Undergraduate

Jewelry

Lillian Ismail (B.F.A. Jewelry ’17) Selected to Exhibit Work at JCK Las Vegas Jewelry Show

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…

Graduate Fine Arts

Artist and Educator Jane South Named Chair of Fine Arts Department

Jane South has been appointed Chair of the Fine Arts Department within the School of Art at Pratt Institute. She will assume the role on July 1, 2017, succeeding current Chair Deborah Bright, who is stepping down to…

Film/Video

Pratt and Tribeca Film Institute Present “Women of Influence in the Business of Film”

The Pratt Presents series continued this spring with the panel discussion, “Women of Influence in the Business of Film,” co-presented by Tribeca Film Institute and Pratt’s Film/Video department. The event, held on March 28 in the Higgins Hall Auditorium…

School of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Students Explore Intersections of Photography and Wildlife Conservation with Camera Traps

Pratt Institute recently welcomed wildlife biologist Dr. Roland Kays, who is research associate professor at North Carolina State University and director of the Biodiversity and Earth Observation Lab at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, to the Brooklyn…

Graduate Digital Arts

Animation Career Review Ranks Pratt One of Nation’s Top 10 Colleges for Animation

Pratt Institute was rated one of the country’s top colleges for animation in the 2017 Animation School Rankings recently published by Animation Career Review, a comprehensive source of information on animation, graphic design, and digital arts schools and careers. Pratt was ranked eighth nationally, placing in the top…

Jewelry

Museum of Arts and Design Show to Feature Work by Recent Graduate Andrea Rosales-Balcarcel

Andrea Rosales-Balcarcel (B.F.A. Jewelry ’16) will sell works from her senior thesis collection alongside renowned jewelry artists from around the world at LOOT: MAD about Jewelry, an annual juried sale and exhibition at the Museum of Arts and Design in…

Film/Video

Assistant Professor Eliza Hittman Wins Sundance Directing Award for Feature Film Beach Rats

Assistant Professor of Film/Video Eliza Hittman has won the 2017 Sundance Film Festival Directing Award in the U.S. Dramatic category for her new feature film, Beach Rats, which saw its world premiere at the festival on January 23. Beach…

Graduate History of Art and Design

New MTA Subway Station Features Art Installation by Professor Jean Shin (M.S. ’96)

The new 63rd Street station on the Second Avenue subway line in Manhattan, which opened January 1, 2017, features artwork by Pratt Institute alumna and Adjunct Professor of Fine Arts Jean Shin (B.F.A. Painting ’94; M.S. Art History & Criticism…

Film/Video

Sundance Film Festival to Premiere New Feature Film by Assistant Professor Eliza Hittman

Beach Rats, a new feature film written and directed by Assistant Professor of Film/Video Eliza Hittman, will see its world premiere at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival. The festival will take place from January 19-29 in Park City, Utah.

Undergraduate Digital Arts

Sundance Film Festival to Debut Short Film by Digital Arts Alumnus William Caballero

Victor and Isolina, a short film directed by filmmaker, composer, and Pratt Institute alumnus William Caballero (B.F.A. Digital Arts ’06), will be screened at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival. The festival will take place from January 19-29 in Park City,…