School of Art, Media, and Technology

An Interview With Anantapa Thongtawach (MFA DT), Showing at FIGMENT

Exhibitions

Anantapa Thongtawach is going into her second year in Parson’s Design and Technology MFA Program, and she has proven herself to be one of the program’s rising stars! Thongtawach’s beautiful sculptures will…

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Research Assistant Needed for Website Re-design in June/July

Opportunities Research Assistantships

Research Assistant needed for website re-design and other small web development tasks for June and July. The site to be redesigned—Fashion Projects—is run on a WordPress platform, so this position will…

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This Week’s AMT Parsons Festival Events!

Festival

We are now in the home stretch of Parsons Festival events, and we’ll be going out in a blaze of creative glory!  Monday continues the live performances in Kellen Gallery (happening all this…

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MFA DT Symposium, Friday and Saturday with Keynote Speaker Joi Ito

Festival

The School of Art, Media and Technology and MFA DT are thrilled to have Joi Ito, activist, entrepreneur, venture capitalist and Director of the MIT Media Lab as Keynote Speaker for the…

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2013 Graduation Ceremony Information

Events

Ceremonies May 23,2013 10:00-11:00 a.m. BFA Fine Arts Theresa Lang Community and Student Center Arnhold Hall 55 West 13th Street, 2nd floor 12:00-1:30 p.m. BFA Illustration Theresa Lang Community and Student…

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ASIFA East Festival – Sunday May 19

Events

ASIFA East Festival!: Please join ASIFA-East for our 2013 Animation Festival Awards Ceremony! Awards will be presented, bashful thank you’s recorded, and a lively reception will follow. The Awards Ceremony and Reception afterwards are…

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Sabine Seymour on Fashionable Technology

Faculty News

Gizmodo picks up on Sabine Seymour’s PBS Off Book interview regarding Fashionable Technology, check it out! http://gizmodo.com/5995406/what-the-future-of-wearable-technology-will-look-like
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Parsons Festival 2013 – School of Art, Media and Technology Events!

Festival

Join AMT in celebrating their graduating students at any and all of these exciting events below; part of the annual–and much-celebrated–Parsons Festival. Events for all schools can be found on the…

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MFA DT Director Dave Carroll + Students on BBC World News Piece on Art & Technology

Faculty News Student News

Check out this great segment on the intersection of art and technology which features an interview with MFA Design & Technology Director, Dave Carroll (at 2:11), and includes some great shots…

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Call for Artist Assistants for Sculptural Installation at the Children’s Museum of Art in Soho

Volunteer

  Visual artist Patrick Martinez will be constructing an installation in the “Bridge” at the Children’s Museum of Art. He will be creating one of his tunnels using flexible drinking straws and…

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Your Weekend Takeaway…

The Parsons PETLab crew lounging in the sun at the Game Developers Conference. It’s time for that warmth to mosey East! Meanwhile…we’re not sweating it over here at the International Gender…

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SPRING 2013 PLAYTECH SATURDAY is accepting submissions now!!

Events

If you have a cool game or an interactive project ready to be put to the test – please join us on April 13th, 2013 from 1 – 3pm. AMT is hosting PLAYTECH SATURDAY with…

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MFA DT Alum and Game Designer Zach Gage Profiled in Wired!

Alumni News

“Zach Gage’s work sits squarely at the intersection of entertainment and art. The 27-year-old game designer has created thoughtful interactive art installations that ask provocative and relevant questions about our new lives in the…

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New Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) site this summer at the USC Institute for Creative Technologies

Opportunities

REU Site: Research in Interactive Virtual Experiences The Institute for Creative Technologies (ICT) offers a 10-week summer research program for undergraduates in interactive virtual experiences. A multidisciplinary research institute affiliated with…

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Design Task Force for Global Change: First Meeting 3/21

The Design Task Force for Global Change is an interdisciplinary team that will address the citizen usability of software and mobile applications with organizations such as The Guardian Project, Open Internet…

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Spacewar!, Punk Rock, the Indie Dev Scene and John Sharp

Faculty News People of DT

At this year’s IndieCade East, Associate Professor of Games and Learning at Parsons and co-director of PETLab, John Sharp, gave a fascinating keynote speech entitled, “Spacewar! Punk Rock and the Indie Dev…

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Parsons and Fab, Together Again! Print + Poster Competition

Collaboration Studios

Parsons and design-forward Fab.com have once again joined forces to offer students the opportunity to show and sell their work on the site. Earn some bucks and design cred at the same…

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US News Ranked Parsons #8 For Best Grad School for Multimedia / Visual Communications

Student News

Just wanted to remind you, us and everyone we know, that we rule! See the full list here.
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Student Time-Based Media Contest

competitions

Yours, Mine, and Ours in the Age of Social Media All currently enrolled New School students are welcome to submit short time-based work that imaginatively explores the relationship between the public…

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Tomorrow, Last Day to Donate Work for this Thursday’s Benefit Auction for Pratt

Student News

Please donate work for the Parsons benefit auction! The NRM Gallery is looking for any photographs, prints, drawings, paintings, or unique object to auction off, from students and faculty alike, with…

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ABOUT DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY (MFA)

Drawing on history, politics, economics, psychology, ergonomics, and other disciplines, this program combines the study of visual, interactive, and narrative aspects of technology with programming and computation. Projects may involve games, Web and mobile applications, film, video, and audiovisual performance.

For more information, including admission, curriculum, faculty, and courses, visit MFA Design and Technology on the Parsons website.

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