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The semester’s first assignments
How do you teach remotely a curriculum grounded in creativity? Creatively. The high level of teaching and student engagement within the School of Art and Design shows how quality instruction can take place under unusual circumstances. First assignments are often what set the pace. This semester, there’s no such thing as being too far away…
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The “magical feelings” that led to Upper Worlds
The lions, wolves, lemurs, monkeys and birds from the “Upper Worlds” installation are gone now. For six months they beckoned passersby from the Fifth Avenue display window of the Mid Manhattan Library. Their purpose was a different one from the famed lions, Patience and Fortitude, seated diagonally across the street at the entrance way of…
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Goodbye Snapshots to Dean Arbuckle
Dean Arbuckle is leaving us. Her title will be longer, but she’ll always be known simply and elegantly as the “dean” to us. By August 2016 she’ll be working with FIT’s President Joyce Brown. We know her heart will always be with the School of Art and Design and ours with her. Here is a…