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Max Palmer, BFA Photography ’10, gives a tour of his studio space and discusses his art practice, commitment to using only salvaged materials, and life in Brooklyn in a video profile for Pocket Skate Mag. “I went to school for photography and did a couple of sculpture classes then started working for this artist Sarah VanDerBeek, helping her make her sculptures,” he said. “Eventually I was kind of like, ‘oh I want to do my own mold-making stuff.’”

Timothy Simonds, adjunct associate professor of humanities and media studies, is featured in The New York Times about Manhattan-based station Montez Press Radio. Simonds hosts a show called “Miss Othmar’s Meeting with Teachers,” which “collects the voices of different teachers and facilitators from a variety of fields and their approaches to leading the listener through exercises over radio.”

Creative Enterprise Leadership Chair Mary McBride and Assistant Chair and Professor Xue Bai presented their book and the department’s work at dmi:Design Management Conference in London. As they write in the book, “Human enterprise and human work has created the conditions that threaten to destabilize our climate and communities. It is time to re-imagine our enterprise and economic activity as life serving. Anything else is a waste of time, money, and human potential.”

Elisa Edgar, BFA Writing ’27, an intern at the New York Public Interest Research Group (NYPIRG), wrote an op-ed for Brooklyn Reader in favor of New York passing the Climate Change Superfund Act. “Quality of life for generations to come is at stake. We must demand guilty companies pay those billions instead; billions that will reshape neighborhoods and save lives,” she writes. “Not only is this doable, it is inches from fruition.”

Visiting Assistant Professor of Fine Arts Niama Safia Sandy earned the New Leadership Award from ArtTable. This award “recognizes an emerging professional who has demonstrated outstanding leadership and made considerable contributions to the visual art field in the earlier stages of their careers.”

Evan Wu, BID ’26, won the Grand Prize at the IESNYC Student Lighting Competition for his project Taiwan Boulevard. Second place in the competition went to Thalia Lee, MID ’26, for her project Castles in the Cloud. According to the IESNYC, “over 165 students from design colleges and universities across New York City participated, displaying their innovative lighting projects based on the theme “Proximal Light” at the LEDucation Trade Show & Conference on March 19th.”

Eric Wrenn, BFA Communications Design (Graphic Design) ’07, was profiled in The New York Times. The minimalist designer is known for his iconic work with clients spanning the fashion, art, design, and music industries. “I try to give someone a design that says something about their brand, but that also doesn’t say too much,” he told the Times. “The idea is you say something without saying anything.”

Pascale Sablan, BArch ’06, was named CEO of the Adjaye Associates New York studio. Sablan will have “sole executive leadership” of the New York studio and will be responsible for “all operations, whilst continuing to lead projects and business development,” according to a statement by Adjaye Associates.

Jeremy Silberberg, MFA Interior Design ’19, was profiled in Curbed about furnishing his Greenpoint apartment with his own furniture designs. “Ever since we started our business,” Silberberg said, referencing his design firm Studio S II, which he co-founded with Erica Sellers, “we have been digging for reasons to fund our own work!”

Visiting Professor of Art and Design Education Theodora Skipitares’s new puppetry piece, The Four Lives, will premiere off-Broadway at La MaMa in April. “The Four Lives is inspired by the belief of the ancient philosopher Pythagoras, who believed that each soul experiences four lives—as a mineral, a vegetable, an animal, and a human. The Four Lives depicts these soul changes through a variety of puppets in different, immersive environments.”