The Daily Hub

The AIANY Interiors Committee selected Rhythmic Citadel by Haochuan (Eric) Feng, BFA Interior Design ’24, as the Judges’ Favorite for the 2023 Recipe for a Room competition. The winning design drew on the theme of respite and used fabric as the primary medium.

Donni Davy, BFA Photography ’10, was interviewed by The Cut about her role as makeup artist on the HBO series Euphoria and her daily routine. “My favorite thing is seeing the work pay off, whether it’s a look that my team and I created on Euphoria or when a makeup product that I dreamed up finally lands in my hands,” she said.

Jonathan Gibson, MFA Fine Arts (Painting) ’06, recently launched LivingHistory.AI, which creates “custom immersive history experiences with the power of AI.”

Malena Martinez, BFA Fashion Design ’02, was profiled by eBay due to her success on the online marketplace. Her digital shop, Malena’s Vintage Boutique, “boasts a coveted selection of vintage clothing that honors the past with an eye to the present.”

Liz Waytkus, MS Historic Preservation ’11, discusses her time at Pratt, wide-ranging career, and approach to historic preservation in an interview with Madame Architect. “If we are going to save architecture of the 20th century, especially with sites that are misunderstood and often disliked by the public, we need an all-hands-on-deck approach.”

Cesar Santalo, BFA Fine Arts (Drawing) ’95, is featured in the documentary Patria y Vida: The Power of Music for his collage mural “349.” The mural, installed in the entrance of FIU’s College of Law, “weaves the visual aesthetics of contemporary Cuba and Cuban artists while offering a visual narrative that complements chapters of the documentary.”

President Frances Bronet is featured in PoliticsNY’s 2023 Power Players in Education list, recognized for her commitment to workforce development, climate action, and interdisciplinary learning. “I have always been a learner and a teacher,” she said in a Q&A for the publication. “My journey started during my adolescence when I began tutoring.”

Amy Chien, MArch ’23, and Marissa Zhao, MArch ’23, won the Material Lab Prize 2023 for their project Decomposition and Restoration. “We designed a composite bio-plastic and bio-rubber building wrap textile that can also—in its secondary use after wrapping modules in shipment—be used in a variety of geotechnical and site remediation applications according to the woven pattern that the material is molded into,” they wrote.

Brooklyn Rail reviews several recent exhibitions across a range of mediums from Chair of Fine Arts Jane South. “South’s work traverses public and private space, revealed and immanent, and also the hidden and forgotten.”

Jean Shin, adjunct professor-CCE of fine arts, has a new work on permanent display in the lobby of the Perelman Performing Arts Center. Water’s Echo features thousands of hand-sewn mother-of-pearl shell buttons to depict New York waterways and shed light on efforts to preserve biodiversity.