Category: News/Events
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Instructor Spotlight: Jennifer Bentivegna
Jennifer Bentivegna is a fashion merchandising and buying professional who spent her career in various roles at Giorgio Armani in the merchandising and e-commerce departments. She is a graduate of the FIT Fashion Merchandising Management program. She began teaching at FIT in 2014 in the Fashion Business Management department. She teaches courses in Product Development,…
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Instructor Spotlight: Michele Liebler
Michele Liebler is a highly experienced fine artist whose work has been featured in museums and private collections both nationally and internationally. She began teaching in 2002 and has years of experience teaching courses and workshops at the National Academy Museum & School, Art Students League, Brooklyn College, Artspot, and other places around New York…
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Instructor Spotlight: Jeanne Levinson
Jeanne Levinson is an experienced freelance textile designer in home furnishings whose clients have included Schumacher, Waverly, and Brunschwig & Fils. She graduated from U Mass., Dartmouth, B.S. in Textile Design and Fashion. Prof. Levinson has taught at FIT as an adjunct professor in the Textile/Surface/Fabric Styling Dept. since 2003 and at the Art Institute NYC since 2004. She…
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Instructor Spotlight: Morgan Wisniewski
Morgan Wisniewski is an independent filmmaker, director, and educator based in Brooklyn, NY. She earned her Bachelor’s of Fine Arts in film production with a concentration in documentary film from SUNY Purchase College. She began teaching during college and has since taught elementary through high school level students. She started by making her films independently…
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Instructor Spotlight: Karen Scheetz
Karen Scheetz has extensive fashion industry experience as a designer, Fashion Illustrator, and Art Director. She is a graduate of the FIT Illustration MFA program and also studied at Parsons School of Design. She had extensive fashion industry experience before teaching full time in the Fashion Design Art Department. Her freelance career included clients such as Natori, Lily…
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Instructor Spotlight: Kim Nelson
Kim Nelson is an award-winning jewelry designer and CAD model maker who has worked for top jewelry houses across the country for 25 years. Kim started teaching at FIT in 2000, has been full-time faculty since 2013, and is currently the chairperson of the Jewelry Design Department. He teaches jewelry design courses using both traditional…