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first year courses
drawing / imaging
integrative studio / seminar 1
integrative studio / seminar 2
objects as history
space / materiality
sustainable systems
time
electives
intro to political economy
(BBA only)
quantitative reasoning 1
(BBA only)
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Faculty Spotlight
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Group exhibition featuring several First Year faculty opens!
Integrative Studio / Seminar 2
Student Spotlight
ONE BY ONE BY ONE
Advising Spotlight
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Be People to People "Courteney Rae Palis, First Year Advisor, Myth Buster"
Integrative Studio / Seminar 2
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Parsons First Year Integrative Seminar students visit Nohra Haime Gallery
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Open Figure Drawing – Continued!
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End of semester PARSONS MAKES workshops!
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Conquer your Finals by taking a PARSONS MAKES! workshop!
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Space / Materiality
Parsons MAKES is back with more workshops!
Drawing / Imaging
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Student Open Figure Drawing
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First Year Student Workshop: Printmaking Off the Press
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New PARSONS MAKES WORKSHOPS!
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Objects as History
Faculty Workshop: Creative and Effective Assignments for Objects as History (A Time to Share)
Faculty Spotlight
Time
Chavón Tiempo: Models for Intensive Learning "Interview with First Year faculty Gigi Polo"
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Meet Your Major 2022 Events
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PARSONS MAKES Workshops
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First Year Student Workshop: Blob intelligence – Collaborating with Slime Molds in Art & Design
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First Year Student Workshop: Melting Creative Blocks and Creativity Boost Experiential Workshop
Elective
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First Year Elective: PUFY 1303: Goal-Setting and Professional Skills!
Drawing / Imaging
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Drawing and Imaging Sketchbook Competition
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First Year Student Workshop: The Sketchbook as a Powerful Tool
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First Year Student Workshop: Embodied Design
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First Year Student Workshop: The Organic Indigo Vat: Making, Tending and Dyeing
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First Year Student Workshop: Applying Social Science Research Methods to Design Projects!
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First Year Student Workshop: Dyeing with Regional Plants!
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Choose Your Major Panel – coming up!
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Time
First Year students’ Time course Virtual Exhibition
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First Year Community Day, Monday April 19th!
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Time
First Year Workshop: Punk Rock Pastels and Paint "Empowering techniques for greater creative expression"
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First Year Workshop: Sashiko Mending and Improvisational Stitching
Faculty Spotlight
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Exhibition of First Year faculty Emily Barnett’s Protest Series paintings
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Sustainable Systems
First Year Student Workshop: Dyeing with Regional Plants
Faculty Spotlight
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First Year faculty Audra Wolowiec’s recent video work for Dia:Beacon!
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First Year Student Workshops – Friday, March 26th!
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Meet Your Major 2021! "Tuesday, February 16 EST"
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First Year Virtual Open Studios Hub!
Drawing / Imaging
Faculty Spotlight
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First Year faculty Sonya Sklaroff interview in ALL ARTS
Integrative Studio / Seminar 1
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Tiananmen Square Fact Book and Virtual Exhibition
Integrative Studio / Seminar 1
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The New School Through 100 Archival Objects
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Student Spotlight
Student Celeste Haselrig selected for Gucci’s North America Changemakers Scholarship Award
Faculty Spotlight
Integrative Studio / Seminar 1
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Parsons First Year faculty Sara Jimenez receives 2020 Canadian Women Artists’ Award
Faculty Spotlight
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First Year Faculty Interview featured in Sound American
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Integrative Studio / Seminar 1
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Parsons First Year Summer Art Challenge #3
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Time
Parsons First Year Summer Art Challenge #2
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Space / Materiality
Parsons First Year Summer Art Challenge 2020
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First Year Summer Socials!
Faculty Spotlight
Space / Materiality
Taking Space and Materiality Online "Conversation with Christian Nguyen"
Elective
Faculty Spotlight
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Transitions to Online Learning: Christian Nguyen "Conversations with Parsons First Year Faculty"
Faculty Spotlight
Integrative Studio / Seminar 2
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Transitions to Online Learning: Tamar Samir "Conversations with Parsons First Year Faculty"
Integrative Studio / Seminar 1
Space / Materiality
Student Spotlight
Kite-making (and flying!) in Space and Materiality
Faculty Spotlight
Space / Materiality
Sustainable Systems
Martina Kohler, Associate Director of First Year
Drawing / Imaging
Elective
Faculty Spotlight
Alaiyo Bradshaw, Associate Director of First Year
Faculty Spotlight
Integrative Studio / Seminar 1
Integrative Studio / Seminar 2
Jess Irish, Coordinator for Integrative Studio
Drawing / Imaging
Faculty Spotlight
Todd Lambrix, Coordinator for Drawing and Imaging
Faculty Spotlight
Time
Colin Stearns, Coordinator for Time
Student Spotlight
Kaitlyn Zhang: A Week in the Life of a Parsons First Year student
Faculty Spotlight
Anette Millington, Director of First Year
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