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Last Minute: Scott Stowell at Parsons tonight!

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SCOTT STOWELL: PAY ATTENTION

Thursday 28 January 2010
6:30–8:30PM
Tishman Auditorium
66 West 12TH Street
New York, NY 10016

6:30PM Check-in
7:00-8:30PM Presentation

Presented by AIGA NY and Hosted by Parsons School of Art, Media, and Technology.

Since 1998, designer Scott Stowell has been doing business as Open–and as such has survived by staying small, specialized in not really specializing in anything in particular, and (as described in the Cooper-Hewitt’s DesignUSA show) embraced “an open notion of the term ‘office,’ inviting different participants to every project.”

As it turns out, everything is connected and everything is an opportunity–if you’re paying attention. Please join Scott for a new, never-before-seen talk full of new (and old) stories about new (and old) work from over ten years of making “design for people.” There may also be prizes and there will surely be distractions.

Scott is the proprietor of Open, an independent design studio that has made a lot of things, including the editorial design of Good magazine, short films for Google and Jazz at Lincoln Center, signage for the Yale University Art Gallery and the new AIGA membership cards. In 2008, Scott was the winner of the National Design Award for Communication Design.

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If you are a New School student, faculty, or staff member, you can reserve a complimentary ticket (one per person) here:

http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?hl=en&formkey=dGQzbTZTZmR1VW5rZmJOZF93UHhkckE6MA

(If the link doesn’t work, try copying and pasting it into your browser)

Reservations will go to the first 50 people to sign up. Please note that the last 4 digits of your N# are required to reserve a space and that you will need to present your New School ID at the door. ONLY ONE REQUEST MAY BE MADE PER PERSON. You will be notified of reservation confirmation via email.

The Cultivated Life: A Talk by Jean-Philippe Delhomme on February 3rd

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Jean-Philippe Delhomme is perhaps one of the most influential artist-illustrators working today. He is internationally known for his witty satirical illustrations that are as much gentle ribbing at the notion of the “good life” in the modern world as they are chronicles of the hip and fabulous.

For this reason his work has been embraced by the worlds of fashion, art and design as well as luxury commercial clients, including: Barneys, Grazia Casa, GQ, the Mark Hotel- New York, Le Bon Marche, Indochine, Casa Brutus, Whitewall, Travel and Leisure, SAA B, the NY Times, VISA , Interview Magazine, Vogue Nippon, House and Garden, Vogue UK and the New Yorker.

Mr. Delhomme visits Parsons to give a talk on his work on:

Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Time: 7:00pm – 9:00pm
Location: Bark Room/Orientation Room
Street: 2 W. 13th
City/Town: New York, NY

Free and open to the public!

Internship Fair for Current Students on February 3rd

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Attention all current Parsons students:  we hope you can join Parsons Career Services at the Parsons Internship Fair!  This event is a great opportunity for students to find spring and summer semester internships.  Even if students are not eligible to intern this semester or have already found an internship, we encourage them to attend the event and network with industry professionals. Forty employers will be in attendance, including companies that are new to the event such as BBH-ZAG, Delia’s, Disney Consumer Products, Harmonix, Kiehl’s, and Sam Edelman.  We hope to see you there!

Parsons Internship Fair
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
10:00 AM – 1:00 PM
55 West 13th Street, Lang Hall, 2nd floor

Employers attending include:

Abercrombie & Fitch

American Eagle Outfitters

A|X Armani Exchange

BBH – ZAG

BCBG MAX AZRIA GROUP

Calvin Klein

CBX

Coach

Colette Malouf

Club Monaco

Delia’s, Inc.

Disney Consumer Products

Eileen Fisher, Inc.

G2

Gucci Group

Harmonix Music

Hyperakt

Interbrand

J.Crew

Johnson & Johnson

John Varvatos

Kenneth Cole Productions

Kiehl’s

Large Animal Games

Limitedbrands

Li & Fung USA

Marvel

Michael Kors (USA), Inc.

Movado Group, Inc.

MTV Networks

Ogilvy

Polo Ralph Lauren

Ralph Appelbaum Associates

R/GA

Sam Edelman Shoes

Stark Design

Stylecaster

Tracey Locke Partnership

Time Inc.

V Magazine / Vman

To participate, students must be currently enrolled in a Parsons degree program (Associates, Bachelors, or Masters program). Students must bring a student id to the event and also several resumes and a portfolio or reel, if applicable. Students who may have questions regarding how to find an internship, determine eligibility to take an internship, or how to register for credit, can go to the following link for further information: www.parsons.edu/internships.

Event sponsored by Parsons Career Services, 2 West 13 Street, room 511, parsonscareers@newschool.edu, 212-229-8940. Please contact the office if you have questions or need further details.

The Storyteller exhibition opening at Parsons next week

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The Sheila C. Johnson Design Center presents:

The Storyteller

an exhibition exploring how contemporary artists use narrative as a way to understand the social and political events of our time.

Curated by independent curators Claire Gilman and Margaret Sundell, The Storyteller features video, still photography, drawing, mixed media and installation works that engage the documentary capacity of art to bear witness to the rapid, sometimes violent, transformations of our time.

Featured artists include Cao Fei, Turner Prize winner Jeremy Deller with filmmaker Mike Figgis, Bucksbaum Award winner Omer Fast, Mounir Fatmi, Ryan Gander, Lamia Joreige, Joachim Koester, Emanuel Licha, Missing Books (Maria Barnas, Maxine Kopsa and Germaine Kruip), Steve Mumford, Adrian Paci, Michael Rakowitz, Lisa Roberts, and Hito Steyerl.

The Storyteller
On view January 29 ‹ April 9, 2010
Opening Reception: January 29, 6:30-8:00 p.m.
Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Gallery

Call for Entries: Student Submissions for Society Illustrators 2010 and American Illustration 29

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(Click on image below to enlarge and get all the important details about how Parsons Illustration students can submit to these important and prestigious illustration competitions!)

Illustration Alum Rima Fujita at Museum of Tibetan Art

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Family Program: Himalayan Animal Stories — Compassion for Endangered Species
Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art
Sunday January 17, 2010 2:30-4:30

Participants will discover the endangered animals of the Himalayas and write and illustrate their own animal story. Artist and Books for Children Founder, Rima Fujita, will read her children’s books including a true story of the Dalai Lama’s dog, and will lead participants in creating their own hand-made books. Recommended ages: 8 – 12. Admission, $10 for adults, $8 for members and children.

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Rima Fujita was born in Tokyo and has lived in New York since 1979. She studied at Parsons School of Design and received her B.F.A. in illustration and painting and has exhibited her work internationally to much acclaim.

In 2001 Rima established Books for Children, an organization that produces children’s books and donates them to orphans and poor children around the world. Her first book, Wonder Talk, was officially selected as recommended reading by the United Nations, and TB Aware has received various awards in the United States.

In 2006 she designed the signature poster for the International Peace Summit in Hiroshima, Japan, where she received special recognition from several Nobel Peace Laureates including the Dalai Lama, Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Betty Williams.

Her published books include Simple Meditation, The Little Black Box, Wonder Talk, Wonder Garden and TB Aware. For more information about Rima please visit: www.rimafujita.com

The Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art was founded in 1945 to foster awareness and preservation of Tibetan art and culture. Public programs at the Museum are funded, in part, by funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs. Located at 338 Lighthouse Avenue, the Museum is open Thursday through Sunday from 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM. For further information, please call 718-987-3500 or visit the museum’s website at www.tibetanmuseum.org.

Tonight: Dave Eggers event about the McSweeney’s Newspaper

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A Vibrant Map of the World: McSweeney’s Panorama and the Beauty of Newspapers
January 13, 2010 5:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.
Tishman Auditorium, 66 W. 12th Street

When McSweeney’s printed a prototype Sunday newspaper last month, the writers, editors, and artists who worked on the project were hoping to show some of the great things the print medium remains capable of. The result was the San Francisco Panorama, which sold out within its first week and garnered accolades across the country.

Dave Eggers, author and editor of McSweeney’s, joined by contributors to the project, will give a presentation on the Panorama, discussing the thinking that went into it and what newspapers as a print medium still have to offer.

Introduced by Luis Jaramillo, associate chair, The Writing Program at the New School

Location: Tishman Auditorium, Alvin Johnson/J. M. Kaplan Hall, 66 West 12th Street

Admission: Free; no tickets or reservations required; seating is first-come first-served.

Holiday Greetings from the Illustration Program!

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Holiday greetings from the Parsons Illustration Program and to all a great break!!

Normal posting will resume on January 11th, 2010.
We’re looking forward to a new year full of
wonderful events, fantastic art, and exciting projects.
We hope you’ll all join us.

Cheers and peace,

Steven Guarnaccia & everyone in the Illustration Program

[Image credit: Parsons Illustration Adjunct & illustrator Andre da Loba]