parsons presents visionary work of mfa photography students

IN AN ECHO features photographs, computer-generated imaging, 3D imaging and printing, video, and installation pieces

On view at The Sheila C. Johnson Design Center's Arnold and Sheila Aronson Galleries, 66 Fifth Avenue, The New School

Opening Reception: Wednesday, August 24, 7 p.m.
On View: Monday, August 8 through Wednesday, September 7

"Crotch Book" by MFA Photography student Elizabeth Wentling Harnarine is on view in In An Echo at the Sheila C. Johnson Design Center.

NEW YORK, August 1, 2016 — Parsons School of Design at The New School presents IN AN ECHO, an exhibition of thesis work from its MFA Photography program at the Sheila C. Johnson Design Center. Works include photographs, computer-generated imaging, 3D imaging and printing, video, and installation pieces.

The exhibition features thesis work by Elizabeth Harnarine, Fernanda Kock, Alex Kwok, Kyle Meyer, Cecilia Mezulic, Varvara Mikushkina, CHR!S REEL, Zhongjia Sun, and Mengya Xiao.

Under the direction of James Ramer, the studio-based Parsons MFA Photography program brings visionary students together with influential photographers and faculty members Arthur Ou, Craig Kalpakjian, Jeanine Oleson, Laura Parnes, and Miranda Lichtenstein, among others. Students are encouraged to develop their individual vision in a collaborative, interdisciplinary environment and to explore related technologies, focusing on the relationship between concept and production.

"The works in the show represent a diversity of approach to image making," Ramer says. "Within the works presented in this exhibition, one finds clarity in abstraction, contemplations on the real and the imagined, political proposals, personal reflections, discovery in times past and potential visions of newly imagined futures. Most importantly, what we find in this exhibition are nine incredibly talented young artists who have found their voices."

For more information about the thesis exhibition, please visit the exhibition website. 

Parsons School of Design is one of the leading institutions for art and design education in the world. Based in New York but active around the world, the school offers undergraduate and graduate programs in the full spectrum of art and design disciplines, as well as online courses, degree and certificate programs. Critical thinking and collaboration are at the heart of a Parsons education. 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.

The Sheila C. Johnson Design Center is an award-winning campus center for Parsons School of Design that combines learning and public spaces with exhibition galleries to provide an important new downtown destination for art and design programming. The mission of the Center is to generate an active dialogue on the role of innovative art and design in responding to the contemporary world. Its programming encourages an interdisciplinary examination of possibility and process, linking the university to local and global debates. The center is named in honor of its primary benefactor, New School Trustee and Parsons Board of Governor’s Member Sheila C. Johnson. The design by Rice+Lipka Architects is the recipient of numerous awards, including an Honor Award from the American Institute of Architects.

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