Derek Haffar
Part-time Assistant Professor
Email
haffar@newschool.edu
Office Location
A - 66 West 12th Street
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Profile
I am an avid and traditional maker and designer with degrees in sculpture, drawing and painting. Making and teaching making and project managment skills have been the center of my professional life. I have spent considerable time over seas, primarily in North Africa, Europe and the Middle East as well as the east coast of Canada. Working as a fabricator for established artists Mathew Barney, Red Grooms and Tom Otterness hardened my making skills early as a professional fabricator. Working for the non profit Wildlife Conservation Society later taught me how to use those hard skills for softer purposes.I have been at Parson now for 10 years!
Degrees Held
MFA Sculpture, Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts, Bard College
BFA Drawing and painting, University of Utah
TESOL Certificate School for Public Engagment, The New School
Professional Affiliation
FATE: An educational association dedicated to the promotion of excellce in the development and teaching of college-level foundation courses in studio and art history.
Museum of Art and Design Resident allumnus
Performances and Appearances
Museum of Art and Design NY NY
Five Myles Gallery Brooklyn NY
325 Space Brooklyn NY
Research Interests
Sculpture, sustainability, mold-making, casting, body casting, plaster, mycelium, kambucha, collaborative practice, analog technologies, shadow art