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Chalk FIT Is Back

May 5, 2025 Laura Hatmaker College & Campus, Featured, School of Art & Design, Students

For the past week, passersby along FIT’s Seventh Avenue entrance have been treated to the sight of Illustration students painting […]

student paints canvas on model on a stage in front of audience

FIT Students Show Their Artistic Talents During Inaugural Live Art Duel

November 18, 2024 Laura Hatmaker College & Campus, Featured, School of Art & Design, School of Graduate Studies, Students

On Thursday, November 14, FIT hosted its inaugural Live Art Duel, a live painting competition and fundraising event with proceeds […]

student designed animation on Bulgari perfume bottle

Illustration Student Wins Bulgari Fragrance Design Competition

March 25, 2024 Laura Hatmaker College & Campus, Featured, School of Art & Design, Students

Jessie Xu, Illustration ’25, has much to celebrate. She won first place in Bulgari’s Art of Living with Allegra Baciami: […]

student painting with chalk on FIT's facade

Chalk FIT Celebrates 10 Years

October 23, 2023 Laura Hatmaker College & Campus, School of Art & Design, Students, Top Stories

Founded in 2013, Chalk FIT is still going strong 10 years later. And in recognition, “Celebration” is the theme for […]

Karen Trivette and archival photo of Max Meyer sitting painting with his wife

Curator Discusses Her Show about FIT Founder Max Meyer and Alumna Artist Daria Dorosh

August 7, 2023 Alex Joseph Alumni, College & Campus, FIT + Industry, School of Graduate Studies, Top Stories

In the early decades of the 20th century, FIT founder and president Max Meyer (1876–1953), then a buyer for a […]

A Coloring Book That Teaches Kids About Water Conservation

April 17, 2023 Jonathan Vatner College & Campus, Featured, Students, Sustainability

Four undergraduate and two graduate Illustration students created a lively coloring book, Drippy’s Water Adventure, published by New York City’s […]

photo of Macy's Flower Show window by FIT students with pairs of shoes on an illustrated path with illustrated flowers surrounding it

Big Dreams Bloom at Macy’s Flower Show

April 3, 2023 Laura Hatmaker College & Campus, Featured, FIT + Industry, School of Art & Design, School of Business & Technology, Students

This semester, five FIT students came together to design a window as part of a design challenge for the 48th […]

Students Create Hip Hop Block Party in A&D Gallery

February 6, 2023 Alexandra Mann College & Campus, Diversity, Faculty/Staff, School of Art & Design, Students

Step into hip hop. Literally. In their first three-dimensional exhibition, students from Interior Design, Illustration, Graphic Design, and Spatial Experience […]

chalk illustrations on the outside walls FIT

Chalk FIT Is Music to Our Eyes

November 7, 2022 Laura Hatmaker College & Campus, Featured, School of Art & Design, Students, Top Stories

Chalk FIT is back on the college’s facade with artwork created by students from the Illustration and Interactive Media class […]

Five Students Win Honors From the Society of Illustrators

April 11, 2022 Jonathan Vatner College & Campus, Featured, School of Art & Design, Students

The prestigious Student Scholarship Competition from the Society of Illustrators provides a launchpad into industry for talented graduates. This year, a […]