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Chairperson of Photography Shannon Ebner’s recent fret scapes exhibition at Kaufmann Repetto in New York  was reviewed by Art in America, Frieze, and Artforum. Ebner’s photographic text-based works were created with paper letters pasted inside a building with water.

Portlyn Houghton-Harjo, BFA Writing ’25, read a poem at the Library of Congress as part of a celebration for the conclusion of U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo’s laureateship. The event is available to watch online.

The winners of this year’s Research Open House (ROH) awards have been announced. The 2022 edition of the annual event organized by the Office of Research and Strategic Partnerships in the Provost’s Office includes 45 projects showcasing the wide range of research happening throughout Pratt.

Akosua Adoma Owusu, adjunct assistant professor of film and video, is participating in the 2022 Venice Biennale which runs through November 27. Her 2013 short film “Kwaku Ananse” is on view in the Central Pavilion.

Marbled silk work by Zoe Crane, BFA Fashion Design ’23, created in the Textile Color Lab was installed on the Brooklyn campus. See more @prattfashion.

The Myrtle Avenue sidewalk was transformed into a catwalk, public art space, pop-up shop, and more at the recent Foundation Expanded event. See more @prattinstitute.

The Fine Arts and Photography MFA 2022 Thesis Exhibition was reviewed on Hyperallergic: “It would not take a great leap to imagine the same show at the New Museum or the Palais de Tokyo in Paris, rather than at 630 Flushing Avenue in Brooklyn.” The work is on view through May 6.

Jackie Hoving, adjunct assistant professor in Foundation, made XOXO for the spring 2022 Foundation Expanded on Myrtle Avenue. Read more about the installation and how it highlighted student work @prattfoundation.

Pratt Trustee and alumnus Derrick Adams, BFA Art and Design Education ’96, received a $1.25 million award from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for the Black Baltimore Digital Database. The new archive will catalog important achievements in Black Baltimore culture.