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A roundup of ideas and projects from around the Institute

  • Young Jun Kim, BFA Fine Arts (Jewelry) ’24, was among 50 artists selected by a jury for inclusion in the Spring 2024 catalog from the Society of Arts and Crafts, centered on the theme “The Nature of Imperfection: Jewelry and Adornment.” According to the catalog, one of Kim’s featured pieces—a bracelet titled Forgotten Medal—was “inspired by the artist’s time as a Korean Army tank driver” and acts as a “daily reminder of the artist’s service and a tribute to Korean culture and history.”

  • Rachel Handlin, MFA Photography ’24, is the first person with Down syndrome in the world to earn a master’s degree. She was featured last year in a video by Ruby’s Rainbow.

  • Sylvia Morse, senior program manager for research and policy at Pratt Center for Community Development, has been selected for Urban Design Forum’s 2024 class of Global Exchange Fellows. “Over the next nine months, they will build bridges between New York City and its peer cities, uncover cutting-edge projects and demand courageous public policy to address New York City’s housing crisis.”

  • Students Brianna Casas, MS Museums and Digital Culture ’24, Katherine Duval, MS Museums and Digital Culture ’24, and Nicolas Lord, MS Museums and Digital Culture ’25, published an article on the Museum Next blog about how museums do audience research and evaluation.

  • Assistant Professor of Fashion Susan Cianciolo was featured in Vogue and Frieze. “This has been the most enjoyable time for me,” she told Vogue. “I don’t want to ever stop or sleep or eat, because there’s nothing I love more in the world than making clothing. It’s just truly my craft.”

  • Hilary Cheung, BFA Communications Design (Graphic Design) ’24, contributed designs for Megan Thee Stallion’s tour poster and magazine.

  • 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.”