The Daily Hub

Sarah Owens, chair of Graduate Communications Design, joined the interview spotlight series on @prattgradcomd to share her thoughts on the impact of design and how to find inspiration: “I very much recommend looking for situations and experiences that will allow you a change in perspective, alongside granting yourself the time necessary to reflect on and develop your own creative viewpoint.”

Reflections: Work from Isolation 2020-2021 is on view in the Fine Arts Office Gallery and online, featuring recent work by members of the Pratt Institute Painting Club.

Pratt’s Latinx community members are being highlighted on @PrattInstitute for National Hispanic Heritage Month, including Estefania Velez Rodriguez, visiting assistant professor of fine arts, who creates dreamlike large-scale paintings based on her photography of nature and architecture in Puerto Rico. The Brooklyn Rail recently reviewed Velez Rodriguez’s exhibition at Praxis Gallery, describing how with “fluorescent oil and spray paint, the pattern-rich paintings strip away the surface of the natural world to reveal the inner life of nature and of the artist.”

The Victory Garden artist collective, whose members include Louise Eastman, MFA Painting/Drawing ’14, is featured in Selections from the Department of Drawings and Prints: Revolution, Resistance, and Activism at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The exhibition on the role of art in revolutions, protests, and social activist movements includes their “Miss 2017” sashes designed to be worn by participants in the Women’s March on Washington.

Made in NYC Week 2021 kicks off today! The annual celebration runs through October 9 and is organized by Made in NYC, an initiative of the Pratt Center for Community Development. It celebrates NYC’s vibrant manufacturing and maker community with this year’s event featuring pop-up markets and digital dialogues spotlighting locally made products and the stories of the people who make them. Find the full schedule online.

Salman Toor, MFA Painting ’09, is one of the artists featured in the Frick’s new Living Histories: Queer Views and Old Masters project that pairs new works in conversation with Old Master paintings. As The Art Newspaper reported, Toor’s “Museum Boys” will be installed alongside Johannes Vermeer’s “Mistress and Maid” and “Officer and Laughing Girl” through January 2022.

The Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) launched the inaugural issue of its journal, iteratio /i.te’ra:.ti.o/. The publication can be explored online, with stories highlighting creative approaches to the scholarship of teaching and learning at Pratt.

MFA Writing students recently joined urban forager Marie Viljoen for a walk around Pratt’s neighborhood to discover its wild edible plants. See more @PrattWriting.

From October 2 to December 9, PrattMWP is celebrating the 20th anniversary of Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute joining Pratt Institute. See the PrattMWP Alumni Anniversary site for a full schedule of events as well as work by alumni artists.

Made in NYC, an initiative of the Pratt Center for Community Development, is spotlighting Latinx-owned businesses on social media and their website for Hispanic Heritage Month. A recent feature highlighted the work of Catalina Parra, MS Urban Environmental Systems Management ’13, who through her Base Ceramics studio creates mugs, vases, and planters that explore form, color, materiality, and a fusion of aesthetics and functionality.