Category: A&D staff

  • Amy Bauer at D’s Soul Full Cafe

    D’s Soul Full Cafe in Hoboken is referred to by its employee-turned-co-owner, Dwight Thompson, as a “sandwich shop experience.” But menu items like “the famous hangover cure,” and “the weird New Jersey” suggest something more than a stop for a turkey on rye.  “D’s” showcases the work of local artists and musicians to great fanfare. This…

  • Art & Design’s Sass Brown Appointed Acting Assistant Dean

    Sass Brown, our new Acting Assistant Dean, has been appointed to replace Dr. Erika Massaquoi, who left in April.  Brown is student-conscious,  eco-conscious,  a dedicated promoter of sustainable fashion, and about to publish her second book on eco fashion and accessories. “She not only has her heart in the right place but her intelligence and creativity as…

  • Mark Lesseraux’s blend of pop, rock, blues and everything in between

    The news and culture website Interrobang, has lavished praise on FIT’s own Mark Lesseraux and his second solo CD “Transmissions 2003-2012”: “Mark Lesseraux has been one of the best kept secrets in music for the better part of a decade. An outstanding singer, lyricist and musician, Mark’s off-kilter blend of pop, rock, blues and everything in between…

  • Happy for Her, Sad for Us

    Today was Dr. Erika Massaquoi’s last day at FIT. Our Assistant Dean is relocating to the West Coast shortly.  We will miss her.   Photos: Rachel Ellner  

  • A big mention for Oded Hirsch

    “Crafty, nostalgic, highly inefficient yet still somehow emancipatory and sublime––provides an apt metaphor for the exhibition” — is how art critic Kaelen Wilson-Goldie describes Oded Hirsch’s  bridge, the center piece in his video “Tochka.” Hirsch, a staff member in the Photography department, received favorable mention for the video in ArtForum, the  international magazine that specializes…