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  • Zion Ozeri’s photos capture Jewish diversity 3,000 years post exodus

    Rachel Ellner

    Americans, and even American Jews, are used to thinking of Jewish families as well-educated strivers living a comfortable life in a major city. But for many if not most Jewish communities around the globe, the look is different even if the strivings are what we would expect. Photographer Zion Ozeri, Photography ‘78, knows that better…

  • From Paperboard to Eye-Stopping Project: Packaging Design Students Top the Competition

    Rachel Ellner

    A team of three Packaging Design BFA students has won first place in the Paperboard Packaging Alliance Student Design Challenge for 2021. Competing against more than 40 other teams from 10 schools, FIT teams also took one of two honorable mentions and one of four “shout outs” for semester-long class projects that required creativity, teamwork,…

  • Collegial Art with Prof. Julia Jacquette

    Collegial Art with Prof. Julia Jacquette
    Rachel Ellner

    Energy, excitement, and emerging talent were apparent at the student critiques in Prof. Julia Jacquette’s Painting VI: Sources of Painted Imagery class last week. The class of 23 students was well along on their assignment: Identity and Cultural Influence, when Joan Endres, who oversees the School of Art and Design Instagram account, visited them in week…

  • Vaccine Jitters? Corlette Douglas ‘14, Illustrates New Children’s Book

    Rachel Ellner

    “Maxine’s Critters Get the Vaccine Jitters” book cover A new children’s book that helps explain vaccinations to young readers, “Maxine’s Critters Get the Vaccine Jitters,” is illustrated with aplomb by Corlette Douglas, (Illustration ‘14). The main character, the charming and buoyant Maxine, playfully engages with her stuffed animals to help put them at ease about…

  • Paintings by Prof. Anne Finkelstein on Every Wi-Fi Kiosk in NYC

    Rachel Ellner

    Ten paintings by Spacial Experience Design professor Anne Finkelstein are on display until February 27 on every LinkNYC screen in New York City – over 1,800 in all. The project serves as an example in wayfinding, a concept she teaches in her 6th semester BFA class: Placemaking, Wayfinding and Environmental Graphics (VP 305). Most New…

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