Jan 4–10: Bergero wins SUNY curation award; MFIT x Marvel

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Highlights for the week of Jan. 4–10, 2020

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Ana Bergero in one of her MFA thesis creations.

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Ana Bergero Wins SUNY Curation Award
In November, Ana Bergero, Fashion Design MFA ’20, won the inaugural SUNY Performing Arts Creation and Curation Prize for her exhibition proposal, Constructing Identities: Gender and Culture in Contemporary Latin America. From 57 entries throughout New York State, five different awards were given. She receives $10,000 to fund the exhibition, planned for September 15, the start of National Hispanic Heritage Month. Read more

In a recent episode of Marvel’s digital series Storyboards, Marvel chief creative officer Joe Quesada interviewed Teen Vogue executive editor Samhita Mukhopadhyay at The Museum at FIT while viewing Exhibitionism, the show that celebrated the 50th anniversary of MFIT.

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Social Media of the Week

Students shared their final garments and projects marking the end of the fall 2020 semester! Check out their work by following the hashtag #unconventionalminds.

image by Luna Legaspi of a woman at a phone booth wearing Luna's final fashion project

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