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It's Back! The Photographic Universe Conference, April 10th & 11th – Free Public Event!

News

“The camera has offered us amazing possibilities… We are only beginning to exploit them; for although photography is already over a hundred years old, it is only in recent years that…

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Tonight: Double Your Pleasure With Two Art Events at 66 Fifth!

Exhibitions

Join artists Luke DuBois and Eva and Franco Mattes with curator Christiane Paul tonight in the Kellen Gallery for a tour of The Public Private show. Then, continue on up to…

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Conference 3/15-3/17: The Revolution Recodified: Digital Culture and the Public Sphere in Cuba

Events

A conference organized by Coco Fusco and Chris Stover, and hosted by The New School and New York University March 15 – 17, 2013 The Revolution Recodified is a three-day conference at…

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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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Fine Arts Alum Alexandria Smith Named 1 of 10 Female Artists to Watch by Huffington Post

Student News

Huffington Post names 2010 Parsons MFA Fine Arts Alum Alexandria Smith one of 10 Female Artists to Watch WHO: Alexandria Smith, a Bronx-born artist who works in both drawings and paintings,…

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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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Tonight’s Pratt + Parsons Fundraiser & Exhibition covered by the Wall Street Journal!

Events

Please check out the Wall Street Journal article, which highlights the painful loss for senior students in Pratt Institute’s painting and drawing programs, but also celebrates the hope and inspiration that…

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Tonight's Pratt + Parsons Fundraiser & Exhibition covered by the Wall Street Journal!

Events

Please check out the Wall Street Journal article, which highlights the painful loss for senior students in Pratt Institute’s painting and drawing programs, but also celebrates the hope and inspiration that…

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Pratt + Parsons Exhibition and Fundraiser Thursday, March 7th

Exhibitions

Students at Parsons The New School for Design were very saddened to learn about the recent fire at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn. As a show of support for our fellow artists, the…

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GENDER PLAY Parsons Hosts Gender Design and Art Conference

Faculty News Symposia

Yerim and Her Pink Things, The Pink and the Blue (2005) JeongMee Yoon GENDER PLAY Parsons Hosts Gender Design and Art Conference Featuring Paola Antonelli, Laurene Leon Boym, and Ernesto Pujol…

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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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AMT Faculty Jackie Brookner Gives TEDx Talk on The Fargo Project

Faculty News

Check out the video of Jackie’s talk below about The Fargo Project, a collaborative pilot project that is transforming a functioning 18-acre storm water detention basin into a prairie commons, through a…

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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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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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PARTICIPATE: DAY OF MUSEUM SOLIDARITY – TODAY

News

If you were around The New School campus over the weekend, you may have started seeing works of art, galleries and studio spaces crossed with these police-tape style demarkations, and wondered,…

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Call for Applications: William Randolph Hearst Scholarship

Scholarships

The William Randolph Hearst Scholarship Fund was created in June of 1986. Funds from the Hearst Foundation Endowment support and encourage partnerships between Parsons and the non-profit community. The scholarship committee…

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Tonight the Parsons Typography Club meets at "Booklyn"

Student News

Tonight, the new Parsons Typography Club will be going to “Booklyn,” an artists and bookmakers organization located in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, to look at artists books that focus on typography and then…

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Tonight the Parsons Typography Club meets at “Booklyn”

Student News

Tonight, the new Parsons Typography Club will be going to “Booklyn,” an artists and bookmakers organization located in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, to look at artists books that focus on typography and then…

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Tonight: “The Public Private” Artists’ Reception

Exhibitions

TONIGHT!  Wednesday, February 27, 2013 6:30 – 8:00 p.m. Sheila C. Johnson Design Center Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Gallery 2 W13th, New York, NY ABOUT THE EXHIBITION: The Public Private Sheila…

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Tonight: "The Public Private" Artists' Reception

Exhibitions

TONIGHT!  Wednesday, February 27, 2013 6:30 – 8:00 p.m. Sheila C. Johnson Design Center Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Gallery 2 W13th, New York, NY ABOUT THE EXHIBITION: The Public Private Sheila…

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ABOUT FINE ART MFA

The MFA course in Fine Arts offers an exciting, critically engaged, cross-disciplinary program for emerging artists. The 2-year, 60-credit curriculum is based on a combination of studio, theory and professional practices classes committed to expanding the formal, intellectual, and conceptual work of students working within and across a wide variety of media such as performance, sculpture, painting, drawing, photography, installation and video. The program encourages students to create, present, and interpret their work with the intellectual rigor and refined skill required to become professional artists. The international MFA Fine Arts faculty are celebrated members of the New York art community who exhibit and publish world-wide. The MFA Fine Arts student community is a proudly diverse group who hail from numerous backgrounds and cultures.

To learn more about the program, please visit www.newschool.edu/parsons/mfa-fine-arts or contact the Director of the MFA Program, Simone Douglas, please send an email to: douglasS@newschool.edu

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