Tumblr, The Whitney & White Box Gallery: February 3, 2018
On a trip to White Box Gallery in the Lower East Side/Chinatown, the Senior Capstone Class met with gallery founder and director, Juan Puntes, to view the current exhibition, Jizi: […]
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Back to the Grind: Welcoming our new Sophomore Class of 2020! January 27, 2018
We are excited to welcome a new cohort of 24 students into our program, the new Sophomore Scholars! They started their Foundation classes with a joint class to get […]
Seniors Prep Portfolios + Juniors at Playtech: November 11, 2017
Senior Scholars One of the Senior’s biggest days was coming up. The next day was National Portfolio Day at the Javits Center and the seniors brought extraordinary works for their […]
Juniors at El Museo: Saturday November 4, 2017
Junior Scholars Today, the junior scholars had the opportunity to visit El Museo del Barrio. El Museo del Barrio is located Harlem and was made for the community to visit. […]
Juniors Prep for NPD + Seniors Artist Videos: Saturday October 28, 2017
Senior Scholars This week focused on writing. Candace introduced the work of Venus X, who is a Latina DJ from Harlem. In the video that was shown, she explains her […]
Juniors Performance Art and Seniors Financial Aid: Saturday October 21, 2017
Senior Scholars Today was a productive day for the seniors; right from the start they were already working on things they needed to do. The students were in the computer […]
Seniors Prep for National Portfolio Day: Saturday October 14, 2017
After a day off last week for the holidays, the seniors were back on their game with preparing themselves for the future. The class started off with the Advocates asking […]
Juniors Mind Mapping: Saturday October 7, 2017
Francisco and Sophia introduced the class to something called “mind mapping” which the juniors will soon write their own artist statements. Mind mapping allows you to organize your thoughts about […]
First Day of Academy: September 23, 2017
Senior Scholars As the Seniors start their last year as Scholars in the program, I started my first day as mentor. Before we got started with anything, Program Director Nadia […]
May 13, 2017
Juniors got to see the work that seniors do in their last semester. It is always inspirational to see the class above them complete a group project and create informational […]
Powrplnt Residency Opening | April 29, 2017
Students organized live performances from musicians and artists on the second day of their opening. Bringing the Parsons community and other students curating talented youth in the city.
Youth Mode | April 22, 2017
For the first day of their Powrplnt residency which they’ve titled Youth Mode, Parsons Scholars seniors presented their work as a gallery show. Students provided post-it notes to engage other […]
Open Studios, Financial Aid, and Powrplnt | April 15, 2017
Open Studios During Open Studios students were given the chance to showcase their work in the classrooms to family, staff and other visitors. They had the opportunity to speak to […]
Learning Portfolio Practice & Playtech | April 8, 2017
Practice Portfolio Presentations & PlayTech Each semester, Parsons gathers students and faculty projects from the Design and Technology program and invites youth to come play test them at an event […]
Artists Visit Juniors and Seniors College Zines | April 01, 2017
Juniors Today was meant to introduce scholars to more graphic and illustration artists as per their interests. Sharon Lee is a graffiti artist turned branding and graphic designer that uses […]
Spring 2017 Social Justice Teach-In
On March 18, the advocates and PSP staff led a social justice teach-in for sophomore and senior scholars and mentors. After lunch in the Social Justice Hub, we gathered for […]
Careers in the Arts Fair | March 18, 2017
Careers in the Arts Fair is an opportunity for scholars, and other students throughout NYC, to meet professional artists that are working in various fields of art and design. Presented […]
February 25, 2017
Sophomores Sophomores took a trip to the Bronx to hit two different spots! They were able to do two studio visits, AAA3A and The Bronx Art Space. AAA3A, is an alternative […]
February 18, 2017
Sophomores Sophomore scholars visited an exhibition at Parsons School of Design, State of Exception/Estado de Excepción. They then walked up to the Fashion Institute of Technology where they viewed the exhibition, […]
February 11, 2017
Sophomores Sophomore Scholars and their advocates visited the International Center for Photography. Juniors Follow lunch, juniors recapped their morning meeting, in which a representative from Arts Connection let them know […]
February 4, 2017
Our first Saturday in the Social Justice Hub as our new lunch space. We love being able to spread out while still sharing space together. Sophomores […]
Spring Pre-College Starts!
Saturday, January 28th, 2017 was the first day of the Spring Parsons Pre-College Academy. That day also marked the first day of the Parsons Scholars Program for the incoming sophomore […]
Saturday Jan 21 2017: OMG New Sophomores!
We are so lucky to be welcoming a new group of sophomores to the Parsons Scholars Program. This year as in every year, we have a cohort of 24 new […]
Saturday Jan 21 2017: Welcome to your last semester, Seniors!
Coming back from a well-deserved winter break, Saturday, the seniors had the opportunity to meet their capstone teacher. Salome Asega, a Brooklyn-based artist whose work has been showcased in many […]
October 15, 2016: Writing Workshop with Karla
This was the second day of writing workshops with Karla. Here she spent some one – on – one time which each student. She spoke with them regarding where they […]
Juniors plan an exhibition!
PSP Juniors collaborate on a planning an art exhibition.
October 22, 2016: Juniors go to the Cooper Hewitt
Juniors got off campus on Saturday October 29 to visit the Cooper Hewitt Museum.
November 19, 2016: Portfolio Redefined 2016
Through our partnership with a group of other organizations, called Art Future, the Parsons Scholars Program held an event called Portfolio Redefined on Saturday November 11. Our scholars were joined […]
October 29, 2016: Parent Financial Aid Day
Parents joined us on campus to discuss financial aid options, as the seniors prepare to start finish up their college application process in the fall of senior year.
October 22, 2016: Admissions Visit for Seniors
Tina from Admissions spent some time with the Scholars on October 22 going over Parsons’ requirements for application. There’s so much to know about the admissions process so it is […]
