{"id":4511,"date":"2017-01-16T14:53:16","date_gmt":"2017-01-16T18:53:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/admissions\/?p=4511"},"modified":"2017-01-16T14:54:24","modified_gmt":"2017-01-16T18:54:24","slug":"wall-writings-at-fit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/admissions\/2017\/01\/16\/wall-writings-at-fit\/","title":{"rendered":"Wall Writings at FIT"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This fall, the brick wall on FIT\u2019s 28th Street side got a makeover with student paintings and poems that reflect the uncertain world we live in. The interdisciplinary project came to life after Amy Lemmon, professor of\u00a0English and Communication Studies, read one of her poems at the Academic Open Mic, a biannual event that brings together faculty from across FIT\u2019s diverse curriculum to share creative and scholarly achievements.<\/p>\n

Lemmon’s poem reads:<\/p>\n

“That was it, the time we had
\nno alternative but had to walk past
\nthe site, the fright of shrapnel, and we might
\nglaze over it\u2019s been so long
\nsince we felt safe\u2014
\nwe are never safe, never safe”<\/p>\n

Dan Shefelman, assistant professor of\u00a0Illustration, was inspired by the poem, and together they came up with\u00a0#BrickFIT<\/a>: the words of student poets would share wall space with paintings by fourth-year Illustration students. \u201cThere\u2019s a close connection between illustration and ideas,\u201d Shefelman says. \u201cI\u2019ve always felt that an illustration department should be working with writers, and this was a perfect fit.\u201d<\/p>\n

Proof that words are POWERFUL. Thanks for the inspiration, FIT!<\/p>\n

Meli B<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This fall, the brick wall on FIT\u2019s 28th Street side got a makeover with student paintings and poems that reflect the uncertain world we live in. The interdisciplinary project came to life after Amy Lemmon, professor of\u00a0English and Communication Studies, read one of her poems at the Academic Open Mic, a biannual event that brings … <\/p>\n

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