Keyword Archives: cultural studies

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

Danielle Mastrangelo
MA History Of Decorative Arts And Design ’13

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Sonia Scarr
BFA Communication Design ’11

Sonia Scarr’s senior thesis project is an artistic call for action to reform the American food system. The work’s triptych… 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

Andrea Lipps, MA ’08

“Design is everywhere, helping us interface with the world,” says Andrea Lipps. “Objects particularly resonate for me, encapsulating progress, memory,… read more

Paolo Angostinelli
MFA Interior Design ’13

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Emily Sappington
BFA Integrated Design ’11

Parsons’ interior design programs stand apart in their emphasis on human behaviors and perceptions as considerations in the analysis of… 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

Afrofuturistic Explorations

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

New Faculty Hires

New faculty are bringing research and studio skills to campus. CHRISTOPHER CSIKSZENTMIHÁLYI, distinguished visiting professor of art and design research,… 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

Museum Pieces

The Parsons community lent its talents to Talk to Me: Design and the Communication between People and Objects, a recent… 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