Author: Rachel Ellner

  • Three days at the Digital Spa

    What better place to mention the evolving faculty emphasis on social media skills than on the Art & Design blog.  From June 6 – 8, two dozen Art & Design faculty members attended the 4th annual Digital Spa, initiated by Prof. Sandra Markus from the Fashion Design Department. The workshop on social media was taught by…

  • “My Italian Experience”

    “Bringing everything I learned from FIT into this new ‘world’ was challenging and exciting,” writes Alex Lilja of his PH311 International Photographic Study and Practice abroad experience. The summer program, led by incoming chair of FIT’s photography department, Ron Amato, included two weeks in Florence and Milan and three days in Como.  photo by Alex Lilja “Surrounded by beautiful…

  • Photo Book Exhibit in D-Lobby

    It just got easier to get published if you’re a member Curtis Willocks’ Photo Club or Introduction to Digital Photography course.  In fact, publishing an e- photo book is a class assignment, making this exhibit currently on view in the D lobby a rather professional collection of homework assignments. “Most people take a thousand pictures in…

  • Hurly-Burly comes to The Museum @ FIT

    A Hurly-Burly Capstone Exhibition might be defined as a commotion of artistic expression and wonderment that lures and intrigues the viewer.  The Hurly-Burly, an exhibit of master’s in Illustration works, is on display at The Museum through July 2nd. “The show is a wonderful way to bring my ‘mythological hybrids’ to life,” says Lisa Murgo,…

  • Fashion illustrators meet-up @ the Society of Illustrators

    On May 21 at the Society of Illustrators, FIT Illustration profs. Bil Donovan, John Jay Cabuay and Carlos Aponte went on a motion-filled painting and drawing spree and provided commentary of their work. As an engaged audience of fellow FIT faculty, students from FIT, Parsons and SUV, as well as curious fashionistas looked on, the…