Parsons Fine Arts

Parsons Fine Arts believes that artists perform an essential role in our society and offers an exciting immersion into the world of art, familiarizing students with the means, the context, and the interpretation of art through intensive instruction in the many techniques available to contemporary creators. The program creates a challenging and diverse learning environment for students to develop s

tudio-based practices and critical scholarship. The program embraces interdisciplinary approaches to making and analyzing visual work, and promotes a global understanding of the arts. Students are provided with individualized attention and develop their own individual voice and critical faculties through ongoing dialogue with a diverse faculty of arts professionals. The MFA course in Fine Arts offers an exciting, critically engaged, cross-disciplinary program for emerging artists. The curriculum is based on a combination of studio, theory and professional practices classes committed to expanding the formal, intellectual, and conceptual work of students working within and across a wide variety of media such as performance, sculpture, painting, drawing, photography, installation and video. The program encourages students to create, present, and interpret their work with the intellectual rigor and refined skill required to become professional artists. The international MFA Fine Arts faculty are celebrated members of the New York art community who exhibit and publish world-wide. The MFA Fine Arts student community is a proudly diverse group who hail from numerous backgrounds and cultures. The BFA program in Fine Arts exposes students to an array of studio practices, ideas, communities and global relationships. Our students learn to translate concepts into individual expression through composition, color, form, space and performance while developing a solid set of skills and contemporary artistic strategies. They embrace interdisciplinary approaches to thinking about visual culture and above all, they cultivate the intellectual, conceptual, and critical thinking skills required to successfully launch their careers as professional artists. Please visit finearts.parsons.edu or email Anthony Aziz [email protected] for more information. About Parsons The New School for Design
Parsons The New School for Design is one of the premier institutions for art and design education. Founded in 1896, is has served as a pioneer in the field for more than a century. Based in New York but active around the world, the school offers undergraduate and graduate programs in the full spectrum of design disciplines. Critical thinking and collaboration are at the heart of a Parsons education. Parsons offers rigorous training that allows for interdisciplinary collaboration across five thematic schools. An integral part of The New School, Parsons builds on the university’s legacy of progressive ideals, scholarship, and pedagogy. Parsons graduates are leaders in their respective fields, with a shared commitment to creatively and critically addressing the complexities of life in the 21st century.