-
Some style & media in your life
Fellow students, proud parents and professional photographers came to critique and admire final prints displayed in D351A from the Advanced Style and Media class. The course, taught and designed by Curtis Willocks, is required for BFA photography majors. Willocks served as King of Clubs for one of the photographs based on a character from a…
-
Art & Design Student Exhibitions — It’s happening now!
Helpful info: Student Exhibitions School of Art & Design Student Shows The School of Art & Design “Graduating Student Exhibition 2012”. This exhibition is free and open to the public. Works on view are at multiple venues throughtout FIT’s campus. For a complete list detailing which majors are being shown in each of the venues, and…
-
Historically referenced and original
Drawn to the sculptural works that hang, glide and soak up the sun in the D lobby, Stephen Gemberling, a local artist and sculptor stopped in for a closer look. He had some critical observations to share about the student show “Sculpture–Syntax.” “The pieces are thought out—there’s art historical references, but not copied from the pieces. You could say…
-
Urban Studio creates a splash at Art Basel
“Art Basel is to the art world what Fashion Week is to the fashion world,” says Melissa Starke, advisor for the FIT Fine Arts club Urban Studio. This year Urban Studio was selected to participate in Art Basel Miami Beach, a contemporary art exhibition held every December since 2002. Art Basel is referred to as the “Olympics of the…
-
The Faces of OWS
“I was unsure of what to expect when I went down to Wall street,” says fifth- semester photography student Beth Zink. “People were making [Zuccotti] Park into their own space, which I found to be quite original, innovative and creative.” Zink and other students photographed OWS protesters and occupiers of Zuccotti Park for Jessica Wynne’s Professional Approach…