Category Archives: student work

Deconstructing Knitwear into New Designs

by Rachel Ellner Posted on January 13, 2023

What’s old can be cut up, re-stitched, and combined with other garments to create complex, fascinating designs – in other words, made new again. Students in Fashion Design Professor Tom Scott’s Intro to Knitwear class (FD357) were assigned to upcycle … Continue reading →

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Collegial Art with Prof. Julia Jacquette

by Rachel Ellner Posted on March 28, 2022

Energy, excitement, and wide-ranging talent were in evidence in Prof. Julia Jacquette’s Fine Arts course, Painting VI: Sources of Painted Imagery, when Joan Endres from the Dean’s Office came by to view student critiques. Here’s a closer look. The class … Continue reading →

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Victor Pickens captures lightning and pride

by Rachel Ellner Posted on July 15, 2021

It was an evening of performances in praise of the artistry of drag, at Projekt 105 art gallery in Manhattan. It was also the opening of a portraiture series “Drag Queens” by famed photographer Martin Schoeller. With the gallery’s permission, … Continue reading →

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Don’t Blush! It’s Nicole Windram!

by Rachel Ellner Posted on March 15, 2021

She’s the fashion director of Blush Magazine who can repurpose clothing as if performing magic tricks. The transformation of one look into a completely different one is a daily personal practice for Nicole Windram. She also applies these skills when … Continue reading →

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It’s More Than a Game for Clever Evolving Media Students

by Rachel Ellner Posted on January 15, 2021

Entering FIT’s first full semester of remote learning last fall, Prof. Dan Shefelman says he was searching for a way to approach his Illustration BFA course, Visual Storytelling for Evolving Media II, in an engaging and relevant way. This course, … Continue reading →

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Design Across the Oceans with Professor Jerry Dellova

by Rachel Ellner Posted on December 23, 2020

Attending class remotely from four continents,19 students in Prof. Jerry Dellova’s CAD for Fashion Design class FD342, finished the semester a few days before Christmas, filling their screens with a riot of colors, print and pattern designs. As is typical, … Continue reading →

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Artful and Profound COVID Scarves

by Rachel Ellner Posted on December 7, 2020

Students in Professor Susanne Goetz’s Screen Printing Scarves (TD316) class were inspired to create pandemic-themed designs as their final project this semester. “Some are thoughtful, some humorous,” says Prof. Goetz who is internationally recognized as a textile designer and educator. … Continue reading →

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Kam Mak’s Studio Class: Virtually Live

by Rachel Ellner Posted on November 9, 2020

Illustration Professor Kam Mak revels in teaching studio painting classes with live models. It’s been part of his class syllabus for 20 years. Pre-pandemic he led a popular study abroad program in Florence where students paint in the medium of … Continue reading →

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Bengali women serve as inspiration for CFDA award winner Mohua Goswami

by Rachel Ellner Posted on September 29, 2020

Admiration and inquiry of Bengali women are at the center of award-winning knitwear design major Mohua Goswami’s CFDA collection. Goswami’s work showcases the free-flowing and personalized styles of the Bengal region in eastern India, where her family roots are. They … Continue reading →

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Seeing Stars with Emmanuel Agwam

by Rachel Ellner Posted on June 30, 2020

“The stars and big smiles around Black figures in my portraits tell the viewer that this is a person who deserves to be present and that the person deserves to ‘shine.’” – Emmanuel Agwam, Illustration (‘22). The smiles, stars and … Continue reading →

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