
Fatima Makiya "LIVE SMART"
about first year courses
The curriculum is focused on various approaches to teaching and learning a range of art and design methods, theories, and practices. This includes a grounding in the liberal arts, and working across studio and seminar contexts, through reading, writing, and making. The First Year is the beginning of all Parsons majors, and prepares students to focus on their majors moving forward as well as envision paths beyond the confines of a single discipline. Visit the Parsons website for more information on curriculum, faculty, and news.
student work

Xinran Cheng "The Fantasy of the Temple of Heaven"

Virginia Alvares Affonso "Reimagining Women's Shelters"

Maite Santos Alcocer "Ugly Dolls: The Sustainable Line"

Angelina Li "How We See Nature: Singular Mastery Versus Shared Curiosity"

Christine Chang "Absence of History, Presence of Future"

Simon Jiang "Universal Customizable System / U.C.S."

Ran Zhang "One-Minute Book about Washington Square Park"

Abbey Bear "Home is Where You Make it and Take It"

Elle Hebert "Illustrated Animation for Wilma Vritra's "Shallow Grave""

Lia Skøien "“Borta Bra, Hemma Bäst” (Away is Good, Home is Best”"

Bella Lucio "Sonic Scream (1, 2, and 3) and Scream"

Grace Burroughs "How to Win a Game You've Already Lost"

Esme Munson "New York City’s Chinatown as Preservation of Identity: An Analysis of the Ethnic Enclave Model"

Adeliia Ishmuratova "Metamorphosis between elements and physical places"

Sabrina Gonzalez Beckmann "The Yin/Yang of Shape Relationships"

James Spitzenberger "Midnight, The Stars, And You"

Izzah Talib ""Night out at Opa Dubai - zorba dance & smashing plates""

Ka Yan Tam "IMAGE / TEXT Portrait/Self-Portrait, Peer to Peer assignment"

Mona Qin "Object Description Paper, Metropolitan Museum of Art"

Jadyce Wash "Nature’s Rags: Naturally Dyed Durags"

Sang Erin Park "Copy of Master Painting, Sun in an Empty Room"

Stella/Yu Zhang "I was listening to sutras on the afternoon of April 26th"

Anna Ka Wai Kwan "1. My Copy of the Master Painting ( Detail), Andrea del Sarto, Madonna of the Harpies, 1517, oil on panel. 2. I see you in my Dreams"

YEN-SHI CHEN "Aren’t we the victims of COVID-19 as well?"

Jolene Chen "Memories of the Entire Universe in Limited Space"

Haesung Cho "Apologize to children campaign image"

Se Hee Kim "Project 3: Free Topic - Elderly Poverty in South Korea"

Tiange Fang "Transformational Portable Tent Jacket"

Pete Santoro "Flashes of my Life, In Connecticut."

Leo Qian "Ukiyo-e: The Intersection of Art and Fashion"

Maddy Mario "Natural Developers: A more sustainable way to process my analogue work"

Jung Yun Doh "The Objects they Keep: Journey on my Bike"

Aaliyah White "Erasing Distance Collage / Tarot Cards"

Pedro Bernstein "Magician archetype merged self-portrait"

Samantha Shanman "First image: N/A / Second image: Village Well"

Stephanie Chang ""Can I take a break from weight losing?""

Xinwei (Clara) Zhang "Armor Elements on Women’s Wear"

Sanya Malik "Autobiography of a Still Life : The Evolution of Giving Gifts"
spotlights

Group exhibition featuring several First Year faculty opens!

Parsons First Year Integrative Seminar students visit Nohra Haime Gallery

Conquer your Finals by taking a PARSONS MAKES! workshop!

First Year Student Workshop: Printmaking Off the Press

Faculty Workshop: Creative and Effective Assignments for Objects as History (A Time to Share)

First Year Student Workshop: Blob intelligence - Collaborating with Slime Molds in Art & Design

First Year Student Workshop: Melting Creative Blocks and Creativity Boost Experiential Workshop

First Year Elective: PUFY 1303: Goal-Setting and Professional Skills!

First Year Student Workshop: The Sketchbook as a Powerful Tool

First Year Student Workshop: The Organic Indigo Vat: Making, Tending and Dyeing

First Year Student Workshop: Applying Social Science Research Methods to Design Projects!

First Year Student Workshop: Dyeing with Regional Plants!

First Year students' Time course Virtual Exhibition
news / events

Group exhibition featuring several First Year faculty opens!

Parsons First Year Integrative Seminar students visit Nohra Haime Gallery

Conquer your Finals by taking a PARSONS MAKES! workshop!

First Year Student Workshop: Printmaking Off the Press

Faculty Workshop: Creative and Effective Assignments for Objects as History (A Time to Share)

First Year Student Workshop: Intro to Adobe Audition

First Year Student Workshop: The Weird and Wild World of NFTs

First Year Student Workshop: Blob intelligence - Collaborating with Slime Molds in Art & Design

First Year Student Workshop: Melting Creative Blocks and Creativity Boost Experiential Workshop
social
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