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Architecture

College Factual Ranks Pratt Institute Programs among Best in the Nation

College Factual has ranked Pratt Institute the top college in the country in the General Architecture and Design and Applied Arts categories, and fifth for Film, Video, and Photographic Arts, in its 2018 rankings. College Factual is a leading…

Film/Video

Pratt Alumna Liz Hannah Pens Screenplay for Golden Globe-Nominated Film The Post

Liz Hannah BFA Film '07, screenplay writer for Stephen Spielberg's film The Post, was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for “Best Screenplay/Motion Picture,” and a Critics' Choice Award for “Best Original Screenplay.” The film has received extensive media…

Film/Video

Teenage Athlete Navigates Pressures of Competitive Youth Baseball in Film by Casiano Hamer BFA ’18

Senior film/video student and Charles Pratt Memorial Scholarship recipient Casiano Hamer grew up playing baseball. The majority of his childhood revolved around the game, from the age of five until he finished high school. “It started as organized playtime,…

Film/Video

Pratt Institute and New World Symphony Debut Audio-Visual Works During Art Basel Miami Beach

Pratt Institute and New World Symphony (NWS) presented a unique program during Art Basel Miami Beach featuring original video work by Pratt School of Art students and a live sound performance by New World Symphony fellows. Titled BLINK, BURN.,…

Undergraduate Photography

Photography Students Present Work on Social Issues at Inaugural Gordon Parks Dialogues

On October 28, Pratt Institute hosted the first-ever Gordon Parks Dialogues, in partnership with NYU Tisch School of the Arts and The Gordon Parks Foundation. The event provided an opportunity for recipients of the Gordon Parks Foundation Scholarship…

Architecture

Pratt Students Curate Interactive Exhibition from New York Public Library Picture Collection

A group of Pratt Institute students recently used images from the New York Public Library (NYPL) Picture Collection to curate The Naming of Things, an interactive exhibition on view at the Pratt Photography Gallery this fall. The show explores…

School of Design

Alumni Design Team Ben Gould and Dawn Mostow Win Prestigious World of WearableArt Award

Ben Gould (B.I.D. ’08) and Dawn Mostow (M.F.A. New Forms ’08) won the Wearable Technology Award for their Labyrinth Gown at this year’s 29th annual World of WearableArt (WOW) Awards, the world’s leading wearable art design competition. Labyrinth Gown and…

Undergraduate Fine Arts

Pratt Students Arrange Sale of Artwork to Raise Funds for Puerto Rico Hurricane Relief

Students from Pratt Institute’s senior printmaking class organized a sale of student artworks on the Institute’s Brooklyn campus to raise funds for the Puerto Rico relief effort following the devastation caused by Hurricane Maria in September. The October 6-7…

Graduate Digital Arts

Video: Digital Arts Students Use Augmented Reality to Enhance Library Experience

A group of 11 Pratt Institute digital arts students have activated the Pratt Library on the Institute’s Brooklyn campus with librARy : works cited, an augmented reality (AR) exhibition of works that inform, entertain, and speculate on the past…

Graduate Fine Arts

Alumni Day 2017 to Feature Exhibition of Work by Pratt Graduates and Full Schedule of Events

On October 7, Pratt Institute will celebrate Alumni Day 2017 with a full program of events and the third annual Alumni Exhibition that will display work by more than 50 graduates. The curated exhibition in galleries across campus will…