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News, stories, and profiles of Yale alumni in the art world.

Fatimah tuggar ’95 mfa at the 2024 venice biennale.

Tunji Adeniyi-Jones ’17 MFA at the 2024 Venice Biennale

Darja Bajagić ’14MFA at the 2024 Venice Biennale

Puppies Puppies ‘14 MFA at the 2024 Venice Biennale

Lauren Halsey ’14 MFA at the 2024 Venice Biennale

Pablo Delano ‘79 MFA Honored at Venice Biennale

9 Yale Alumni Artists at the 60th Venice Biennale

Mickalene Thomas MFA ’02 Designed 2023 Paris Fashion Week Stage for Dior

Calendar of Events

April 18: venice biennale event with pablo delano mfa ’79 and martina droth.

March 23-April 27th: Henry Finkelstein MFA ’83: Paintings

April 5-July 27, 2024 Suzanne Chamlin MFA’89: Studies in Color

“Shining Light on Truth” Exhibit Designed by David Jon Walker MFA’23 on Display in New Haven until Sept. 1, 2024

Yale 2024 MFA Thesis Exhibitions, January 20-May 21, 2024

Dominic Chambers MFA ’19 Exhibition at CAM through Feb. 11 2024

Mickalene Thomas MFA ’02 / “Portrait of an Unlikely Space” at YUAG until Jan. 7, 2023

Vaughn Spann MFA ’18 Exhibition at U.S Flagship in Tribeca until Oct. 28, 2023

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Design Entrepreneur

BFA Product Design alumna Yogita Agrawal ’15 blends entrepreneurship, sustainability, and community-oriented design in the work of Ware Innovations, her Mumbai-based startup. While at Parsons, Agrawal devised Jhoule, a wearable, human-motion-powered lamp for use in off-grid Indian villages. And she and two other Product Design students  created Soapen — a crayon-like soap that encourages children to wash their hands — which won an award and support from UNICEF. Agrawal's interdisciplinary design studio is currently developing a range of sustainable household products. 

Designer in Government

As Director of Design Strategy and Operations of The Lab at the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, Sean Baker helps government organizations use design to address pressing public issues. He works with nonprofits, NGOs, and agencies to improve the policies, programs, services, and products that civil servants and citizens rely on daily. Baker’s government position is raising awareness of the importance of well-reasoned service design and has made the MFA Transdisciplinary Design graduate a sought-after advisor on design-led change.

Tracy Reese

Fashion Designer

Reese set new standards in women's ready-to-wear fashion after studying at Parsons. She worked under French designer Martine Sitbon and eventually became head of the Women's Portfolio for Perry Ellis. She went on to launch a resort wear line and flagship stores in NYC and Tokyo, and she recently started two sustainable fashion lines. Reese has served on the board of the Council of Fashion Designers of America and her celebrity clients include former First Lady Michelle Obama.

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CCO of Google Creative Lab

Jewelry Archivist and Design Historian

Higgs is a curator exhibiting for the digital age. His social media posts for celebrated jeweler David Webb have attracted younger audiences. And on his own popular Instagram account, Higgs dazzles followers with close-ups of seldom-seen jewelry masterpieces from around the world, paired with storytelling that brings design history to life.

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Parsons Fine Arts: Visiting Artist Lecture Series

Visiting Artist: Anna Martine Whitehead

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