Graduating Student Exhibition

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The next creative revolution is upon us, and it’s fueled by technology. The digital era has transformed the way we connect and communicate. The demand for innovative minds capable of crafting impactful ideas that grab our attention is greater than ever. These are ideas that don’t just mirror culture, but actively shape it, sparking meaningful conversations and driving change. The Advertising and Digital Design BFA curriculum equips our students to excel in this new dynamic landscape, and the Graduating Student Exhibition showcases the skills of the art directors, writers, and brand experience designers of tomorrow.

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This exhibit showcases the intense creative and skill development of students in the two-year Animation, Interactive Media & Game Design (AIMGD) BFA program. Students enter the program with associate degrees from several FIT programs—including Illustration, Fine Arts, and Communication Design—or from related programs at other area community colleges. In their AIMGD BFA studies, they focus on animation/game design fundamentals while developing senior projects. The diverse work on exhibit demonstrates varied technical approaches to visual storytelling. While animation and game design overlap and diverge, the unifying theme is the expression of personal stories using available tools. AIMGD prepares students for the future creative workforce, emphasizing adaptability and merging personal expression with commercial viability.

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The Fabric Styling major provides students with a strong foundation in textiles, styling, fashion image creation, and trend forecasting. Students develop their design skills to create strong presentations based on a variety of references that range from historical and cultural trends to the current socioeconomic climate. The program emphasizes interdisciplinary learning with courses in fashion styling, prop styling, art history, and digital design, as well as related areas in photography and business development.

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The visionary design illustrations and meticulously constructed garments showcase the accomplishments of Fashion Design BFA graduating students. Learning from distinguished professors and benefitting from FIT’s dynamic Fashion Design curriculum, the students are empowered to realize their designs from conceptualization to execution. During their four years in the premier Fashion Design program, the students developed individual styles and attained superb construction skills. Fashion industry leaders, serving as critics, guided the students, alongside the dedicated faculty, to produce the exceptional work that is on display. These awe-inspiring looks and illustrations are selected by a panel of industry judges and faculty from the Sportswear, Special Occasion, Knitwear, Children’s Wear, and Intimate Apparel specializations.

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After four years of immersive Fine Arts study, BFA thesis students exhibit works that respond to the world’s complexity. Each piece reflects a rigorous foundation of visual thinking, evolving into distinct personal visual languages. Living in a world of 24/7 social media, AI, and readily available art, students incorporate this context into their creative practices. This year’s exhibition addresses their cultural moment, engaging with social and political themes, memory, identity, and home, and exploring technology, unrest, community, and ecological issues. The works include painting, printmaking, mixed media, and immersive installations with text, video, and sound.

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The graduating students from the Footwear and Accessories Design AAS and BFA programs present collections born from research, design development, and seasonal narratives. Transforming ideas into footwear, handbags, and more, these pieces feature an eclectic mix of materials like leather, textiles, wood, plastic, and metals. Each designer has created a body of work that reflects a distinct perspective and approach to product development. Conceived, designed, and constructed by the students, the selected exhibition pieces celebrate and challenge conventions through innovation, craft, and conceptual depth.

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Graphic designers are active participants in the public discourse. They offer thoughtful perspectives in this globalized and technologically advanced society. Our students study intercultural issues, exploring the evolving practice of receiving word and image across screens and print. This leads to immersive research and new insights. In their final semester, students rigorously develop a chosen subject conceptually, experimenting with diverse graphic media. Graduates find professional opportunities in cultural institutions, global corporations, political organizations, entertainment, and niche studios, actively shaping society’s visual voice.

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Illustration BFA students at FIT learn the application of art, technology, and entrepreneurship. The program prepares students for careers in the creative industry with a focus on visual storytelling. The program integrates traditional and digital art media and techniques as well as creative problem-solving processes to produce imagery for commercial applications that effectively communicate information and target specific markets. During their time at FIT, students develop their personal style, technique, and expression, creating a strong body of work that culminates in the end-of-year exhibition. The high quality of work reflects their talent, persistence, and experience and represents the initial step for these artists in their post-graduate careers.

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The CIDA-accredited FIT Interior Design program utilizes New York City’s resources to cultivate innovative, socially responsible designers. We focus on evidence-based design, sustainability, advanced technology, and creative problem-solving. Our urban setting provides essential access to industry and real-world experience. We foster a collaborative environment, emphasizing professional readiness, ethical practice, and the impact of interiors on well-being and communities. By integrating CIDA standards and industry trends, we prepare graduates to lead the creation of innovative, sustainable, and culturally sensitive interior environments that enhance quality of life globally.

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The School of Art and Design at FIT is proud to present work from the 2026 Jewelry Design graduating class. Our curriculum uniquely synthesizes a broad approach to the design and fabrication of jewelry, fusing traditional methods with 21st-century technology and processes. This exhibition represents the creative voices and choices of our graduating students as they each have striven to define themselves as artists and jewelry professionals. As you view this body of work, we ask you to experience the tangible efforts and aspirations of this truly gifted group of artisans, and for the moments ahead, enter, embrace, and revel in their world.

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The Fashion Design department proudly spotlights these Menswear design garments created by students in their fourth-semester AAS capstone classes. Students design two looks in their third-semester portfolio class, then tailor and realize them in their capstone class with guidance from esteemed industry critics and Menswear faculty. The 2026 Graduating Student Exhibition features this year’s best work. Critics include Patrick McCord, vice president of design for outerwear at G-III Apparel Group, and Nicola Ryan, senior design consultant at Faherty and former senior vice president of design and product at Ralph Lauren.

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The only undergraduate degree of its kind in the U.S., the Packaging Design BFA blends creativity and strategy, preparing graduates for the global consumer product landscape. Our program focuses on experiential brand design, both on- and off-pack and essential market skills. Industry-expert faculty incorporate design thinking in innovation, sustainability, and the circular economy. The Graduating Student Exhibition showcases our seniors’ diverse, trend-setting projects and their pivotal role in shaping the future of brand engagement and packaging design.

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The students of Photography and Related Media bring together a wide range of photographic approaches and subjects. Working with imaging technologies from silver gelatin prints to video to augmented reality, graduates develop the skills necessary to engage within all areas of the field. The Graduating Student Exhibition showcases these abilities, as the students spend two semesters researching and producing a distinct body of work, pushing themselves both conceptually and aesthetically. In the constantly changing world of photography, our graduates can be found at the leading edge, shaping the future of visual imagery.

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Explorable experiences that merge storytelling and worldbuilding with visual display, interactive design, environmental graphics, architecture, and digital technology are redefining design for brand activations, exhibitions, events, and pop-ups. Graduating Spatial Experience Design BFA students create impactful experiences that tell brand stories, advocate causes, or improve learning/life activities. The two-year capstone project culminates as students develop their design voice through research, concept design, advanced visualization, and physical construction, ultimately fabricating their inspiring design in a public space, informed by industry interviews and their unique storytelling approach.

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The Textile/Surface Design program equips students with the aesthetic, intellectual, analytical, and technological tools needed to become innovative textile designers. By exploring painting, weaving, screen printing, and other handcrafted techniques, students develop an understanding of materiality and process, while also integrating digital tools and emerging technologies into their work. They acquire essential expertise in design principles and methods, allowing them to translate their ideas into tangible creations. By researching historical and contemporary sources for inspiration, students cultivate their artistic style through exploration and experimentation. Their work highlights their creativity, technical expertise, and market awareness, demonstrating how these emerging designers push the boundaries of textile design.

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The Toy Design BFA focuses on hard toy, soft toy, toy conceptualization, and storybook design. The exhibition work emphasizes imagination as a tool for development, promoting healthy, active, and playful lifestyles. By trusting their abilities, children build critical-thinking skills that support positive life choices. Students create open-ended toys and games for exploration, growth, and connection to nature. Their illustrated storybooks highlight the power of creativity, often using imagination to solve real-world problems, and to address community and cultural heritage while engaging children with special needs in meaningful and inclusive ways.