
Skye Wilson "Material Matters"
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

Eliza Mayberry "gentrification can no longer silence me"

Vrinda Gupta "How to Get Rights: An Ultimate Guide for Plants"

Ana Grynberg "Personal Exoskeleton- Using linear materials"

Jiazhen Luo "From Flame to Ash: An Anorexic's Descent"

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""
spotlights

Integrative Studio class visit to Salmagundi Club!

Getting to know our First Year staff: Mikayla Makle

Sustainable Systems faculty Eric Romeo presents film during Earth Month Events

First Year Student Workshop: Puppets: An Intro to Kinetic Sculpture

First Year Student Workshop: Wall-Hanging Tapestry Weaving

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

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
news / events

Integrative Studio class visit to Salmagundi Club!

FY Student Workshop: How to use and customize your Learning Portfolio!

First Year Integrative Seminar 2 students visit "Kimono Style" at the Met

Getting to know our First Year staff: Mikayla Makle

First Year Student Workshop: Illusions of Space, Perspective Drawing

Sustainable Systems faculty Eric Romeo presents film during Earth Month Events

First Year Student Workshop: Banana Symphony: Captivating Touch Sensing for Physical / Digital Interaction

First Year Student Workshop: Puppets: An Intro to Kinetic Sculpture

First Year Student Workshop: Wall-Hanging Tapestry Weaving

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

First Year Student Workshop: Character Creation 101
social
Parsons School of Design has offered students innovative approaches to education since its founding in 1896. Today we’re the only American art and design school within a comprehensive university, The New School, which also houses a rigorous liberal arts college and a progressive performing arts school. Our undergraduate and graduate programs, offered through Parsons’ five schools, immerse students in focused training, interdisciplinary inquiry, and practice-based collaborative learning. Here creators and scholars master established art and design fields and advance emerging ones while studying a range of university disciplines.
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