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This Week’s AMT Parsons Festival Events!

Exhibitions

Tonight: MFA DT Exhibition Opening / Tomorrow: AMT’s “Crossing Screens” Opening / Saturday: gadgITERATION

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OPENING RECEPTION: MFA DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY EXHIBITION
Wednesday, May 8, 7:00–10:00 p.m. 
6 East 16th Street, 6th floor
On view: May 8-May 24, 10:00 a.m. – 10:00 p.m.

The MFA Design and Technology thesis exhibition features installations and performances, objects and apps, games and video, and interactive experiences that explore the dynamic role of technology in our lives. We invoke the playful, the informative, the critical, and the subversive to investigate emerging issues and spark discussion. Join us, May 8th – May 24 for a vanguard exhibition of 80+world-changing projects by emerging artists, designers, coders, makers, hackers, educators, and thinkers. Please visit mfadt.parsons.edu for details.

 

OPENING RECEPTION – CROSSING SCREENS: SELECTED WORK FROM GRADUATING STUDENTS IN THE SCHOOL OF ART, MEDIA AND TECHNOLOGY.
Thursday, May 9, 2013 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Kellen Gallery, Sheila C. Johnson Design Center, 2 West 13th Street
On view: May 9, 2013 – May 24, 2013, 12:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.

Come see work from graduating students representing their undergrad programs within AMT: Illustration, Communication Design, Photography, Design and Technology, and Graphic Design. There will also be selected screenings of shorts in the Bark Room on Thursday night, and for the length of the show (May 9th-May 24th) there will be programming in the gallery to include student performances, presentations and workshops hosted in the Kellen Gallery space.

Free admission; no tickets or reservations required; seating is first-come first-served

 

 gadgITERATION

Saturday, May 11, 2013 12:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
6 East 16th Street, 12th floor

Middle-Schoolers and Families:  Experiment with Interaction Design! Make Cool Gadgets! Turn Trash to Treasure! The purpose of this multigenerational workshop, for kids ages 10-14 and their families, is to prototype your own interactive artifacts. You will tinker with electronics using a simple, safe device called The NoiseMaker.  No previous experience with engineering or computer programming necessary!  We will use electricity to make delightful contraptions that make wonderful sounds and light up.  Bring discarded electronic devices, plastic toys, and boxes that open and close, as well as recyclables such as egg cartons and plastic bottles.  (Materials will also be provided.) GadgITERATION is for anyone interested in any of the following: Electronics, Product Design, Sustainability, Making.  Created just for you by Parsons designers in the AMT Design and Technology Program!

Free admission. Registration is required here.

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Find the full list of AMT-related Parsons Festival events here!

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Student of the Week: Sophie Won

Current Students,

This week’s student of the week is Sophie (Hyun-Ju) Won. Her work, although colorful and bright in nature, presents a beautiful and almost light-hearted approach to disturbing and oddball subject matters.

Scroll down to view a sample of her work and artist statement:

Sophie Won, Parasite (excerpt from Thesis series), Senior Thesis 2, Jordin Isip

Sophie Won, Parasitic Coitus (excerpt from Thesis series), Senior Thesis 2, Jordin Isip

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Artist Statement:

My work looks at the relationship between nature and man. Depending on how the audience perceives it, my work can be viewed as abstract or representational. I enjoy making images with strong impressions of colour, even if the imagery or concepts may appear disturbing to viewers. In my illustrations, I like to use a multitude of media, such as, watercolor, graphite, charcoal, conte, as well as lithographic printing techniques.

To view more of Sophie’s work, please be sure to visit her website at: sophiewon.com

Artists – Know Your Rights Before You Consign!

Talks/Lectures

If you want your work sold in galleries, you’d better know your rights, first! Don’t miss “Understanding Artists’ Rights in Dealer Relationships” on May 29th from 6:30-8:00 p.m. in Kellen Auditorium, presented by The Parsons Institute for Intellectual Property (PiiP), in partnership with the Art Law Committee of the New York City Bar Association.

Recent events, such as the bankruptcy of the Salander-O’Reilly Galleries, have highlighted the need for artists to protect their ownership rights in works of art they consign to galleries for sale, and to be especially vigilant in ensuring that they receive a timely accounting and the proceeds from the sale of their consigned works.  The panel will address how artists may best protect their interests through a written agreement, and how certain rights and remedies are conferred upon artists in the New York State Arts and Cultural Affairs Law.  An agreement is an important tool for clearly setting forth the rights and obligations of an artist and her dealer.  It also enables the parties to manage their expectations as they enter into a relationship.  The NY Arts and Cultural Affairs Law applies to dealers and artists in New York regardless of whether they have an express agreement, but it addresses only some of the parties’ rights and obligations.

Points to be discussed will include:

  • What terms should be included in an artist/dealer agreement?
  • What rights does an artist have when a gallery sells an artist’s work of art and fails to deliver the sale proceeds to the artist?
  • Are there any tools available to alleviate the substantial legal fees an artist might have to incur to enforce his or her rights?

The panel will be comprised of attorneys who are members of the Art Law Committee:

Michael Lee Hertzberg has maintained a law practice in Manhattan for the past thirty-five years that has included the representation of visual artists, art galleries, private dealers and collectors concerning transactional matters and litigation.

Dean Nicyper is a Partner at the law firm Flemming Zulack Williamson Zauderer LLP, and heads the Art Law practice there.  He has worked with auction houses, galleries, museums, artists, collectors and dealers in art-related disputes and transactions for more than 17 years.

Joshua Lipsman, (JD, MD) will be the panel moderator.

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May 29, 2013
6:30 to 8:00 p.m.
Parsons The New School for Design, Kellen Auditorium
66 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY. 
 This event is open and free to the public.

Reading Paintings one-night-only group show in DUMBO tonight

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Reading Paintings showcases a group of (mostly) recent Parsons Illustration graduates with works that address literature and the collaborations between image and text. It is a one night only event. “It’s going to be a really fun time with booze, music and cool art by cool people.”

Featuring: Charlie Carroll, Leigh Cunningham, John Garcia, Jordin Isip, Masuko Jo, So Yoon Kim, Su-kyung Lee, Rachel Levit, Ray Masaki, Luna Medina, Monica Ramos, Hazel Lee Santino, Paula Searing, Julee Yoo

Date: Friday, April 26, 2013, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm

Location: 135 Plymouth Street, suite 411, DUMBO, Brooklyn, NY

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Student of the Week: Thomas Snowden

Current Students

This week’s student of the week is Thomas Snowden. Thomas specializes in both digital and traditional means of painting, as well as animation.

Scroll down to view a sample of his work and artist statement:

Thomas Snowden, Donatello (Excerpt from thesis series), Senior Thesis 2, Steven Guarnaccia

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Thomas Snowden, Slaying Grace, personal

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Thomas Snowden, Ballpoint Moleskine, personal

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Artist Statement:

I believe to be an artist is to be an efficient problem solver. To be a good artist means constant exploring and finding new problems to solve. I keep an eclectic body of work to represent that exploration. There is, however, one unifying thread in all my work and it is a sense of narrative. From single frame paintings to animations I am a storyteller. I believe in the power of the anecdote. It can teach us lessons, bring us comfort, or simply entertain. I believe the anecdote is the most accessible form of communication and while sophistication and thought are important, they are masturbation without an audience.

To view more of Thomas’ work, be sure to visit his website at: thommysnow.com

Parsons Print Club Meeting Today: Senior Show

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Today (Thursday, April 25th) at 3:15, the Parsons Print Club will be having an informational meeting in the print studio (4th floor of 66 Fifth Ave.) regarding a possible year-end show on the 10th (and maybe 4th) floor.
We will be seeing who can commit to submitting and hanging this show, which would be curated by printmaking faculty member Paul Marcus. Ideally, interested students would have total involvement so everyone can say they helped out. It will be loads of fun! So make sure you stop by to get all the information on this great opportunity.
Any underclassmen interested in helping out, this is a great chance to learn how to handle and hang prints.
If you can’t make it to the meeting, send an e-mail to newmi70 [at] newschool [dot] edu for the information. Screen Shot 2013-04-22 at 3.45.25 PM

39 Handpicked Parsons Student Artworks on Fab.com!

Competitions, News

39 Illustration and CDT students were chosen from more than 150 entries in a recent Fab.com competition! Digital prints of the students’ work are available for purchase for one week. Hang some AMT on you walls!

Noël Claro, Adjunct Professor of Illustration, has a quote up on the site:

“What a thrill to see two of my favorite things collide: the ever-fabulous Fab and my awesome Parsons students! I love that people far and wide are exposed to the young talent that’s populating our hallways.”