FIT School of Art and Design

Category: Dean’s office

  • Goodbye Sass!

    “The next picture I send you I’ll be on a camel” The associate dean (and for five months our interim dean) of the School of Art and Design has left after 17 years at FIT for a warmer… much warmer…clime, in a city with really tall buildings and great high-fashion shopping malls and 24-hour air…

  • Dean Arbuckle’s Advice for a “Hot Town” — August in the City

    Dear Art and Design Students, It is indeed “Hot Town. Summer in the City,” as the 60s song goes! But if you pace yourself you’ll be able to take advantage of much that New York City has to offer in the weeks before the start of fall classes. The City’s cultural events and other resources…

  • First arrival to Dean Arbuckle’s fall semester Open Hours

    Freshman fashion design student Neville Boasiako came by for some fashion chat with the dean yesterday. Neville didn’t come empty-handed. He brought designs he created at The High School of Fashion Industries. He was proud to point out that FIT was once located at his high school alma mater. “Open Hours is one of the…

  • 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…

  • Changes in the Dean’s Office

    We lost…   We gained… We lost again… Shaniqua Matthews-McClam leaving us for Interior Design Congratulations Shaniqua, Kimberly & Elke!