History of Design and Curatorial Studies

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Students Respond to MoMA’s Design and Violence Site

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Violence and Virtue: Artemisia Gentileschi’s “Judith Slaying Holofernes” Uffizi Gallery, Florence Inspired by the Museum of Modern Art’s experimental web exhibition Design and Violence, students in…

2013 Graduate Symposium: Uncovering Realities, Cracking Facades: Design and Self

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The School of Art and Design History and Theory is proud to present it’s 2013 student organized Graduate Symposium. Titled Uncovering Realities, Cracking Facades: Design and…

Master’s Theses of the Graduating Classes of 2013

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 It is with great pleasure that I invite you to read about these four theses completed in the MA Program in the History of Decorative…

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…

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…

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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.