Current Exhibitions

Evolution: Fashion Design AAS

December 11, 2025–January 11, 2026
Art and Design Gallery
Fashion Institute of Technology

a drawing on a tan toned paper of a model wearing a form-fitting, iris flower-like dress. Iris petal-like shapes envelop the upper body of the model her head and shoulders against the beautiful shapes in shades of violet with white highlights.
Illustration by Janelle Lee, IL264

Evolution is the fall/winter Fashion Design AAS exhibition, exploring the natural cycle of fashion through a floral lens. For this showcase, students delve into the theme of evolution—from the seed of a concept to the buds of growth, from the blossoms of creativity to the final bloom of completion. Each phase of their process reflects change, transformation, and renewal.

In the spirit of collaboration, students from the Illustration Department interpret transformation through fashion illustrations, while students from the Photography Department capture moments of becoming—documenting their peers in the Fashion Design AAS program as they bring new visions to life.

Conception, iteration, and creation—Evolution celebrates fashion’s continual, ever-unfolding movement forward, shaped by growth and renewal.

This exhibition is organized by the Fashion Design AAS Exhibition Committee, in collaboration with Dan Shefelman, chair of Illustration, and Allison Wade Wermager, chair of Photography.

 

Gift of Making: A Whimsical Celebration of Art, Design, and Creativity at FIT

Poster for the Gift of Making exhibition. Title in decorative letters at the top, and a watercolor style illustration in blue, purple, and white tones, depicting a composition of digital and traditional art and crafting tools, such as a pencil, a brush, a thread, scissors, a measuring tape, an analog photo camera, and a computer mouse.
Gift of Making exhibition poster

November 20, 2025–January 11, 2026
Art and Design Gallery Windows

The Gift of Making transforms the Art and Design Gallery’s windows into a whimsical celebration of creativity and craft. Inspired by the enchantment of holiday displays, the installation invites viewers into a “winter tale” about the joy of designing and making. Each window unfolds as a chapter in this story, featuring student artwork from all 17 majors in the School of Art and Design. Stacked, open-fronted gift boxes serve as cabinets of curiosity, framing the inventive objects, garments, and images that represent the many facets of art and design at FIT. Interwoven with playful ribbons, floating snowflakes, and maker's tools, the displays evoke the shared spirit of creativity and the community of makers behind it.