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Parsons School of Design

Parsons School of Design
Former names
  • Chase School (1896–1898)
  • New York School of Art (1898–1909)
  • New York School of Fine and Applied Art (1909–1941)
  • Parsons The New School for Design (2005–2015)[1]
TypePrivate Art and Design School
Established1896 (1896)[1]
Parent institution
The New School
AccreditationAICAD[2]
NASAD[2]
NYSED[2]
MSCHE[2]
NAAB[3]
DeanYvonne Watson
Academic staff
1,400[4]
Students5,755[4]
Undergraduates4,604[4]
Postgraduates1,151[4]
Location
New York
,
United States

40°44′07″N 73°59′39″W / 40.73528°N 73.99417°W / 40.73528; -73.99417
CampusUrban
ColorsWhite, Black, Parsons Red[5]
     
AffiliationsCooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
MascotGnarls the Narwhal[6]
Websitenewschool.edu/parsons

Parsons School of Design, known colloquially as Parsons, is a private art and design college located in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of New York City. Founded in 1896 after a group of progressive artists broke away from established Manhattan art academies in protest of limited creative autonomy, Parsons is one of the oldest schools of art and design in New York.[1]

Parsons was the first school to offer programs in fashion design, interior design, advertising, graphic design, transdisciplinary design, and lighting design.[1][7] Parsons became the first American school to found a satellite school abroad when it established the Paris Ateliers in 1921.[8] It remains the first and only private art and design school to affiliate with a private national research university, in 1970 when it became one of the divisions of The New School.[9] Organized in five departments, the school offers undergraduate and graduate programs in a range of disciplines in art and design with students also able to combine additional classes and majors in other colleges of The New School.[10]

  1. ^ a b c d "Parsons History". The New School. September 19, 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d "Accreditation | Parsons School of Design". www.newschool.edu.
  3. ^ "Program Detail Parsons School of Design". www.newschool.edu.
  4. ^ a b c d "Enrollment Data". The New School. September 19, 2022.
  5. ^ The New School Brand Guidelines https://drive.google.com/file/d/1R7FzX1QRfaKZnilr-MMP0WCAwGDGxl2Q/view?usp=sharing [bare URL PDF]
  6. ^ "Where is Gnarls the Narwhal | Student Leadership". www.newschool.edu.
  7. ^ Tischler, Linda. "Parsons Launches Transdisciplinary Design Program. Whatever That Is". Fast Company.
  8. ^ D. D. GUTTENPLAN (November 11, 2012). "Parsons to Re-Open Campus in Paris". The New York Times.
  9. ^ "A Short Visit: Parsons, The New School for Design" (PDF). Educated Quest. Retrieved 2022-09-20.
  10. ^ "Academics". The New School. September 20, 2022.

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