On April 13-14, the Parsons Institute for Information Mapping is pleased to welcome IBM Watson Group Academic Engagement Specialist Armen Pischdotchian for a a two-day demonstration/workshop on the IBM Watson cognitive technologies…. Read More
Monthly Archives: April 2016
Parsons & UA Maker Academy
DT faculty, Louisa Campbell and Sven Travis are on the advisory board for new NYC DoE high school, UA Maker Academy. UA Maker Academy is a high school located on the lower east… Read More
Photo Faculty Matthew Jensen Named Guggenheim Fellow
Matthew Jensen, Part-Time Lecturer at Parsons, has been named as Guggenheim Fellow in Photography for 2016. Jensen has taught in the Photography program at Parsons since 2012. The Guggenheim Foundation’s announcement gives a… Read More
Photography Lecture: Paul Hill
April 12, 12.10-2.50PM Wollman Hall, 65 W 11th St, New York, New York This event is open to all students and faculty. Facebook Event On April 12th, British photographers Maria Falconer and… Read More
Katia Vega Lecture – Beauty Technology: Could your skin become an interface?
When: Wednesday April 20th, 7-8 pm, 6 E 16th St., D1208 Title: Beauty Technology: Could your skin become an interface? Even though the billion dollars global beauty business market is… Read More
Parsons Alumni and Faculty to Exhibit in Queens International Exhibition
Sylvia Hardy (MFA Photography ’12), Magali Duzant (MFA Photography ’14) and Shadi Harouni (Faculty in Fine Arts) Exhibiting in Queens International 2016, the Queens Museum’s biannual exhibition of artists living or working… Read More
Faculty featured in Queens International
Queens International 2016 April 10th-July 31 Opening Sunday April 10th, 4-8 pm Queens Museum Flushing Meadows Corona Park Queens, NY 11368 http://www.queensmuseum.org/2015/11/queens-international-2016 Queens International 2016 is organized by guest curator Lindsey… Read More
Faculty Shadi Harouni has a solo show at A.I.R. Gallery
SHADI HAROUNI Paved Over and Other Stories Opening April 21st, 6-8 pm April 21-May 22 A.I.R. Gallery 155 Plymouth Street Brooklyn, NY 11201 http://airgallery.org/exhibitions/shadi-harouni/ Read More
Faculty Ward Shelley has a solo show at Pierogi Gallery
WARD SHELLEY The Felicific Calculus and The Last Library, a collaboration with DOUGLAS PAULSON 3 April – 8 May, 2016 Opening Reception: Sunday, 3 April. 6-8pm Read More
Awards and Nominations in Design & Technology
The following are some notable achievements in the design and technology field. Finalist: http://www.toryburchfoundation.org/fellows/finalists/sabine-seymore/ Tory Burch Foundation. Please vote for her every day until April 22 to become a fellow and follow her account on Twitter… Read More
Jeanette Spicer (MFA Photo ’13) Exhibits at Susan Eley Fine Art in Group Show, “Dwelling”
Jeanette Spicer presents in Dwelling, a group show with six other female artists exploring: women, the interior and the precarity of domestic spaces opening at Susan Eley Fine Art at 46… Read More
Kambui Olujimi (BFA Photo ’02) Exhibits Solastalgia at CUE Art Foundation
SOLASTALGIA Curated by Hank Willis Thomas CUE Art Foundation 137 W 25th St, New York, NY 10001 Opening: April 7, 2016, 6-8 PM On view from April 7-May 12 Kambui Olujimi… Read More
BFA Photo Faculty and Program Director Colin Stearns’ Book “Meridian” Reviewed in Photo Eye
“If all photographs are afterimages — traces and disclosures of an ever-changing world — what is gained by foregrounding this fact? Always previous and elsewhere, images reveal people we’ve known, know… Read More
Jessica Yatrofsky (MFA Photo ’09) Featured in April Issue of Interview Magazine
“Belief and intention are the pillars for social change, and as long as we stay conscious, we can create a society with a future that actualizes these concepts of progress.”—Jessica… Read More
Triptych Reading Series | Book Arts Room | April 18
Triptych is a monthly reading series in the Book Arts Room at Parsons School of Design (66 5th Avenue, room M100). Join us for the third reading of the season on Monday,… Read More
Parsons Staff Lecture Series
Thursdays, April 14-April 28, 2016 12:00pm in the Bark Orientation Room (2 West 13th Street) Organized by Niki Kriese of AMT, the staff lecture series showcases the creative practices of… Read More
BFACD Faculty Highlight: Ken Meier
Co-creator of design studio Common Name, Ken Meier has worked with clients such as Wolff Olins, The Yale School of Art, and The Queens Museum of Art. Most recently, Common… Read More
New York Comics and Picture-story Symposium: April 5, Paul Buhle
April 5, 2016 – Paul Buhle on “TEN YEARS OF NON-FICTION COMICS” 7-9 PM Room M 101 (Bark room), 66 Fifth Ave., lobby level My notion of where I began and… Read More