Joan Semmel, BFA Art Teacher Education ’63; MFA ’72, was interviewed for Apollo Magazine’s “In the studio with…” series. “I don’t have a schedule,” said Semmel, “that’s one of the nice things about being an artist—so if I don’t feel like working, I don’t. But most of the time I do.” Semmel was also featured in Martin CID Magazine.
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Zabie Mustafa, BArch ’13, and Neda Kakhsaz, BArch ’16, partners at Studio MUKA, were featured in Architectural Digest’s New American Voices 2024.
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Devin B. Johnson, MFA Fine Arts ’19, was interviewed for Frieze. “I believe that urban spaces possess a memory, much like the body,” Johnson says.
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Academic Director of the Landscape Architecture Program and Associate Professor of Graduate Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and Urban Design Rosetta S. Elkin was featured in Landscape Architecture Magazine for an article about landscape architects seeking novel solutions in the face of difficult regulations.
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Imogen Aukland, MFA Fine Arts ’24, was featured in Canvas Rebel.
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Assistant Professor of Film and Video Matías Piñeiro’s film, Viola, is recommended by Condé Nast Traveller as the film to watch if you’re going to Argentina. “Beyond the Shakespeare-inspired entanglements that push the plot, the film takes viewers through the breadth of Buenos Aires, tracing the city’s bohemian bones—from its boulevards to its bedrooms.”
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Pratt Institute’s Communications and Marketing Creative Services team was awarded the Graphis Silver Award in the 2025 Poster Awards Competition for the Pratt School of Architecture’s “Cohabitations” event series poster. The poster was also voted second place in a competition held by Archinect.
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Michael Brennan, adjunct professor (CCE) of fine arts, reported from the Venice art scene for Two Coats of Paint.
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Pratt faculty and alumni are featured in City & State New York’s inaugural 2024 Trailblazers in Building and Real Estate. The list, which highlights leaders reshaping New York’s landscape, includes Jerrod Delaine, visiting assistant professor of construction management, facilities management, and real estate; Rebecca Gillman Crimmins, MS City and Regional Planning ’15; and Elizabeth Crowley, MS City and Regional Planning ’08.
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Professor of Fine Arts Steve Locke’s new exhibition at MASS MoCA, The Fire Next Time, was reviewed in WBUR, The Boston Globe, and Observer. Locke was also featured in Upstate Diary.
