Dear Colleagues, On Thursday November 17, from 5pm - 6pm, Professor Alexandra Schwartz will present her book, *Garmenting: Costume as Contemporary Art**.* Discussion and Q&A to follow. *Chronicling contemporary art’s engagement with costume, Garmenting: Costume as Contemporary Art shows how visual artists around the globe are using garments to examine issues of subjectivity, identity and difference. Featuring 35 international artists, Garmenting is organized around five interrelated themes: functionality, cultural difference, gender, activism and performance.* This virtual event is part of the FIT Authors Talks series and is open to the public. Please join us! Click here to RSVP. <https://events.eventzilla.net/e/fit-authors-talk--garmenting-costume-as-contemporary-art--2138574466> Kindest regards, Jenne -- *Jennifer H. Brady | Library Associate (**She, Her, Hers)* FIT Library 227 West 27th ST New York, NY 10001-5992 tel: 212 217.4368 │ fax: 212 217.4371 Instagram: @fitnyclibrary *http://www.fitnyc.edu/academics/library/ <http://www.fitnyc.edu/academics/library/>* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] For information about joining ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org/membership/join-arlisna Send administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.arlisna.org Questions may be addressed to list owner (Judy Dyki) at: [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~