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Bradley Ward, MFA Fine Arts ’19, was featured in Slam magazine. The story highlights how while at Pratt, he was encouraged to make art about his own experiences, leading him to mix imagery from Old Masters with the NBA: “We have long since preserved and revered these images of white bodies, but here we have Black bodies, in real time, doing the same thing.”

Charlotte Böhning, MID ’23, and Mary Lempres, BFA Fine Arts (Painting) ’18; MID ’23, were interviewed for a piece on Designboom about how being finalists for the 2022 Lexus Design Award influenced their work. They received the honor for their collaborative project Chitofarm, which addresses polystyrene foam waste with mealworms.

As part of the research group Inclusive Ecologies, Nancy Smith, assistant professor in the School of Information, is exhibiting “Edible New York” in the Tallinn Architecture Biennale. The work is part of the Edible exhibition that explores the reimagining of planetary food systems.

In its roundup of the “Best Booths At Spring/Break New York 2022,” ARTNews highlighted work by Rebecca Goyette, lecturer in Continuing and Professional Studies, Rebecca Morgan, MFA ’09, and Visiting Assistant Professor Fay Ku.

Ron Shiffman, professor emeritus in the Graduate Center for Planning and the Environment (GCPE), joined the Daily Show webcast for a discussion on gentrification in Brooklyn, how it impacts the displacement of people and culture, and how people moving into neighborhoods can contribute to responsible change. Watch the full conversation on YouTube.

A new digital exhibition celebrates the 125th anniversary of the Pratt Libraries building on the Brooklyn campus which opened in 1896. It was designed by William B. Tubby with interiors by Tiffany Glass and Decorating Company.

To mark a year since Hurricane Ida, Sylvia Morse, program manager for policy at the Pratt Center for Community Development, wrote about the ongoing need for action amidst a new hurricane season. NYC Comptroller Brad Lander also cited Pratt Center’s research and advocacy in a proposed regulatory framework. Further coverage highlighting this issue and Pratt Center’s work includes CityLab, Pix11, and The City.

Last Seen by Nathan Ginter,  BFA Film ’23, is screening at the New York Indie Shorts Awards happening September 8-10 at Cinépolis Chelsea in Manhattan. 

Why We Can’t Have Nice Things by Minh-Ha T. Pham, associate professor of humanities and media studies, being published this month by Duke University Press, was featured in Vulture’s “Books We Can’t Wait to Read This Fall.”  The book explores the influence of social media on fashion, ethics, and property.

This year’s New York Film Festival includes the short film It Smells Like Springtime by Mackie Mallison, BFA Film/Video ’23, which will be part of the Currents lineup. White Noise, part of the Main Slate program, has post-production work by Morgan Miller, adjunct assistant professor of digital arts and animation, and Jennifer Klockner, BFA Digital Arts ’18. The festival presented by Film at Lincoln Center runs from September 30 to October 16.