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Parsons Launchs Two Artist Lecture Series

Date: 10/5/2009 by Public Relations

This week, the School of Art, Media, and Technology (AMT) at Parsons will present lectures by prominent artists as part of their two recently launched lecture series.

Symposium To Launch Intermedia Initiative

Date: 9/28/2009 by Public Relations

The School of Art, Media and Technology at Parsons will hold a symposium on October 3 titled, Human Rights and Human Wrongs: Performance and Politics in Guatemala.

Parsons Participates in Arch Schools Exhibit

Date: 9/21/2009 by Public Relations

The Master of Architecture Program at the School of Constructed Environments at Parsons is participating in The AIA New York Chapter’s fifth annual exhibition of exemplary student work, Arch Schools: Visions of the Future. “Visions of the Future.”

Parsons and Louis Vuitton Present Reconstruction

Date: 9/14/2009 by Public Relations

On September 17, Parsons School of Fashion will collaborate with Louis Vuitton for a live competition uniting music and fashion.

New Book on Adélaïde Labille-Guiard

Date: 9/14/2009 by Public Relations

Laura Auricchio, Parsons assistant professor of Art and History, will launch her first book, Adélaïde Labille-Guiard: Artist in the Age of Revolution

Parsons Collaborates with Cesare Paciotti

Date: 9/7/2009 by Public Relations

On September 10, as part of Fashion's Night Out, Cesare Paciotti, the legendary shoe and accessory designer, will debut its first collaboration with Parsons The New School for Design, a shoe designed by recent graduate Kwame Brako through a competition held this past spring

Parsons Illustration Presents Pop Culture Panel

Date: 9/7/2009 

On September 17, the Illustration program of Parsons the New School for Design will present a panel discussion titled, "From Adaptation To Mutation: Contemporary Narrative Artists Remix Popular Cultures.”

New Dean School of Design Strategies Appointed

Date: 8/31/2009 by Public Relations

Parsons has appointed Miodrag Mitrasinovic as Dean of the School of Design Strategies.

New Director For Sheila C. Johnson Design Center

Date: 8/31/2009 by Public Relations

Parsons recently appointed New York-based curator and writer Radhika Subramaniam director and chief curator of the Sheila C. Johnson Design Center.

Parsons Alumna Creates New Business

Date: 8/24/2009 by Public Relations

Parsons graduate Amelia Cunard is in the process of launching Re-Fab, an innovative company that focuses on the local and sustainable manuracturing of furniture.

Professor the focus of a new documentary

Date: 8/10/2009 by Public Relations

Andy Bichlbaum, assistant professor in Subversion at Parsons, is the focus of a new documentary, The Yes Men Fix The World, which premiered on HBO on July 27.

Parsons Alumnus Speaks at TEDGlobal

Date: 8/10/2009 by Publuc Relations

Parsons MA Design & Technology alumnus, Manuel Lima spoke at TED’s (Technology, Entertainment, Design) annual TEDGlobal conference in Oxford, UK from July 21-24.

New School Alumni Receive Fulbright Awards

Date: 7/27/2009 by Public Relations

Caitlin Benedetto (2009), a BAFA Lang / Parsons alumnus, and Alexandra Mendez-Diez (2006) and Sunera Taikaram (2008), both New School for General Studies alumnus, have all been awarded Fulbright U.S. Student Scholarships.

Parsons Glitters at Swarovski

Date: 7/27/2009 by Public Relations

Members of Parson’s 2009 senior class were given the opportunity to work with Swarovski Crystals ingredient brand, Crystallized-Swarovski Elements, in a costume competition in which they were to create their sparkling version of monarchs in history.

Guarnaccia Puts Modern Twist on Old Classic

Date: 7/27/2009 by Public Relations

Steven Guarnaccia, an internationally renowned illustrator and chair of Parsons BFA Illustration program, has taken the classic tale of The Three Little Pigs and given it an architecturally inspired, modern twist in a new children's book published this summer.

Fine Arts Faculty Edits New Book on Tworkov

Date: 7/13/2009 by Public Relations

Parsons fine arts faculty member Mira Schor edited the recently published book The Extreme of the Middle: Writings of Jack Tworkov.

Parsons Designers Shine at the 2009 CFDA Award

Date: 6/29/2009 by Public Relations

Parsons triumphed at the 2009 Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) Awards, which took place Monday, June 15, at Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center.

Collins a Most Creative Person in Business

Date: 6/29/2009 by Public Relations

Simon Collins, dean of Fashion at Parsons The New School for Design, has been named one of Fast Company Magazines 100 Most Creative People in Business for 2009.

PETLab’s Budgetball Hits Capitol Hill

Date: 6/29/2009 by Public Relations

The Washington Mall became a playing field as eight teams recently competed in the first Budgetball championship.

William Morrish Appointed Dean

Date: 6/15/2009 by Public Relations

Parsons The New School for Design has appointed William Morrish Dean of the School of Constructed Environments, for a term beginning July 1, 2009

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