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Suikang Zhao fires up the art in Tacony, PA
Prof. Suikang Zhao’s latest art installation, “Taokonick,” captures the grittiness and romance of firefighting and manufacturing. It’s a series of bronze and stainless steel pieces at the new Engine 38 firehouse in Tacony, PA. Prof. Zhao’s work was chosen for its permanence, historical detail, and reverence to the community. Funded by Philadelphia’s Percent for Art Program, the installation is…
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Hurricane Sandy photography to benefit artists’ relief
Two FIT photographer professors, Allison Wermager and Tim Soter, are participants in The New York Photo Festival presentation SANDY: Devastation, Document, Drive, a “visual document” of Hurricane Sandy at the Powerhouse Arena in Brooklyn. All proceeds from the exhibit benefit artists who have had their work spaces, homes and lives upturned by Hurricane Sandy. “I was on (a photography)…
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What King Tut would have worn…
… with jewelry design professor Steven Parker’s help of course. In the old days — the very old days — people shopped for pre-owned jewelry at their favorite Egyptian tomb. A lot of that loot survives today in the wings of major museums. But sometimes precious items go missing yet again during periods of political…
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Tis the season…
…for getting together to make gingerbread houses. Art & Design chairs, assistant chairs, the dean and assistant dean got together for team-building and some very sweet house-building last week. Houses are being donated to storm victims from the FIT community. Layout designer: Paola Pachon