Lorenzotti describes how she developed her company as a high-end, luxury online catalog service, emphasizing how she selected a very specific demographic profile for her customer. She also provides advice for qualities that are necessary to succeed in fashion merchandising
Diversity Comic Con: Keynote Address
No full textA keynote address will be delivered by Shawn Martinbrough, veteran comic book artist. The keynote will be followed by a brief Q & A session.As part of its Civility Week, FIT hosted the Diversity Comic Con for a third year, and in 2020 it was completely online. The comic con features panel discussions, speed networking, drawing contest, cosplay challenge, a comic anthology an a virtual marketplace/exhibition.While the medium of comic books has been around for almost a century, the presence of minorities—as both subjects and creators—has been sorely lacking. But times are changing, and the participation and visibility of multicultural art and stories are more crucial than ever.More and more, the lines between print and screen media are blurring and merging as stories that were once the domain of comic books become the movies and television shows of today. Comic books are the beginning of visual storytelling.Diversity Comic Con gives students an opportunity to be exposed to careers that are truly multidisciplinary while providing a venue to showcase their work to publishers, professionals, and the general public. This event gives them an invaluable experience and will widen their horizons.This event is fully sponsored by a grant from the President’s Diversity Council
Diversity Comic Con: Scholastic Panel
No full textThe team behind Scholastic Graphix, the publisher of Dog Man, Raina Telgemeier, Bone, and more, discuss how graphic novels get made. Learn how a graphic novel goes from pitch to bookshelf, the role of an editor, and recent trends in the children’s graphic novel space. This program is ideal for graphic novel creators and aspiring publishing professionals. Featuring Phil Falco (Creative Director), Megan Peace (Editor) and Jonah Newman (Assistant Editor), Moderated by Carli Spina (FIT Head of Research).As part of its Civility Week, FIT hosted the Diversity Comic Con for a third year, and in 2020 it was completely online. The comic con features panel discussions, speed networking, drawing contest, cosplay challenge, a comic anthology an a virtual marketplace/exhibition.While the medium of comic books has been around for almost a century, the presence of minorities—as both subjects and creators—has been sorely lacking. But times are changing, and the participation and visibility of multicultural art and stories are more crucial than ever.More and more, the lines between print and screen media are blurring and merging as stories that were once the domain of comic books become the movies and television shows of today. Comic books are the beginning of visual storytelling.Diversity Comic Con gives students an opportunity to be exposed to careers that are truly multidisciplinary while providing a venue to showcase their work to publishers, professionals, and the general public. This event gives them an invaluable experience and will widen their horizons.This event is fully sponsored by a grant from the President’s Diversity Council
Faces and Places in Fashion: Fashion Service Network Panel
No full textPart presentation, part Q&A, FIT's "Faces & Places in Fashion" lecture series is an opportunity to connect students and the public alike to the pulse of the fashion industry in an open and conversational setting.In response to the fashion industry’s overwhelming need for innovation and multi-disciplinary approaches, in 2002 twenty of New York’s leading service providers formed the Fashion Service Network, a group of select, experienced and seasoned professionals delivering solutions and opportunities to the industry.It is the goal of the Fashion Service Network to assist fashion companies seeking to expand, strengthen, and energize their business. To accomplish this, the Fashion Service Network reaches beyond traditional resources and provides an all-encompassing service source for the fashion industry. The group contains leaders in all professional service areas.The FSN meets regularly, exchanges information, communicates ideas, and discusses needs and opportunities. Interaction of FSN members has resulted in many business opportunities for their respective clients.FSN is truly a visionary resource that explores and implements new strategies and business practices for the fashion industry
FIT Soul Fashion Show: 1985
No full textThe FIT Soul Club presents the 15th annual Soul Fashion Show. Featuring work by student designers Brenda Evans, Roslyn Reardon, Michelle Chatman, Ron Chew, Cicely Peace, Isiah Minson, Adrienne Jones, Jon Webb, Shyvonne Coleman, Gerri Lewis, Norma Harris, Naomi Jones, Deborah Clark, Tina Stokes, Lynette Williams, Chris Kenzie, Neil Campbell, Sharon Parker, Karen Curinton, Marcia Bryant, Alfred Lewis, Roy Snowden, Linda Fasion, Brian Lynch, and Bill Allen. Director and advisor: Clara Branch.NOTE: Portions of this video may be muted due to copyright restrictions
FIT Soul Fashion Show: 1992
No full textThe FIT Soul Club presents the 21st annual Soul Fashion Show: "Fashion Mosaic." Featuring work by student designers Valerie Mapp, Franklin Hokett, Robert E. Knight, Wayne Grant, Carl Hygrant, Niovi Gonzalez, Tony Cenac, Carlos, Karen Currington-Rippy, Avery Lucas, Eddie Mackey, Doo Aquino, Maria Blencowe, Joy Bryce, Sonja McGill, Raquel Quinones, Patricia Henry-Turner, Rasheda Marie Wright, Wayne Grant, Francisco Campos, Constance Strother-Haynes, Elda Bella, Steven Daniel. Producer/Director: Rhonda Burrell-Stubbs. Assistant Director: Leland Michael. Commentator: Leland Michael.NOTE: Portions of this video may be muted due to copyright restrictions
FIT Soul Fashion Show: 1983 part 3
No full textThe FIT Soul Club presents the 1983 Soul Fashion Show. Featuring work by student designers and alumni and a salute to club advisor, Clara Branch. Director and advisor: Clara Branch.NOTE: Portions of this video may be muted due to copyright restrictions
Globally Connected: BSU Presents: BACK TO THE PRESENT, with Alumna Jo-Well Paupaw
No full textCultural Fellow Anya Swapp introduces BSU Vice President Ashleigh Simpson in an interview with Jo-Well Paupaw, senior writer and producer for BET. While exploring some concepts within the BSU’s “Back to the Present'' exhibition, parallels are drawn to Jo-Well Paupaw's career journey. Through this conversation, they will discuss the importance of blackness in creative industries like fashion and entertainment, while finding a likeness in their work.This year's Globally Connected program is a series of 45-minute virtual discussions led by students, faculty, and alumni to advance global education at FIT in our new world with limited mobility. The major themes will be fashion, art, sustainability, racial equity, and life during the pandemic around the world.Ashleigh Simpson is now in her final semester of the Fashion Design AAS program at the Fashion Institute of Technology. She has participated in numerous events promoting cultural awareness within the fashion industry while undertaking various roles of leadership. As an Orientation Leader and Vice President of the Black Student Union, her interactions have led her to become more hands-on. She is a co-curator of the Back to the Present virtual exhibition which opened February 2021 and has led a Sustainable Black-Owned Business Panel in partnership with FIT’s UNICEF club in October 2020. She will continue her education in FIT’s Fabric Styling BFA program in Fall 2021.Alumna Jo-Well Paupaw is an award-winning writer-producer dedicated to promoting and spotlighting narratives that are inclusive of diverse stories. She is currently a senior writer- producer on the brand creative team at BET (Black Entertainment Television). Her work includes producing campaigns for the first-ever Black National Voter Day and BET’s ratings smash, The Bobby Brown Story, which brought in 13.4 million total viewers the week of its premiere. Whether it’s driving social awareness or entertaining millions, her commitment is to create high-impact and quality content that is a reflection of the human experience. She holds a bachelor's degree in Advertising and Marketing Communications from the Fashion Institute of Technology
Globally Connected: Tehran, Athens & Venice: Dialogues on the Production of Art Around the World in 2020
No full textAlex Nagel, Assistant Professor, History of Art, is in conversation with Cacao Rocks (Athens, Greece), Helia Darab, Aisling Sareh Haghshenas (Tehran), Sara Aghajani (Siegen) and Renato D’Agostin (Venice, Italy), to learn how artists and galleries around the world respond to COVID-19 and the challenges of 2020. Themes include community building, and ways to understand how artists around the world respond to the new world we live in. What are the themes that bind artist communities in Tehran, Athens and Venice in 2020? What are ways to respond and engage to the new global environment with the production of art in the summer and fall of 2020?This year's Globally Connected program is a series of 45-minute virtual discussions led by students, faculty, and alumni to advance global education at FIT in our new world with limited mobility. The major themes will be fashion, art, sustainability, racial equity, and life during the pandemic around the world.Cacao Rocks (Megoulas Yassonas, born 1985) is a street graffiti artist based in Athens, Greece. His work including paintings, sculptures, video art and installations, has been exhibited in museums and galleries including the Benaki Museum in Athens and the Onassis Cultural Center and Salomon Arts Gallery in New York City. He represented Greece at Mediterranea 2018 Young Artists Biennale.Helia Darabi, Tehran, is a Member of the Contemporary Art Committee in the Art Research Center at the Iranian Academy of Art and is writing and teaching on Contemporary Iranian Visual Art at Universities in Tehran and through her personal online platform.Aisling Sareh Haghshenas is an artist based in Tehran. Her work which includes urban photography, video and art installations was exhibited in the UAE, Russia, Austria, the US and the UK, Italy and Slovakia, and Turkey.Renato D’Agostin (born 1983) is a photographer based in Venice, Italy. In New York City, he worked as an assistant to Ralph Gibson. Renato’s work has been exhibited in The Library of Congress in Washington DC, the International Center of Photography in New York, as well as LACMA in Los Angeles and elsewhere
Hue Live: Making the Cut with Andrea Pitter, Fashion Design '11
No full textFIT alum Andrea Pitter, Fashion Design '11, won season 2 of Amazon Prime Video's fashion reality competition series Making the Cut. On Thursday, September 30, at 1 pm, FIT's chief storyteller, Alex Joseph, will interview Pitter about her life, her work, and what she plans to do with the prize of $1 million. The one-hour program will begin with a formal interview and students will then have the opportunity to submit questions to Pitter