Word and image on paper become postcards, posters, books, pamphlets, maps, and sometimes a sticker.
Announced: The 2009-10 Art Collection Writing Award Winners
We are pleased to announce the winners of the 2009/2010 Art Collection Writing Award. In a first, this year’s competition garnered entries from four New School divisions – Parsons, Lang, NSGS, and NSSR – by students from such diverse programs as Design & Management, International Affairs, Fashion, Fiction & Non-fiction, Writing & Literature, Media Studies, Poetry, Anthropology, and Fine Arts.
On…
Posted on September 20, 2009
By Any Name: A Tiny Archive of Critical Viewpoints on The New School
By Any Name (PDF) celebrates The New School’s 90th anniversary at a time when the university contends with a highly publicized period of internal criticism and activism. The voices assembled in this publication examine the school’s legacy of progressive pedagogy and institutional policy, and ask that it remain a catalyst for social transformation in the future.
The related exhibition and series of…
Posted on November 18, 2009
Considering Forgiveness
Inspired by the 2005-06 cycle of public programs, Considering Forgiveness is the first in a series of forthcoming books that examine pressing issues of social, cultural and political relevance from a multitude of perspectives. The Considering Forgiveness volume is edited by Aleksandra Wagner with Carin Kuoni, with curatorial advice by Matthew Buckingham. It features textual and visual contributions commissioned from scholars, activists…
Posted on September 20, 2009
OURS: Democracy in the Age of Branding Exhibition Guide
On view at the Sheila C. Johnson Design Center at Parsons The New School for Design from October 15, 2008, to February 1, 2009, the exhibition OURS: Democracy in the Age of Branding was conceived as an interdisciplinary investigation of democracy positioned as a consumer brand. Including original commissions and works by Yael Bartana, Sam Durant, Liam Gillick, Aleksandra Mir, Carlos…
Posted on September 20, 2009
Collection Guides
Produced in collaboration with students and The New School Art Collection, the collection guides provide a select self-guided tour of those works in the collection that relate to the center’s annual theme.
Public Domain collection guide, 2006-07 (PDF)
Agency collection guide, 2007-08 (PDF)
Posted on September 20, 2009
Occasional Papers
The Vera List Center has published a number of occasional papers based on its public programs. Except where noted, the following publications are currently available free of charge from the Vera List Center. For more information: vlc@newschool.edu.
Posted on September 20, 2009
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