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  • Shannon Finnell

    Manager, Course Planning

    Email
    finnells@newschool.edu

    Office Location
    N - 66 Fifth Avenue

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    Shannon Finnell

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    While strongly believing that the key to social change is compassionate relationships that lead to genuine support, Shannon Finnell’s work attempts to embody that lesson through the exploration and deconstruction of supportive gestures and moments. Pulling from her BA in Studio Art and Peace Studies from Goucher College in Baltimore, MD, the marriage of visual art and questioning oppressive social structures is where Finnell finds inspiration for her work. She received an MFA in Fine Art Photography from the Parsons School of Design at The New School in 2018 and continues to engage with concepts of support through experimentation of video, installation, photographic practices, collaboration with dances, and curation. 

    Finnell now teaches photography and design research at Parsons and currently working on curating the first Parsons Staff Art Show to be on view in October 2025 with co-curator Molly Davy. 

    Current Courses

    Design Research 1: Methods
    PSDS 2100, Spring 2025

    Integrated Photography
    PSDS 2726, Spring 2025

    Photo: Digital
    PUFY 1217, Spring 2025

    Past Courses

    Integrated Photography
    PSDS 2726, Fall 2024

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