Shapiro, Frank
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Albert Kresch interview, 2018 December 5, 2018 December 5
Item
Identifier: SC.FITA.3.20.4.9.10.22
Scope and Contents
In this interview, Mr. Kresch recalls his 95 years of life, including his childhood in Brooklyn, what inspired him to get interested in art, his student relationship with the artist Hans Hofmann, his time in the air corps during WW2, and his time at FIT, Parsons, and Pratt working as an art professor.
Dates:
2018 December 5
Linda Tain interview, 2019 April 24, 2019 April 24
Item
Identifier: SC.FITA.3.20.4.9.10.24
Scope and Contents
Alex Joseph, Managing Editor of FIT's Hue Magazine interviews Linda Tain, a long-time professor in FIT's department of Fashion Design. Linda Tain talks first about her childhood, and how her life led towards the fashion industry and FIT. Tain reminisces about some of the students she studied with in the 1950s at FIT, including Antonio Lopez, Randy Fenoli, and others who have influenced her throughout her life, as well as the different teaching techniques from then to now. She then recounts...
Dates:
2019 April 24