Join a Virtual Tour, Exciting Online Programming or Sign up for Online Courses at The New School
As we all practice necessary social distancing, The New School has many activities, events, and courses for you to join online.
Tour Our Site-Specific Artwork
Take a virtual tour of our artwork on the New School Art Collection website, which features some of the earliest commissions by José Clemente Orozco and Thomas Hart Benton, to more recent works by Kara Walker, Agnes Denes, and Andrea Geyer. Site-specific artwork has been a prominent feature on The New School’s campus since the first pieces were created in 1930. Since then, murals, sculptures, neon, mosaics, photo portraits and more have been commissioned to celebrate the university’s commitment to learning through aesthetic experimentation and creative practice.
Compelling Public Programming Moves Online
Integrated Design Lecture Series
Wednesdays, April 1 – May 6, 2020, 3:00 pm (EDT)
Presented by BFA Integrated Design Program at Parsons School of Design
Zoom into the Parsons BFA Integrated Design Program’s weekly lecture series to hear from designers who work in various design, media, and art disciplines.
- April 1: Grace Jun, Assistant Professor of Fashion at The New School, Parsons School of Design
- April 8: Ariel Kennan, Director of Civic Innovation at Sidewalk Labs
- April 15: Natalie Sims, Multidisciplinary Designer and Creative Director
- April 22: Andre Andree, Director
- April 29: Jessica Corr, Product Designer, founding member of Research Education Art+Design Lab in the School of Design Strategies
- May 6: Tiago Valente, Creative Director, Designer, and Multidisciplinary Artist
Register: Parsons BFA Integrated Design Lecture Series
Immigration Short-Takes: Mobility in the Time of COVID-19
Friday, April 3 and Tuesday, April 14, 2020, 1:00 – 1:30 pm (EDT)
Presented by the Zolberg Institute on Migration and Mobility
Join the Zolberg Institute for an online series of short discussions with scholars and activists on the nexus of migration-related issues and COVID-19.
- April 3: The end of asylum? The new COVID-19 Border Rules with Alex Aleinikoff, Director of the Zolberg Institute, and Yael Schacher, Senior U.S. advocate at Refugees International
Register: The end of asylum?
- April 14: The 1918 Pandemic and US Immigration Policy with Alex Aleinikoff, Director of the Zolberg Institute, and Alan Kraut, University Professor of History and International Service at American University
Register: The 1918 Pandemic and US Immigration Policy
Life on the Other Border: Farmworkers and Food Justice in Vermont
Tuesday, April 7, 2020, 4:00 – 6:00 pm (EDT)
Presented by the Food Studies program at the Schools of Public Engagement
Listen to Teresa Mares, Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Vermont, as she shares her research on food access for Latinx farmworkers in Vermont. Mares argues for the necessity of community-based applied research and sheds a light on a border region that is often misunderstood and under examined.
Register: Life on the Other Border
Panel: “Why can’t they just learn English?”
Wednesday, April 15, 2020, 6:00 pm (EDT)
Presented by the Master’s in TESOL program at the Schools of Public Engagement
English has become the language that is now dominating many social, economic, political, military, and cultural arenas. Panelists will discuss the increasing pressure to learn English for material success, the decreasing need for monolingual English speakers to learn other languages, and how this affects social justice for speakers of all languages.
Moderator:
Leo Schmitt, Assistant Professor of English Language Studies in the Master’s in TESOL program
Panelists:
• Kim Edmunds is the Curriculum Specialist for the Tools for Clear Speech program at Baruch College, CUNY. She holds an MA in TESOL, and her interests include pronunciation and grammar pedagogy, the ethics of listening in multilingual contexts, and the applications of descriptive linguistics principles in grammar teaching.
• JPB Gerald is a doctoral student at CUNY – Hunter College. His research focuses on the intersection of racial and linguistic discrimination, particularly the construction of whiteness among educators.
• Yanire Montañez is a graduate student in the Master’s TESOL program at The New School and holds a MSEd in early childhood. She has spent the last 27 years in youth development and currently provides ESL services to children in K-1.
Register: Why can’t they just learn English?
Book Talk: Food Fight!
Tuesday, April 28, 2020, 4:00 – 6:00 pm (EDT)
Presented by the Food Studies program at The New School
Join Paloma Martinez-Cruz, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Latinx and Latin American Cultural Studies at The Ohio State University, for a discussion of her new book, “Food Fight! Millennial Mestizaje Meets the Culinary Marketplace.” From the “Mexican” restaurants geared towards Anglo customers to the high-end Latin-inspired eateries led by Anglo chefs who “discovered” the cuisine, Martinez-Cruz explores the social inequalities impacting U.S. and mestizo food chains. Her work attempts to discern the difference between the fight for ethical eating and the fads and fanfare around products and services that obstruct the pathway to more equitable, healthful and sustainable options.
Register: Food Fight!
Register for Online Courses
The New School continuing education and professional development courses are available online. Taught by industry-leading professionals, these classes give you the flexibility and convenience of learning from home. Whether you’re pursuing a higher level of education or simply curious, we invite you to discover innovative and relevant programs to fuel your passions and enhance your knowledge and skills.
The following programs will hold classes beginning in April. More online courses are available this summer. View upcoming summer courses and register online, beginning April 14.
Films of Ava DuVernay
April 06 – May 10, 2020
This five-week class explores the celebrated work of American director Ava DuVernay, as part of the one-credit auteur series of courses exploring race, class, gender and sexuality in the Melodrama genre. Ava DuVernay’s body of work seeks to interrogate American society and history through lenses of race, class and gender by crafting highly stylized pieces and stirring storylines that center Black women’s narratives, experiences and subjectivities. Films/works looked at in this course may include: “Selma”, “I Will Follow”, “Middle of Nowhere”, “13th” and episodes of “Queen Sugar.”
Register: Films of Ava DuVernay
Social Media Marketing
April 06 – May 10, 2020
Tap into the enormous potential of social media to effectively elevate your brand and business. This class covers the essentials — from mapping your strategy, choosing your channels, and crafting viral content to monitoring, measuring, and responding to user activity for best performance. Gain immediate actionable insights and set goals that will have you powering through your core KPIs. By the end of this course, you’ll have a solid trove of tips and tools with which to implement your vision and drive results.
Register: Social Media Marketing
Digital Marketing Campaigns
April 06 – May 10
Create your real-time digital marketing campaign and take it live. In this course, we will dive into the progression of a marketing plan from brief, to channel selection, to projection of ROI, and apply this expertise to your selected brand and business. We will analyze potential simulations of outcomes and optimization strategies to get you ready to launch your campaign. Students that have completed a significant portion of courses in the Digital Marketing Certificate program will benefit most from this course.
Register: Digital Marketing Campaigns
For students interested in the full Digital Marketing five-course offering, please visit the Digital Marketing Certificate program website.
More online courses are available this summer. View upcoming summer courses and register online, beginning April 14.