Calendar of Events

Fashion Culture programs will resume in the summer. 
The new schedule will be posted in mid-May (2013)

Special Events
Workshops
Locations
Internships

Fashion Culture Special Programs

Fashion Culture programs are organized by The Museum at FIT to provide insightful and intriguing perspectives on the culture of fashion. Programs are FREE, unless otherwise indicated. Reservations are required for all events, as space is limited.

Special Events

Challenge and Change: Fashion in the Industrial Age ~ a Symposium Saturday, May 11, 9am - 4pm Robert Lagary Board Room Marvin Feldman Center, Ninth Floor FIT Students of the MA program in Fashion & Textile Studies: History, Theory and Museum Practice, present their annual symposium, Challenge and Change: Fashion in the Industrial Age. Thirteen papers will be presented on the subject of fashion during the industrial revolution.  This event is free and open to the public.  Download the schedule of papers (PDF)

Workshops

Cross-Pollination: Masterpieces of the Collections Online event This workshop was organized by The Museum at FIT in conjunction with Mexico’s Atelier Romo and the Sala de Arte Publico Siqueiros (SAPS). Under the mentorship of artist Sebastian Romo and Tanya Melendez, MFIT’s curator of education, students from FIT and Atelier Romo interpreted MFIT’s costume collection and SAPS’ murals. Results have been published at the link above. This workshop was funded in part by the FIT Student-Faculty Corporation, the Jumex Foundation and the Mexican Cultural Institute of New York.

Locations

Unless otherwise indicated, check-in for all Talk and Tours is in the lobby of The Museum at FIT, in the Shirley Goodman Resource Center located at the southwest corner of Seventh Avenue and 27th Street. The Katie Murphy Amphitheatre is located in the Fred P. Pomerantz Art and Design Center on the northwest corner of Seventh Avenue and 27th Street.

Internships

The Museum offers internships to Graduate Students only.

Internship Information