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ELDER CARE SUPPORT GROUP
November 1, 1-2 pm
Room DC35
The Employee Assistance Program's (EAP) Elder Care Support Group is for
individuals caring for, or anticipating caring for, an elderly relative,
parent, or friend. Meetings address such topics as coping with emotional
burdens and locating available resources and support. For more
information, click here or
contact Robin Zarel, EAP,
75600.
OPEN HOURS WITH PRESIDENT BROWN
November 1, 5-6 pm
Office of the President, Room C908
Open-hour sessions with President Joyce F. Brown are for any faculty or
staff member who wishes to meet with her one-on-one, no appointment
necessary. All visitors will be asked to sign in upon arrival and will
be seen on a first-come, first-served basis. In order to accommodate
everyone, meetings will be limited to 15 minutes.
DIVERSITY COUNCIL HOLDS DIVERSITY EXPO WEEK
The Diversity Council holds Diversity Expo Week, November 1-5,
co-sponsored by the council and various departments. The week features a
variety of lectures, workshops, and performances. Below is a partial
listing of events. For a full schedule, click
here.
Men Under Dirt Dance Performance
November 1, 5:30-7:30 pm
John E. Reeves Great Hall
Ollom Movement Art/Prismatic Productions, Inc. perform a dance
demonstrating the dangers of internalized homophobia, followed by
discussion moderated by Dominic Carbone, Social Sciences.
Oral Histories of Diversity
November 3, 11:30 am-12 pm
Marvin Feldman Center lobby
Daniel Levinson Wilk, American History, and his students present
podcasts of oral histories taken as part of FIT's commemoration of the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire's
100th anniversary.
World Affairs Lecture
November 4, 1-2 pm
Room B503
Public and global health specialist Dr. Renata Schiavo gives a
lecture on health equity.
For more information, contact the
Diversity Council.
FIT-ABLE STUDENT MEETING
November 2, 1-2 pm
Room B506
FIT-ABLE, FIT's Office of Disability Support Services, holds its monthly
meeting for students with learning disabilities. Lunch and refreshments
will be served. For more information, contact
Susan Altman, 74094.
FINE ARTS DEPARTMENT HOLDS
ARTSPEAK SYMPOSIUM
The Fine Arts Department holds
ARTSpeak, a multipart symposium sponsored by a Diversity Council
grant. The goal is to raise awareness and educate and empower the FIT
community by highlighting the role that cultural and
ethnic backgrounds, personal interests, and life experiences play in the
creative process. The lecture
series features the following:
Lecture: Nayland Blake
November 2, 1:30-2:30 pm
Katie Murphy Amphitheatre
Nayland Blake is an artist, writer, and educator whose work
addresses his background, sexual
identity, and body image.
Lecture: Wangechi Mutu
February TBA, 2011
Katie Murphy Amphitheatre
Wangechi Mutu is an artist who creates paint and collage images of
female figures.
Fine Arts also launched an ARTSpeak
blog (see Announcements). For more information, contact
Julia Jaquette, 75891.
TALKING TRADE LECTURE: CAREERS IN COTTON
November 3, 9:30-11 am
John E. Reeves Great Hall
This discussion, moderated by Career and Internship Center Director
Andrew Cronan, covers cotton-industry career choices. Panelists are Werner Bieri, president and CEO of Buhler Quality
Yarns Corporation; Drew Paluba, co-owner and designer for Rebecca and
Drew; and Allen Terhaar, executive director of Cotton Council
International. Sponsored by the International Trade and Marketing and
Textile Development and Marketing departments. For more information,
contact Nicole Martin-Lewis,
74280.
PANEL DISCUSSION:
FIT FACULTY OF THE FUTURE
November 4, 4-6 pm
David Dubinsky Student Center, 8th Floor
Non-classroom faculty are invited to a panel discussion on the
competencies required of the “non-classroom faculty of the future”
needed to serve the students of 2020. This discussion will be
facilitated by President Joyce F. Brown and Juliette Romano, Career and
Internship Center. For more information, contact Deputy to the President
for Strategic Initiatives and Executive Assistant to the President Shari
Prussin, 74700.
THE
MUSEUM AT FIT'S FALL FASHION CULTURE SERIES
The following events take place in November as part of the Fashion
Culture Series. Reservations are required for all programs and space is
limited. To make a reservation, call 74585 or email museuminfo@fitnyc.edu.
Fashion Culture programs and events are free, unless otherwise
indicated, and are organized by The Museum at FIT.
Annual Symposium: Japan Fashion Now
November 4-5, 9 am-5 pm
Morris W. and Fannie B. Haft Auditorium
This international interdisciplinary symposium will explore
contemporary Japanese fashion—from avant-garde to street and subcultural
styles. Topics will include the historic roots of Japan's fashion
culture, the role of uniforms and uniformity, the Japanese "fashion
revolution" of the 1980s, the geography of Tokyo fashion, the rise of
the young male fashion consumer, and the significance of "cuteness" in
Japanese girls' culture. Held in conjunction with the exhibition
Japan Fashion Now, on view through April 2, 2011.
Lecture: Bye Bye Kitty!!! by Joe Earle
November 16, 6-8 pm
Katie Murphy Amphitheatre
Joe Earle, director of the Japan Society Gallery, previews the society's
spring 2011 exhibition, Bye Bye Kitty!!!: Between Heaven and Hell in
Contemporary Japanese Art. Earle will introduce paintings, objects,
photographs, installations, and video by the
show's artists.
Julie Gilhart in Conversation with Colleen Hill
and Jennifer Farley
November 18, 6-8 pm
Katie Murphy Amphitheatre
Julie Gilhart, fashion director and senior vice president of Barneys New
York, discusses what the fashion industry can do to leave a
lighter footprint on the Earth.
ART MARKET PANEL DISCUSSION: COLLECT+ART+DELETE
November 5, 6:30 pm
Katie Murphy Amphitheatre
The Art Market: Principles and Practices master's program holds a panel
discussion, Collect+Art+Delete: E-commerce and the Art Market.
Moderator Sheri L. Pasquarella, Art Market, principal of SLP Art Culture
and Commerce, and panelists James Cohan, founder of the James
Cohan Gallery; collector Ron Dominguez; David Grosz, editor in chief of
Artifex Press; and Gracie Mansion, auction specialist at Artnet.com, will discuss how the Internet has
changed viewing and buying art. For more information, click
here.
PARENTS DAY
November 6, 11:30 am-5:30 pm
Various locations on campus
Parents Day offers students' parents the opportunity to learn about FIT,
its educational programs, and the college community. For more
information, contact Student Life, 74130.
FINE ARTS FACULTY MEMBER'S WORK IN EXHIBITION
Through November 7
John Davis Gallery, Hudson, NY
Jean Feinberg's three-dimensional works and works on paper are included
in an
exhibition. For more information, contact
Jean Feinberg.
FIT ORGAN DONATION AWARENESS EVENT
November 8, 8 pm
John E. Reeves Great Hall
FIT, in partnership with the New York Organ Donor Network, hosts Give
Life, the college's first organ donation awareness night. Guest speakers
include five-organ transplant recipient Kristin Molini, and Julie Rivera,
director of New York Organ Donor Network. Guests include New York magazine reporters Diana Tsui and Amy
O'Dell; celebrity personal trainer Brice Hall; and stylist Alexa Winner.
Styling sessions with Winner will be raffled off. Student Christina
Alibrandi is organizing the event as part of a group project for the
Principles of Public Relations class, taught by Loretta Volpe. Students Karina Abbaj, James Lim, Alicia Moo-Pow, and Sarah
Scott Smith are also assisting with organization. The event is free and
open to all FIT students, employees, and alumni. For more information,
contact Christina Alibrandi.
EXHIBITION:
HIS & HERS
November 10, 2010-May 2011
Fashion and Textile History Gallery, The Museum at FIT
This exhibition explores the relationship between gender and fashion
over the past 250 years. More than 100 garments, accessories, and
textiles from the museum's permanent collection will be featured
chronologically, from a seemingly "feminine" 18th-century man's velvet
suit, to a woman's "power suit" from the 1980s.
LECTURE AND BOOK SIGNING: IN FASHION: FROM
RUNWAY TO RETAIL
November 10, 5 pm
Barnes & Noble at FIT
Annemarie Iverson, senior vice president of creative brand development
at Bobbi Brown Cosmetics, discusses and signs copies of her new book,
In Fashion: From Runway to Retail, Everything You Need to Know to Break
into the Fashion Industry. For more information, contact
Barnes & Noble at FIT,
75690.
NORMAN MCGRATH GIVES GUEST LECTURE
November 11, 9:30 am-12 pm and 2:30-5 pm
David Dubinsky Student Center, 8th Floor Alcove
The Photography and Interior Design departments invite the FIT community to a lecture
by architectural photographer Norman McGrath. For more information, contact
Daniel Mirer.
ART AND DESIGN
FACULTY EXHIBITION: LIGHTNESS
November 13-December 11
Gallery FIT, The Museum at FIT
More than 50 faculty members from nine departments explore the many
meanings of light through paintings, drawings, collage, video, digital prints, jewelry, mixed media, and sculpture.
LIBERAL ARTS DEAN'S FORUM: EXIT THROUGH THE
GIFT SHOP
November 17, 6 pm
Katie Murphy Amphitheatre
The dean for the School of Liberal Arts and the Presidential Scholars
program
host the fifth annual Dean's Forum, featuring a screening of Exit
Through the Gift Shop: A Banksy Film. Following the screening, John Sloss, the
film's producer, and a critic from the New York Times will speak
and take questions. For more information, contact the School of Liberal
Arts, 74320.
SUMMIT: FIT FACULTY OF THE FUTURE
December 3, 9 am-6 pm
Location TBA
This event summarizes and explores dialogues held over the past year
with classroom, non-classroom, and adjunct faculty as part of the
Faculty of the Future, an aspect of President Joyce F. Brown's strategic
plan, 2020: FIT at 75, Bringing the Future into Focus.
The day will include panel discussions, breakout sessions, and guest
speakers. Participants may attend the entire day or specific
sessions. For more information,
contact Interim Vice President for Academic Affairs
Gretchen Bataille,
74040.
EXHIBITION:
ECO-FASHION: GOING GREEN
Through November 13, 2010
Fashion and Textile History Gallery, The Museum at FIT
An exhibition exploring the evolution of the fashion industry's
multifaceted and complex relationship with the environment. By examining
the past two centuries of fashion's good—and bad—environmental and
ethical practices, this exhibition provides historical context for
today's eco-fashion movement.
EXHIBITION:
JAPAN FASHION NOW
Through April 2, 2011
Special Exhibitions Gallery, The Museum at FIT
Japanese fashion today embraces not only the cerebral, avant-garde looks
associated with the first wave of Japanese design in the 1980s, but also
a range of subcultural and youth-oriented styles. This is the first
exhibition to explore how Japanese fashion has evolved in recent years. |
