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Undergraduate Communications Design faculty members Tim O’Brien and Rudy Gutierrez, BFA Communications Design ’79, and alumnus Kadir Nelson, BFA Communications Design ’96, have been inducted into the Society of Illustrators Hall of Fame. Each year, the Society adds three contemporary illustrators to the Hall of Fame, chosen for “their distinguished achievement in the art of illustration.” This year, all three honorees are part of the Pratt community. The Society will be honoring this year’s inductees at The Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony on October 9, 2025.

A faculty exhibition at Pratt Munson was featured on wktv. “This exhibition provides a unique opportunity to see the personal art practices of the Pratt Munson faculty beyond their teaching roles,” writes Zach Lewis. “It also serves as a chance for students to see the faculty’s expertise in their respective fields.”

Art and Design Education faculty members Visiting Associate Professor Patrick Rowe and Visiting Instructor Nell Klugman will be attending the 18th International Conference on the Inclusive Museum as panelists. Their workshop presentation, Making Room at The Bronx Museum: Learner-Informed Curation, will illustrate that educational theory and practice can and should be at the heart of an inclusive curatorial project.

Visiting Associate Professor in the Graduate Center for Planning and the Environment David Burney and Ghuncha Shaheed, MS Urban Placemaking and Management ’25, write in Common Edge about the street vendor crackdown. “For many immigrant communities, one of the most accessible pathways into the city’s formal economy has been through street vending,” they write. “These small-scale businesses have played a crucial role in sustaining the rich cultural fabric New Yorkers take pride in today. Yet this contribution is frequently overlooked, even suppressed.”