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May 12, 2017

Tony Whitfield: (Self) Portraits: Two Meditations on the Queer Body at LGBT Center Paris-ÎdF

Tony Whitfield, Associate Professor of Art and Design Studies at Parsons ADHT, recently exhibited his work at the LGBT Center Paris-ÎdF in a show titled, Tony Whitfield:…

May 11, 2017

Hacking Warsaw’s Palace of Culture

  by Susan Yelavich, Director of the MA Design Studies program To all outward appearances, Warsaw’s Palace of Culture and Science would seem to be…

May 4, 2017

Sebastian Grant Completes MA HDCS’s First Curatorial Capstone Project

In the Spring 2017 semester, student Sebastian Grant completed the MA Program’s first Curatorial Capstone Project. Over the course of a year, Grant gained hands-on…

May 2, 2017

Interview with Shana Agid, Ph.D. – “Making Possibilities as We Go”

Shana Agid is an artist, teacher, writer, and activist whose work focuses on relationships of power and difference, particularly regarding sexuality, race, and gender in…

April 28, 2017

Course Spotlight – Issues in Graphic Design: Modernity, Identity and Meaning

The MA program in the History of Design and Curatorial Studies was proud to welcome renowned Graphic Design scholar and curator, Jeremy Aynsley, to teach…

April 21, 2017

Course Spotlight – Integrating Materials and Techniques: Metals, Sculptures & Woods in European Decorative Arts 1600-1850

In January 2017, the MA program in the History of Design and Curatorial Studies was glad to welcome scholar and Victoria and Albert curator Tessa…

April 20, 2017

April 22, 2017 Parsons Student Senate Gala

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April 19, 2017

2017 MA HDCS Graduate Student Symposium Now Available to Watch Online

  On April 7th and 8th, 2017, the Parsons/Cooper Hewitt MA program on the History of Design and Curatorial Studies held its Twenty-Sixth Annual Graduate…

April 13, 2017

Laura Auricchio to Sit on Panel Exploring US-France Cultural Encounters at the White House

ADHT Professor Laura Auricchio will be participating in the France in the White House Symposium, to be held May 4th in Washington, DC. The full-day…

April 7, 2017

Announcing Objective 3 and Digital Archive

The MA program in the History of Design and Curatorial Studies is proud to present the third issue of Objective, its annually published student journal. Debuting…

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