Parsons The New School for Design
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| Established: | 1896 |
| Type: | Private |
| Dean: | Joel Towers (Interim) |
| Undergraduates: | 3,800 |
| Postgraduates: | 400 |
| Location: | New York City, USA |
| Campus: | Urban |
| Affiliations: | The New School |
| Website: | www.parsons.edu |
Parsons The New School for Design (abbreviated Parsons), is a highly acclaimed art and design school founded in 1896 (see below). Parsons is widely regarded to be one of the world's most prestigious art and design institutions. It is also a very prominient and esteemed fashion school, producing legendary designers like Marc Jacobs and Isaac Mizrahi. Parsons has been affiliated since the year 1970 with The New School, formerly known as New School University. Parsons is a member of the Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design (AICAD), a consortium of thirty-six leading art schools in the United States.[1] The main Parsons campus is located in Greenwich Village, New York City; its well-known Fashion department is located prominently in the heart of the city's Garment District in Midtown.
Parsons has approximately 3,800 undergraduates and more than 400 graduate students enrolled. The School also offers continuing education courses and certificate programs, as well as weekend and summer pre-college programs for high school students.
Parsons has academic exchanges with a number of institutions around the world, including affiliated schools in Paris and the Dominican Republic.[2]
There are 127 full-time faculty members and 1056 part-time faculty members, many of whom are successful working artists and designers in New York City. Faculty members and visiting critics include architect Brian Lewis, and artist Brian Tolle.
Parsons is the setting for the Lifetime, previously Bravo, reality television program Project Runway. Tim Gunn, former Chair of Fashion Design at Parsons, serves as the mentor to the designers on the program.
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[edit] History
Founded as the Chase School in 1896 by impressionist painter William Merritt Chase, it changed its name in 1898 to the New York School of Art.
Frank Alvah Parsons joined the faculty in 1904. He became an administrator in 1907, and worked to broaden the curriculum, opening the first programs in interior design, graphic design, and advertising in the United States. In 1909, the school was renamed the New York School of Fine and Applied Art to reflect these offerings. Parsons became sole director in 1911, a position which he maintained to his death in 1930.
William Odom, who established the school's Paris Ateliers in 1921, succeeded Parsons as president. In honor of Parsons, who was important in steering the school's development and in shaping visual-arts education through his theories about linking art and industry throughout the world, the institution became Parsons School of Design in 1936.
In 1970, the school was incorporated into New School for Social Research. In 2005, when the parent institution was renamed The New School, Parsons School of Design was renamed Parsons The New School for Design.[3]
[edit] Programs
Parsons offers twenty-five different programs each housed in one of five Schools:[4]
- School of Art and Design History and Theory
- School of Art, Media, and Technology
- School of Constructed Environments
- School of Design Strategies: cities, services, ecosystems
- School of Fashion
[edit] Notable alumni and attendees
Parsons has been the home to notable artists and designers around the world. Among the best known alumni are Anna Sui, Donna Karan, Jason Wu, Marc Jacobs, Proenza Schouler, Steven Meisel, Carmen Marc Valvo and Tom Ford.
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[edit] External links
- Parsons The New School for Design
- The New School
- Parsons Community Portal
- Parsons Paris
- Altos de Chavón School of Design
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