@PrattFineArt is sharing the creative summer projects of its faculty, such as Chris Wright, adjunct professor-CCE, who is spending time plein air painting in Nevada

A roundup of ideas and projects from around the Institute
@PrattFineArt is sharing the creative summer projects of its faculty, such as Chris Wright, adjunct professor-CCE, who is spending time plein air painting in Nevada
This Thursday, June 3, at 6 PM EST, the Association of Pratt Placemakers with Open Plans and PlacemakingX is hosting a discussion on “What if we managed streets as places?,” considering how the past year of rethinking public space can impact its future in New York City and beyond.
Kadir Nelson, BFA Communications Design ’96, illustrated the cover of the June issue of National Geographic on Reckoning with the Past, with Nelson’s art remembering the events of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre.
The thesis collections of fashion graduates Lara Darling, Matina Kulusic, and Bettina Wagner are on view at the Lower East Side boutique Assembly New York, as highlighted by @PrattInstitute
This Wednesday, June 2, at 6 PM EST, Marc Rosen, visiting associate professor of graduate communications and package design, is joining an episode of Historic New England’s streaming series Leading Voices: Conversations on Preservation, Resilience, and Cultural Philanthropy.
Devin B. Johnson, MFA ’19, was featured in an Artnet story on how Black-run galleries, residencies, and advisories are supporting emerging Black artists, such as his residency at Black Rock, artist Kehinde Wiley’s program in Senegal.
Writers from the Class of 2021 held a socially distanced pop-up reading at various locations on the Brooklyn campus, from the lawns to the Rose Garden. See photos from the event on the Pratt Institute Facebook page