
Leila-Anaïs Pyrczak "Memories 1+2+3"
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

Diana Iskandarova "Trains, Longing, and Admiration"

Morgan Adams "Object and Community Identity: Wooden Najeonchilgi"

Rae Johnsen "Moral Standards in Paolo Veronese’s “The Choice between Virtue and Vice” and “Wisdom and Strength”"

Julie Su "24 hour performance : My Heartbeat Waltz"

Jiajie Lyu "Object and Community/cultural identity"

Ivy Chen "Combining modern architecture on the basis of ancient Chinese architecture"

Fitriyanda Priyatna "Inhabitable Space Concept Model - Beach Shelter"

Christina Costanzo "Roots of Arranged Marriage: Patriarchal Bondage, Fetish, & The Cage of Eroticism"

Alejandro Ramdahin "Interior Space; Reitveld-Shroder House Project"

Ainoa Cerdeira Gonzalez "Be Ashamed of Body-Shame"

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"
spotlights

First Year Student Workshop: Drawing on the Sewing Machine

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
news / events

First Year Student Workshop: Intro to Block Printing with Pigments

First Year Student Workshop: Sketchbook Competition

First Year Student Workshop: Drawing on the Sewing Machine

First Year Student Workshop: Boxes, Buildings, Urban Grids | Linear Perspective Explained

First Year Student Workshop: Intro to Plaster Casting & Alginate Molds

First Year Student Workshop: Making Patterns for Sewing & Construction

Parsons First Year Student Workshop: Intro to Orthographic Drawing
Parsons First Year Student Workshop: Figure Drawing

First Year Student Workshop: Intro to Woodworking | A Simple Wooden Box
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