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Pratt Manhattan Gallery To Present Free Public Lecture by Renowned Literary Critic Marc Nichanian

Pratt Manhattan Gallery, in conjunction with the Blind Dates Project and its current “Blind Dates: New Encounters from the Edges of a Former Empire” exhibition, will present “What Image for the Death of the Witness?,” a free public lecture by…

Artist Mary Mattingly to Speak as Part of Visiting Artist Lecture Series

Artist Mary Mattingly will speak at Pratt Institute about her influences, artwork, and career as part of the 2010-2011 Visiting Artists Lecture Series (VALS), from 12:45 p.m. to 1:45 p.m., Tuesday, February 8, in the Engineering Building, Room 371, on…

Renowned Vogue Editor Hamish Bowles Named Recipient of 2011 Pratt Institute Fashion Icon Award

Pratt Institute will present the 2011 Pratt Institute Fashion Icon Award to Hamish Bowles, Vogue’s European Editor at Large, at its annual fashion runway show at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, April 27, 2011 at the Manhattan Pavilion at 125 West…

Pratt Opens First LEED-Gold Certified Higher Education Building in Brooklyn

Pratt Institute has officially opened a new six-story, 120,000-square-foot green academic and administrative facility named Myrtle Hall at 536 Myrtle Avenue between Grand Avenue and Steuben Street to house the college’s Department of Digital Arts as well as several administrative…

Macy’s Herald Square Unveils New Broadway Window Displays Featuring Paper Works by Pratt Students

On January 12 Macy’s Herald Square unveiled seven new window displays on Broadway between 34th and 35th streets in Manhattan featuring stunning paper works by fashion design, fine arts, industrial design, and interior design students from Pratt Institute’s School of…

Members of The Bruce High Quality Foundation to Speak as Part of Visiting Artists Lecture Series

Members of The Bruce High Quality Foundation, an arts collective in Brooklyn, will speak at Pratt Institute about their influences, artwork, and careers as part of the Spring 2011 Visiting Artists Lecture Series (VALS), from 12:45 p.m. to 1:45 p.m.,…

Students Recognized by Top Industry Professionals for Paper Sculpture Designs at Pucci Showroom

Pratt Institute and Ralph Pucci International recently presented “Pratt + Paper & Ralph Pucci,” an exhibition of 20 paper sculpture designs by fashion design, fine arts, industrial design, and interior design students from Pratt’s School of Art and Design at…

Green Residence Hall Room Project One of Five Winners in Storefront for Art and Architecture Contest

Living Laboratory” green residence hall room project was selected as one of five projects to be featured in Storefront for Art and Architecture, Architizer.com, and Actar Publisher’s “Total Housing 01: Apartments” exhibition that addresses the incongruity between outmoded ideas of…

Communications Design Student Woojin Lee Wins Four Creativity International Awards

Pratt Institute Graduate Communications Design student Woojin Lee recently won four Creativity International Awards as part of the 2010 Creativity International Awards’ 40th Print and Packaging Competition. Lee was recognized with a platinum award in the “Corporate Identity Program Campaign”…

Pratt and Ralph Pucci International Present Exhibition of Student Paper Designs

Pratt Institute and Ralph Pucci International presented “Pratt + Paper & Ralph Pucci,” an exhibition of paper designs by fashion design, fine arts, industrial design, and interior design students from Pratt’s School of Art and Design at Ralph Pucci International/Gallery…