Yujing Shi "The Veiled Master Bertoldo di Giovanni -- based on the Bronze relief, Battle"
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
Regina Castro Leal "Foodie Passport – A walk around the world"
Sasha Sautter "A peddler of glasses that can only see the truth"
Kevin Jimenez "The Shape of A Memory Just Before It Fades"
Changran Gao "Erden’s Dream — A Magical Encounter on the Grasslands."
Chaeyeon Ma "Korean Womanhood: From Self to Selves"
Alex Sanders "(Untitled) Portrait of Ernest Marquez Miller"
Sarah Abeykoon "Words that weren’t enough but never spoken"
Ellia Hamabuchi "Posters for Parsons School of Design"
Pilar Winslow-Gonzalez "The Woman From The Future"
Eva Vladimirov "Where did the constellations disappear to?"
Peri Dobrin "Alice the Bunny: a Self-Portrait Inspired by Jamie Wyeth"
Xinlinzi Wang "Wearable Installation- Lion Dancing"
Zefang Hu "‘Object and Community identity’ Volume"
Katerina Konstantinou "Me, Myself and I in my head"
Yuerou Lin "Dad’s flower withered, I am no longer a child"
Nafiza Shazia Aviedi "Color Study: St. Patrick’s Cathedral"
Betul Cakir "Modular Tea-Sharing Table: Bridging Cultures Through Ritual"
Karman Liang "Conversations in Color: Living Room Vignettes"
Niara Knox "The World Has No Love To Give You Brother"
Winston Clark "Well Now, No, No, Now, We Ought To Be Mad At The Government, I Mean, Yeah, Well, What, What Are You Gonna Do?"
Brooke Marsico "A Tribute to Claude Monet FT Mazzy Star"
Ziyu Ren "Bridge 4: Memory as Pattern and Prediction - The 52 Entrance Tickets For The Met Museum"
spotlights
Carnival Hybrids: A Cross-Cultural Design Collaboration
Earth Futures: Sustainable Systems Mid-Semester Symposium
First Year Workshop: Comic Making 101 with Josiah Callaway
A STITCH IN TIME: INTEGRATED SEWING WITH LESLEY WARE
FY Student Workshop: Live Media Processing with Isadora
Photo Documentation Workshop: Photograph your artwork in the best light
First Year Film Series: Dracula (1931) on 16mm film
news / events
Graduate Student Led Workshops for First Year students
Carnival Hybrids: A Cross-Cultural Design Collaboration
Earth Futures: Sustainable Systems Mid-Semester Symposium
First Year Workshop: Comic Making 101 with Josiah Callaway
social
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