FIT School of Art and Design

Category: New Students

  • Milk & cookies & toy design-in-progress beckons future students

    They came for the milk and cookies, they stayed to inquire about the School of Art and Design‘s celebrated Toy Design program. Prospective students also got to see toy design-in-the-making.  The department’s recent open house, in a toy-plush environment, was some serious fun! Here are some captures from the event: Above, Toy Design Chair Judy…

  • Buddy in space joined by other Inktober characters

    “It was Inktober. I was missing my dog.  I had a new sketchbook and I was designing characters. It occurred to me that Buddy is a real character I could use.” So started the month of October, or Inktober, for first semester Illustration student David Powers. Buddy would rule the roost of characters. Inktober, a…

  • Gaining some linear perspective

    …can be a good thing. And it’s your outdoor classroom assignment if you’re in Prof. Dean Dalfonzo’s Drawing I class. “Linear perspective is a way to approximate far and near” says Fine Arts Chair Stephanie DeManuelle. “That’s why they’re outside, to get some space. It’s a Renaissance system.” For information about FIT’s Fine Arts major go to:…

  • Student ambassadors take to the campus

    FIT’s student ambassadors are no itty-bitty welcoming committee.  The 85 ambassadors serve as role models and help incoming students get oriented.  The ambassadors are easily recognizable by their “I  ♥ FIT” T-shirts. “Last week we welcomed the freshmen and this week we’re welcoming everyone,” says student ambassador and FMM major Caroline Ray.  “We do things that promote the…