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 workshops and lectures, took place at The New School, October 19-24, 2009.

Posted on November 18, 2009

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

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 Motta, Trevor Paglen, The Yes Men, and many others, the exhibition was guest-curated by Carin Kuoni and Marisa Olson (web component) and accompanied by a newspaper-style exhibition guide designed by Project Projects. The guide contains introductory statements by the curators; a complete list of public programs associated with the exhibition and the Vera List Center’s 2008-09 annual theme, Branding Democracy; and information on artworks and participants.

The exhibition guide is currently available free of charge from the Vera List Center. For more information, email vlc@newschool.edu.

OURS: Democracy in the Age of Branding Exhibition Guide (PDF)

Posted on September 20, 2009

The annual writing award honors New School students for the best critical and creative writing inspired by works in the university’s art collection. The award was established in 1996 by the late Vera List, a life trustee of The New School.

The award celebrates nonfiction and fiction, prose and poetry. All students enrolled in The New School are eligible to submit either a critical or creative text. There is a first-place award of $400 and a second-place award of $200 in each category. Winners are selected by a rotating panel of judges. The prize-winning pieces are edited by professional art critics in collaboration with the writers and are published in a newspaper. In addition, competition participants meet with prominent artists, curators, or critics, to discuss the relationship between visual art and writing.

The submission deadline for 2009-2010 has passed. Winners will be announced soon.

Writing Award poster, 2007-08 (PDF)
Writing Award poster, 2006-07 (PDF)
Writing Award poster, 2005-06 (PDF)

For more information, contact vlc@newschool.edu.

Posted on September 20, 2009

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 and artists, including Anne Aghion, Ayreen Anastas, Gregg Bordowitz, Omer Fast, Rene Gabri, Andrea Geyer, Mark Godfrey, Sharon Hayes, Susan Hiller, Julia Kristeva, Mierle Laderman Ukeles, Lin + Lam, Jeffrey Olick, Brian Price, Jane Taylor, Eyal Weizman and Elisabeth Young-Bruehl.

Table of contents and introductions (PDF)

Pbk, 6.5 x 10.5 in. / 268 pgs / 90 color
ISBN: 978-0-9821745-0-0
Price: $24.00

Review in Modern Painters magazine, June 2009

Available in bookstores, at online retailers, and directly through D.A.P./Distributed Art Publishers.

Posted on September 20, 2009