History of Design and Curatorial Studies

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Design and Mobility: The Twenty-Second Annual Parsons/Cooper Hewitt

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Design and Mobility: The Twenty-Second Annual Parsons/Cooper-Hewitt Graduate Student Symposium on the Decorative Arts and Design Sponsored by: The MA Program in the History of…

The Feminine Mystique: MA Decorative Arts and Design alumnae curate upcoming exhibit

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MA Decorative Arts and Design alumnae Natalie Balthrop and Deborah Engel have teamed up to curate the upcoming exhibit, The Feminine Mystique. This exhibit is…

Fashion Curation Class Exhibition: Designing the Second Skin: Giorgio di Sant’Angelo 1971-1991

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On Tuesday, December 4, the opening reception for Designing the Second Skin: Giorgio di Sant’Angelo 1971-1991 will be held from 6 to 8 PM at…

Cooper-Hewitt/Parsons MA History of Decorative Arts and Design Graduate Open House

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Wednesday, November 28, 2012, 6:00 p.m. Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum (entrance at 9 East 90th St.) The next generation of decorative arts and design historians,…

Cooper-Hewitt/Parsons MA History of Decorative Arts and Design Graduate Open House

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Tuesday, November 6, 2012, 6:15 p.m. Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum (entrance at 9 East 90th St.) The next generation of decorative arts and design historians,…

Fashionability and Automobility: The Women of General Motors Styling Section, 1950s

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Damsels in Design Presents “Fashionability and Automobility:  The Women of General Motors Styling Section, 1950s” a lecture by Wendi Parson February 16, 6:30-8:00 6 East…

First Call for Papers — Graduate Student Symposium on the Decorative Arts & Design

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Themed “stuff,” this year’s History of Decorative Arts and Design symposium will be held at the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum on April 28-29. This is…

Out of the Trenches and into Vogue: ‘Unbelting’ the Trench Coat

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MARILYN COHEN, Lecturer, MA Program in the Decorative Arts, School of Art and Design History and Theory/Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum Marilyn Cohen’s talk will examine…

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Offered jointly with the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, in New York, the History of Design and Curatorial Studies program leads to a master of arts degree. Graduates go on to careers as historians, curators, and scholars in museums, universities, historic houses, auction houses, and galleries.

Visit the main Parsons site for more information about the MA in History of Design and Curatorial Studies.