Keyword Archives: art criticism

A Good Showing: Parsons Festival

Campus visitors last May were met with bright yellow decals and posters beckoning them to the inaugural Parsons Festival. The… read more

Rachel Lehrer
MFA Transdisciplinary Design ’12

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Lisa Gonzalez
BFA Photography ’11

Lisa Gonzalez’s photographs illuminate problematic aspects of American suburbia. The immaculate exteriors and perfect geometries of suburban homes hint at… read more

National Treasures

Work by NINA CHANEL ABNEY, MFA FINE ARTS ’07, is part of 30 Americans, an exhibition on view at the… read more

Visitors On Campus

Recent speakers on campus included designer MASSIMO VIGNELLI; artists LAWRENCE MALSTAF, LUIS CAMNITZER, JOHN EWING, CHRISTOPHER ROBBINS; designer MARTIN KALTENBRUNNER;… read more

Hearst Scholars

The 2010–2011 Hearst Scholarship recipients included first-place winners CLAUDIA SENIOR, BFA ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN, and LUCIA CUBA OROZA, MFA FASHION DESIGN… read more

Afrofuturistic Explorations

Intermedia Initiatives, directed by COCO FUSCO of Parsons’ School of Art, Media, and Technology (AMT), received a grant from the… read more

Exhibitions At Parsons

Parsons’ Sheila C. Johnson Design Center presented (RE)COLLECTION (June 16–Sept. 7), an exhibition for which curators SILVIA ROCCIOLO, ERIK STARK,… read more

Odd Fellows

Parsons’ urban programs hosted events at ART IN ODD PLACES 2011: RITUAL, an annual festival of urban public art in… read more

Black Studies in Art & Design Ed

Last spring, Parsons presented the first international conference assessing the state of Black culture in art and design education. Organized… read more