With barely enough time to even frame their diplomas, four 2013 alumni are jumping headfirst into the waters of professional theater this summer. Inaugurating a collaboration with the Naked Angels, each newly minted New School for Drama playwright will present a first public reading of one of their works during a bi-monthly program, “Summer Mondays.” [...]
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This year’s installment of “The New Show: Works in Progress,” an exhibition of art and other creative research by university employees, opens Thursday, June 13, with an opening reception at 5:00 p.m., in the Parsons 25 East Gallery, 25 East 13th Street, 5th floor. Over 30 works will be included from offices and divisions across [...]
In two weeks, participants from more than 25 countries will arrive at The New School for a very different kind of conference. The 12th annual conference on Interaction Design and Children (IDC 2013), held from June 23 to 27, is neither focused only on innovative youth education nor solely on interactive media—it’s a bit of [...]
Graduation has come and gone, and for better or worse, semester finals and classes are finished. Now nothing lies before us except the sweet release of summer fun. But that doesn’t mean we New Schoolers will be sleeping through the next three months (especially those of use who are taking summer classes). Check out what [...]
“Have you all got your elevator pitch together?” Simon Collins, Dean of the School of Fashion at Parsons The New School for Design, was speaking to a group of about a dozen students on the eve of the annual Parsons Fashion Benefit. They stood in a darkened auditorium surrounded by mannequins, each next to a [...]
On Thursday, May 22, nearly 1,000 luminaries from the worlds of fashion and media descended upon Pier 60, Chelsea Piers, for one of the highlights of the Parsons calendar. The occasion was the Parsons Fashion Benefit, the 65th annual celebration of the work of our students, the accomplishments of our alumni and other fashion industry [...]
