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Undergraduate Photography
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
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
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
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
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
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…
The New York Times featured recent alumna Grace Ahlbom (B.F.A. Photography ’16) in an “Up Next” column on “9 Young New Yorkers Poised for Creative Greatness.” Written by Ben Detrick, the July 6 article highlighted nine…
Graduate Interior Design
According to the United Nations High Commission for Refugees, there are 65.3 million people around the world today who have been forced from their homes, including 21.3 million refugees—the highest levels of displacement on record. As…
Pratt Institute has named interdisciplinary artist Sara Greenberger Rafferty as Associate Professor of Photography within the School of Art beginning in Fall 2017. Rafferty’s position was developed in the context of the planned integration of the MFA Photography Program, currently…
Jewelry
Lillian Ismail (B.F.A. Jewelry ’17) was selected to represent Pratt Institute in the second annual “Kickstarter” program at JCK Las Vegas 2017, the jewelry industry’s premier annual trade show, from June 5-8. JCK Las Vegas draws more than 30,000…
