School of Art, Media, and Technology

Current Students to Participate in Group Show at Sotheby’s Institute of Art

Exhibitions Student News

Reality Check Sotheby’s Institute of Art Wednesday, November 15, 2017 6-8 PM, Artist talk at 7 PM 570 Lexington Ave New York NY 10022 Current MFA students Layo Bright and Rebecca…

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MFA Alum Justin Sterling to Feature in BRIC Exhibition

Alumni News Exhibitions

BRIC: OPEN (C)ALL: TRUTH BRIC House Wednesday, November 15, 2017 7-9 PM 647 Fulton Street Brooklyn NY 11215 MFA Fine Arts Alum Justin Sterling will be exhibiting his work at BRIC’s…

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X-Life to Open at 25 East Gallery

Exhibitions Student News

X-Life Opening Reception: November 6, 2017, 6-8 PM 25 East Gallery 25 East 13th St, 5th Floor Show Dates: November 6 – 18, 2018 Featuring Artists: Tianyu Qiu, Isadora Frost, Alonso…

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MFA Student Kevin Quiles Bonilla Wins Kennedy Center Emerging Artist Award

Student News

MFA student Kevin Quiles Bonilla ’18 has been selected to receive an award and be featured in a traveling group show by Electrify!, the VSA Emerging Young Artist’s Program. The Kennedy Center…

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MFA Student Freddie Dessau Wins 2017 riverSedge Art Prize

Student News

MFA Student Freddie Dessau ’18 has been selected as the winner of the 2017 riverSedge Art Prize for his photo montage piece”He Venido Tan Lejos”. riverSedge is a Texas-based Literary and…

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Re-Coded: Strategies of Queer Abstraction to Open at 25 East Gallery

Events Exhibitions Student News

Re-Coded: Strategies of Queer Abstraction Featuring Artists: Lisa McCleary, Paloma Jimenez, Kevin Quiles Bonilla, sal daña, Dolorx, Frank Erazo, Shunran Xue, AELITA Curated by Dolorx October 2, 2017, 6-8 PM 25…

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MFA Alum James Hsieh Featured in Group Show in Sydney

Alumni News

James Hsieh ’17 is participating in White Rabbit Gallery’s exhibition “Ritual Spirit”. The show will be open until January 28, 2018. White Rabbit Gallery is located in Sydney, Australia. — “Art…

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MFA Alums Luma Jasim and Tariku Shiferaw to Participate in 11th Annual Bushwick Open Studios

Alumni News

MFA Alums Luma Jasim and Tariku Shiferaw will both be participating in Arts in Bushwick’s (AiB) 11th Annual Bushwick Open Studios. Opening Reception: Friday, September 22, 2017 6-9 PM The Active Space…

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MFA Alum American Artist Receives “Tech By Artists” 2018 Residency At Eyebeam

Alumni News

Eyebeam’s Residency provides a space in which artists will  dive head-first into the white hot issues of technology and society, through art, by creating robotic sculptures that expose racial bias in…

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MFA Alums American Artist and Ryota Sato to Open Two Person Show at SLEEPCENTER

Alumni News Events Exhibitions

Site After Sight American Artist & Ryota Sato Curated by William Lee SLEEPCENTER, 9 Monroe St., Bsmt, New York September 22 – October 6, 2017 Hours: 12pm – 6pm Friday – Sunday, weekdays by…

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Elab Incubator Fellowships for Grad Students / Alumns – Apply through 10/12

Are you interested in design- driven or impact entrepreneurship? Are you a or will you be a recent graduate in a agraduate program at The New School by December 2017? Do…

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MFA Alums Maika’i Tubbs and Buzz Slutzky’s Installation Images Featured in New York Times

Alumni News

In the New York Times’ article “Art Once Shunned, Now Celebrated in ‘Found: Queer Archaeology; Queer Abstraction’”, Holland Cotter reviews a show at Leslie Lohman, featuring MFA alumnae Maika’i Tubbs and Buzz…

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Parsons Fine Arts Faculty Sreshta Rit Premnath debuts solo exhibition at Ace Gallery

Faculty News News

Sreshta Rit Premnath: Falling August 15 – September 23, 2017 Reception: Saturday, September 9, 2017, 6-9 PM Ace Gallery, 5514 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90036 For his first solo exhibition in Los Angeles, Parsons…

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Parsons MFA Fine Arts Alum Tariku Shiferaw Featured in Group Exhibition at Honfleur Gallery – August 19 through October 7th

Alumni News Exhibitions

  Black Magic: AfroPasts/AfroFutures Magical Realism & Afrofuturism in the Black Diaspora Curated by Niama Safia Sandy August 19 – October 7, 2017 Opening Reception August 19th, 5:00pm – 8:00pm Honfleur…

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Alumni of the School of Art, Media, and Technology (Fine Arts and Photography) Exhibit at Bronx Calling: The Fourth AIM Biennial

Alumni News Exhibitions

Now in its fourth cycle, Bronx Calling: The Fourth AIM Biennial features the work of seventy-two emerging artists, including several alumni of the School of Art, Media and Technology (Fine Arts and Photography). The…

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Artist Talk & Closing Reception for Sites of Knowledge Exhibition featuring Fine Arts Faculty Simone Douglas – July 27

Faculty News

Jane Lombard Gallery is pleased to host an artist talk moderated by critic Zachary Sachs Thursday July 27th, from 6:00 – 8:00pm. The Sites of Knowledge exhibition is an Art Forum Critics’…

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Parsons Fine Arts MFA Alumni included at 440 Gallery exhibition through July 30th

Alumni News

We are happy to announce the inclusion of work by Loretta Lomanto (MFA ’10) and Mary Younkin (MFA ’10) in (home), a national juried exhibition on the idea of “home” curated by…

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Apply for a 2017 Professional-Development Fellowship

Fellowships

CAA Announces the opening of its Professional-Development Fellowship for 2017. The program supports promising artists, designers, craftspeople, historians, curators, and critics who are enrolled in MFA, PhD, and other terminal-degree programs…

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Parsons Fine Arts Faculty & Alumna Sara Jimenez exhibits in Kamias Triennial and Bronx Calling: The Fourth AIM Biennial

Alumni News Faculty News

Sara Jimenez will exhibit in “Bronx Calling: The Fourth AIM Biennial.” The Biennial features work by 72 artists from the 2016 and 2017 classes of the Bronx Museum’s Artist in the Marketplace…

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Parsons MFA Fine Arts Alum Tariku Shiferaw and Faculty Shadi Harouni featured in Leaving Home: Cathouse FUNeral Migrates North

Alumni News Faculty News

Leaving Home:  Cathouse FUNeral Migrates North 18 West Main Street, Beacon, New York opening June 24, 4-9PM through September 10, 2017 general hours: Fri-Sun 12-6PM Situated in a 3,000 sq. ft. warehouse space a few minutes walk…

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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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