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31 designers. 12 nationalities. 4 continents. 1 runway. The Parsons BFA Fashion Design Class of 2026 presented ENSEMBLE — a runway showcase celebrating individuality, craftsmanship, and fashion as a reflection of identity, heritage, and transformation. Across every collection were explorations of resistance, self-determination, and cultural memory. Each designer created a distinct world. Together, they became an ensemble. Watch the full show - link and credits in bio.

🎵 Highlights from the fall semester for a Mannes School of Music composition student 🎵 Join PDPL Composition Student and social media contest winner, Leah Jane for a whirlwind ride through her fall semester including orchestra readings, performances, premiers, electronic composition classes and film projects. With New York City as a backdrop to her creative development, what will she make next?

Timothy Snyder on how to shift your view on freedom. Watch or listen the full episode in our link in bio or wherever you listen to your podcasts.

Aaromal Shilen, a social media contest winner, shares a song he wrote and produced, saying "The New School taught me to DIY everything. It's in our hands, creators."

Social contest winner Lauren shares a day in her life as a Mannes student. She says, "Here’s a glimpse into my day at The New School as a first year masters student studying violin performance! I’ve been attending the music school here: Mannes, since I was a first year undergraduate and I wouldn’t change it for the world! So grateful to call this place home❤️" With thanks to @laurohatespracticing

We caught up with the MS Data Visualization Keynote speakers to gain insight into their research, design, storytelling and development processes. From film posters to fashion ethics to bluefin tuna, the 2026 graduates utilized visual design, computer science, and statistical analysis to conduct their data representations. Featured students: Sofia Molina Luispablo Padres Nichos Molnar

Social media contest winner, Yuhe Lu shares his experience with the Mannes School of Music at @newschoolperformingarts "The Mannes School promotes creativity and new thoughts which follows along with the idea of the new school. Therefore, being here is so fun! Mannes highly promotes new music which is different from other music conservatory which mainly focuses only on traditional classical repertoires. It form a very open space for the massive collection of musics that weren’t played in big sta

Eden Elam (MFA Transdisciplinary Design '23) and Shadé Reneé Fleming (BFA Product Design, 16) created The District Vanguard, a digital magazine dedicated to elevating the work of Black artists and designers in and from the Greater Washington, DC area. Learn more about the publication with our link in bio. With a huge thanks to: The District Vanguard (@thedistrictvanguard) Ron David Studio (@rondavidstudio) Shade Renee Fleming (@shadeerenee, @thatsartcor) Omari Jesse (@omarijesseart) Anisa Olufem

Doing laundry? All part of the college experience, as shared by contest winner Bianca Cook.

Still thinking about the amazing commencement speech by Taylor Mac ❤️ #newschoolgraduation #classof2026

From aquatic to academic 🌊➡️ 🎓What does a day in the life of our fav Greenlandic mascot look like? Question for Gnarls? ⬇️ in comments! #nyc

Feeling lost? Curious about navigating school in the big 🍎? This one minute tour of our #NYC campus will break it down!" #thenewschool