Exhibitions

SCPS Student Exhibition

Mission

As Pratt Institute’s School of Continuing and Professional Studies continues to serve those seeking professional education, we invite students and alumni from our programs to exhibit work. This is SCPS’ second exhibition, and we are proud to introduce this work from our classrooms to the public in several mediums including on the Pratt SCPS site and in person on the second floor of Pratt Manhattan Campus.

Work displayed in this current exhibition is submitted by students from a multitude of courses SCPS Programs including Summer Credit Intensives and NonCredit Certificates in Creative Careers, Digital Design, Exhibition Design, Fashion New Media, Fine Art Furniture Design, Graphic Design, and more. Below, you will find program descriptions along with introductions to each student project. Our intention is to highlight the interdisciplinary approach within our programs that supports professional development, educational advancement, career change, and personal enrichment.

Pratt SCPS Fall 2024 Exhibition Open House
Tuesday, November 19
5:00 PM – 7:00 PM ET
Pratt Manhattan Center
RSVP Required

AI Design
Reimagine design work in the age of AI. Enhance your design approach by seamlessly integrating the latest AI-tools and methods for research, idea generation, and project execution.

A triptych featuring three distinct scenes addressing climate and wildlife awareness. On the left, a polar bear sits on a melting iceberg with the New York City skyline in the background under a cloudy sky. The center image shows a chimpanzee perched atop a house roof against a foggy sky. The right image depicts an elephant standing amidst cars on a foggy, traffic-congested street. The slogan "Survival is Possible: Wildly Together" is present in all three frames.

Vittorio Albano
“Natural Collective – Wildly Together”
Certificate Course in AI Design
Instructors Dominik Heinrich and Tony Jones

Creative Interiors
Transform interior spaces with the technical skills used by professionals. Use CAD software to design floor plans and more. Get your foot in the door with an optional credential in CAD design while completing a Certificate in Creative Interiors.

A diptych consisting of a close-up pixelated figure study on the left and a realistic photograph of the figure's neck and shoulders on the right, emphasizing texture and form.

Hawley Tremblay
“Optical Mixing: Figure Study”
Color Theory in Practice
Instructor Kelly Worman

A minimalist poster featuring three neon-light installations with poetic text overlay, placed in different environments, blending light, color, and typography.

Kate Traynor
“it’s gonna be a no”
Introduction to Photoshop
Cheryl Stockton

Digital Design
Digital tools empower designers to blur the lines between fields. Take an interdisciplinary approach to Pratt’s visual design certificates. Combine elective classes with a foundation in graphic design to enter one of the multidisciplinary roles today’s designers occupy.

A colorful, stylized depiction of Alice from "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland," partially obscured by lush, overlapping greenery. The image layers foliage with the vibrancy of the illustration, creating a surreal juxtaposition of nature and storybook fantasy.

Anastasia Ryapisova
“Hiding Alice”
Introduction to Digital Photography and Lightroom
Instructor Stephanie Espinoza

A digital artwork featuring an abstract, multicolored, flowing form against a black background. The gradient hues of pink, purple, and yellow create a luminous effect, accompanied by a minimalistic white line crossing diagonally.

Loren Lin
“Ethereal Drift”
Illustrator Advanced
Sam Bailenson-Friedman
Attribution: Inspired by Baugasm

Louise Cao
“Personal Brand Studio 61”
Find Your Artistic Path in a Creative Career
Nina Edwards

A poster design celebrating Mickey Mouse, with text forming a silhouette of Mickey’s iconic head and ears. The text includes historical facts about Mickey’s debut and evolution, set against a muted brown background with the title “Oh Boy!” at the bottom.

Snigdha Kumar
“Oh Boy!”
Introduction to Graphic Design
Instructor Tamar Samir

Exhibition Design
Shape memorable experiences. Learn how to design and document an exhibition from concept to installation.

A conceptual exhibition design for “3D Timeline: Italian Disco Culture,” showcasing floor plans, fashion displays, interactive spaces, and a bar setup. The red and white color scheme highlights the visual elements of the timeline and disco culture.

Fernanda Sabatini
“DISCAMORE”
Certificate Course in Exhibition Design
Instructor Allen Wilpon

Fashion New Media
Jump into fashion brand creative marketing through the certificate program in fashion new media.

Beatriz Cruz
“Atelier BÉACRUZ”
Find Your Artistic Path in a Creative Career
Instructor Nina Edwards
Attributions: Bea Cruz (fashion designer), FWSD, Xi Zeng Photography, Angel Tan (styling), Andrea Revilla & Stacy Corman (models)

A collage of pencil sketches documenting progress in anatomical studies of the human skull and head. Each sketch shows different stages of development and refinement, with a bold title in stylized black text reading “TRACKING PROGRESS.”

Raina Bhatia
“TRACKING PROGRESS”
Portrait Drawing
Instructor R.A. Freidman

A vibrant collection of Libyan-themed postage stamp designs arranged in a grid. Each stamp features cultural elements, traditional attire, food, landmarks, and national symbols, showcasing Libyan heritage with colorful backgrounds.

Samah Elmeri
“Tarabulus Post”
Introduction to Illustrator
Instructor Shari Diamond

Fine Art
Build foundational art skills. Explore new mediums. Refine an art practice.

A still life with a yellow background featuring a white teapot, a green goblet, a pink vase holding flowers, and an orange, arranged elegantly with decorative patterns.

Iva Zheng
“Still life #2”
Painting and Drawing
Instructor Melanie Kozol

An oil painting depicting a cozy speakeasy interior with striped green and red seating, warm lighting, and a vintage ambiance.

Julian Stephens
“Speakeasy”
Painting and Drawing
Instructor Melanie Kozol

Two abstract metal sculptures. The left sculpture has a curved silver band with colorful fragments, and the right sculpture forms a circular shape with chaotic, colorful components.

Mary Rieser Heintjes
“Elements 26: Iron” and “Elements 34: Selenium”
Metalworking
Instructor Adam Apostolos

A drawing of a dark, shaggy musk ox with blue legs against a golden-yellow background. Below it, a collaged text reads, “He did not smile.”

Maryanne Kinsella
“HE DID NOT SMILE”
Book Illustration: Picture Book
Instructor Steve Henry
Materials: Graphite and collage

Furniture Design
Learn how to create furniture from successful designers. Develop your own ideas through experimenting, model-making, and testing.

A design board showing the progression from research to sketches, prototype, and final design of a multifunctional bench, with details of its wooden components and playful motifs.

Ginger Rivadeneira
Excerpt: “Portfolio”
Professional Practices in Furniture Design and Furniture Design Studio
Instructor Lynn Lin

Graphic Design

Communicate your message with typography, layout, color, and image. Master an industry standard: Adobe CC. Choose from a wide selection of electives and develop a multidisciplinary practice. Build a professional design portfolio and launch your career.

A promotional layout featuring playful branding for "Creative Juice" with vibrant fruit illustrations and colorful product packaging.

Carly Liang
“Creative Juice”
Introduction to Graphic Design
Instructor Patricia Childers

A surreal image depicting a person seated on an airplane with a cup pouring cosmic liquid resembling a swirling starry sky into another cup, visible through the airplane window.

Christian Rosstad
“Turbulence”
Photoshop Advanced
Instructor Sonya Shannon
Attributions: Photographers on Unsplash, David Becker, Hanson Lu, Leonardo Yip, and Nathan Dunlap

Kodai Fujisawa
“MDS Inc.”
Introduction to Graphic Design
Patricia Childers

A branding summary for Schroon Lake Department Store, showcasing logos, color palettes, mock-ups of merchandise, and a strategic description emphasizing community and Adirondack living.

Sarah Cornes
“The Towne Store Branding Campaign”
Introduction to Graphic Design
Instructor Patricia Childers
Attribution: Schroon Lake Department Store

A soft-focused image of a floral subject, with pastel petals elegantly distorted in a wave-like form, highlighting the delicate interplay of color and texture.

Sydney Seifert-Gram
“Untitled”
Advanced Photoshop
Instructor Sonya Shannon
Original background image by Paola Ocaranza via Unsplash

A surreal black-and-white photograph of a heart-shaped object floating above a blurred ocean, with a single droplet hanging from its base, evoking themes of isolation and longing.

Sydney Seifert-Gram
“Untitled”
Advanced Photoshop
Instructor Sonya Shannon

Photography & Video Production
Become a photographic and video content creator through Pratt’s Photography and Video Certificate.

A candid photograph of a shirtless man sitting on a wooden bench, facing the ocean, with visible scars on his back and a serene horizon in the background.

Naor Azran
“Coney Island, New York, 2021”
The Grammar of Photography
Instructor Christopher Giglio

A triptych featuring a man with a soft expression, wearing a muted dress with ruffled edges and black ties, paired with a black coat in adjacent frames. The central image shows the dress displayed on a hanger.

Viveka Goyanes
“Mourning Dove”
The Photographer’s Eye
Instructor Mari Howells

In the Fine Art Summer Credit Intensive, students develop ways of seeing and creating art with intention, through drawing and painting in the studio. With an emphasis on process, the class culminates in an independent project or series in the final week. By the end of the course, students will have created at least five portfolio-ready works that demonstrate imaginative use of composition, color, line, and content.

A vivid, expressionist-style painting featuring a fragmented portrait of a person, with overlapping facial features and a swirling teal-blue background.

Latika Sridhar
“Kaleidoscope Faces”
Fine Arts Intensive
Instructor Melanie Kozol

A vibrant painting of a fragmented portrait depicting multiple overlapping faces with intense expressions. The artwork uses bold, sweeping brushstrokes in shades of blue, green, and flesh tones, set against a vivid lime-green background.

Latika Sridhar
“Fragmented Faces”
Fine Arts Intensive
Instructor Melanie Kozol

A bold, expressionist portrait of a person's face, painted in dark and earthy tones with expressive brushstrokes, highlighting the contours and emotions of the subject.

Leah Venkatesan
“Johnny”
Fine Arts Intensive
Instructor Melanie Kozol