Starting in November, FIT was working in conjunction with the nonprofit New York Cares on its annual Coat Drive leading up to the new year. The organization’s city-wide effort aims to collect 125,000 coats each year and distribute them to New Yorkers who need them most in the colder months. The Coat Drive has been running for 27 years, having collected …
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Lunar New Year Stamp Designed by FIT’s Kam Mak
Happy New Year, everyone! A creative start to this new year is a colorful rendering of the Lunar New Year rooster created by FIT’s Illustration assistant chair Kam Mak for the new postage stamp. Mak was selected by the U.S. Postal Service in 2008 to create an annual stamp through 2019 for its Celebrating Lunar New Year series. …
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The Infinite Scroll
Those who entered the Feldman Center lobby (“C” Building) in the early weeks of December found themselves visually stimulated and inspired. The exhibition Infinite Scroll, featuring work by fifth-semester Photography BFA students, asserts that new technology expands the commonality of photography but hinders the ability of a single image to make an impact. “As viewers, the infinite scroll is the new …
The Kaleidoscope Dream at FIT
There is nothing more that I love than to see the brilliant and creative minds at FIT come together to create something breathtaking. “Kaleidoscope Dream,” a student-produced fashion show by Runway27, lived up to its name in November, sending models down the runway wearing every color of the rainbow. While the vibrant styling drew the crowd’s …
FIT’s First Youth Delegate to the United Nations
Gabriella Manduca, FIT’s first student delegate to the United Nations, is well on her way to make a difference in the world. Manduca, a seventh-semester International Trade and Marketing student, became a youth delegate this fall through one such NGO partner, NAFSA: Association of International Educators, the world’s largest nonprofit dedicated to international education and …
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