Yield, a sculpture by alumnus Roxy Paine, was included in Art & Object’s list of “10 Must-Sees At Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art,” among works by Louise Bourgeois, Frank Lloyd Wright, and Keith Haring. Reaching “curling silver branches towards the sky,” Paine’s sculpture “appears to have grown in some alternate reality where trees are made of metal.”
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Lisa Corinne Davis, BFA ’80, was named a recipient of a 2024 NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship.
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Alumnus and 2022 Pratt Legends Honoree Arem Duplessis served as a judge for the W. Eugene Smith Fund’s 2024 Grants in Humanistic Photography.
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Senior Thesis film Entre o Céu e a Terra by Bruna Braga, BFA Film ’24, was named Panelist Choice for Best Film in the Student Experimental Film Festival.
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Adjunct Associate Professor of Photography Matthew Leifheit was interviewed about his work with queer archives. He was also featured in the Daily Gazette.
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The iconic poster for My Fair Lady was created by Bill Gold, who earned a certificate in advertising design from Pratt in 1940. The poster was featured on Country Life’s list of the 14 greatest movie posters in cinema. “This 1964 Audrey Hepburn classic was masterminded by Bill Gold, the man behind the posters for most of Clint Eastwood’s repertoire,” they write.
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Illustrations by School of Continuing and Professional Studies Lecturer Nina Edwards were included in the AsianInNY Fashion Show.
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Fine Arts Fellow in Civic Engagement Alex Strada spoke at CUNY Graduate Center, organized by the United Nations Network on Migration on December 16, for Every Day Is Migrants Day. The event showcased work by “a diverse group of artists, scholars, and organizations with projects that foreground migrant narratives” and “highlight[ed] the essential role migrants play in the creation of culture.”
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A story about Joan Semmel, BFA Art Teacher Education ’63; MFA ’72, was Art in America’s most read article of 2024.
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For Freedoms (co-founded by Michelle Woo, BFA Fine Arts (Painting ’07)) was featured in the New York Times and Print Magazine. The organization is beginning a three-year residency with the National Gallery of Art.