Upcoming Exhibitions

<<Rewind Play> Fast Forward>>
Animation and Game Design at FIT and Beyond

January 17–February 15, 2026

over an open flame heating on the stove are a large steaming pot and a skillet. Between the two a-mid leap is a frog with an expression suggesting that both should be avoided at all costs!
Dan Shefelman, The Animation Project

Rewind, Play, Fast Forward celebrates animation and game design work by Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) students, faculty, and alumni of the School of Art and Design and School of Graduate Studies. 

The exhibition surveys works created in NYC and beyond, showing how storytelling appears in animation, where a storyline can take on a linear structure, and in game design, where players shape the story themselves. On display are a wide variety of game and animation art, concept and character designs, and games to play, along with a special guest exhibition of world-class work from Hornet, an NYC-based animation studio that produces all forms of commercial work, including stop-motion and computer-generated animation. 

At FIT, students in the Illustration BFA program can specialize in design for animation and games, where they learn about concept art and character design to understand how characters and sets work together to create worlds and tell stories. Students in the Animation, Interactive Media, & Game Design BFA program take the process from design to completion, adding movement, sound, and/or gameplay. Alumni of both programs have gone on to work for renowned studios, including DreamWorks, NBC Universal, Disney, and Titmouse, where they continue to create character designs, concept art, and animation for popular shows. Others have formed their own game and animation companies. 

<<Rewind Play> Fast Forward>> is curated by Dan Shefelman, chair, Illustration and Interactive Media, and organized by the Department of Illustration and Interactive Media.