Pratt’s 2025 MFA Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition, Inside/Out, was featured in Hyperallergic for its powerful exploration of space, identity, and the complexities of the current moment.
Research Open House 2025 Awards Recognize Community Engagement, Sustainability, and Design Projects
Research Open House presented scholarship and partnerships to the public, demonstrating Pratt’s engagement with industry, community, and university partners, and its deep commitment to equitable forms of discovery and growth.
Snapshot 2025: Before They Graduate
From Pratt Institute News
Six soon-to-be Pratt alumni share photos, experiences, and insights from their time at Pratt.
Guggenheim Fellowship Awarded to Film/Video Faculty Member Matías Piñeiro
From Pratt Institute News
Matías Gustavo Piñeiro was selected for the Guggenheim Foundation’s 100th Class of Fellows. The prestigious annual grants support up to a year of creative and scholarly work.
Dr. Peter West Appointed Dean of the School of Liberal Arts and Sciences
From Pratt Institute News
The accomplished writer, scholar, and academic leader joins Pratt Institute from Mercy University. He will assume the role on July 7, 2025.
Barbie, Houseboats, Book Arts, and Beyond
From Pratt Institute News
Class trips invite students to experience art, conduct research, and meet with industry experts in New York City and around the world.
Rafael de Balanzo Joue Receives Fulbright Specialist Program Award
From School of Architecture News
School of Architecture faculty member Dr. Rafael De Balanzo Joue has been awarded a Fulbright Specialist Program grant by the U.S. Department of State and the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board.
Finding Form and Inspiration in Foundation Year
From Pratt Institute News
Foundation year at Pratt has introduced Massimo Brocchini, BID ’28, to friends and mentors and broadened his perspective as a designer.
The Latest
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MillerKnoll Sponsors Pratt Career Night ‘25
Pratt’s 21st annual Career Night, held at MillerKnoll’s Manhattan showroom, brought students face-to-face with top design firms like Gensler, HOK, and Rockwell Group, offering a rare opportunity for direct portfolio reviews, real-time feedback, and industry insight.
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Dona Ann McAdams’ Photography; Latest Tech News; Bab L’Bluz Performs Live; MUNA’s Katie Gavin
Photographer Dona Ann McAdams was recently interviewed on WNYC’s All of It with Alison Stewart, discussing her decades-spanning work capturing marginalized communities. The segment coincides with her solo exhibition black | box at Pratt Manhattan Gallery.
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Brooklyn Art Exhibit Transforms Into Mobile Aid Station For The Homeless
A news segment on PIX11 New York covered Collective Mobilities, an art exhibition at Pratt Institute’s DeKalb Gallery by Alex Strada, Pratt’s Fine Arts Civic Engagement Fellow. The exhibition has transformed into a mobile mutual aid station, collecting and distributing thousands of donated items to support Brooklyn’s homeless community.
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Op-ed: How Pratt Institute and Brooklyn Navy Yard are driving creative economic innovation
Pratt and the Brooklyn Navy Yard are driving creative economic innovation by fostering intersections between education, research, and industry, contributing to Brooklyn’s surge in small business growth and its leadership in the nation’s creative economy.
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Nidhi Jairam, BID ’28, was awarded second place in the 2025 IESNYC Student Lighting Competition. Honorable mentions were awarded to Estefania Martinez-Aleman (Fefi), MID ’26, George Batska, BID ’27, and Zara Braun, BID ’27.
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President Frances Bronet is featured on the 2025 Power Players in Arts & Culture list by PoliticsNY and amNewYork. She reflects on the civic and economic role of the arts in New York City and the ongoing Pratt Shows 2025. “It’s my favorite time of year – Pratt Shows season. These public exhibitions showcase the culminating work of our graduating students across disciplines. Vibrant, urgent, and thoughtful, the shows celebrate years of creative inquiry, imagining new futures, and offer a glimpse into what matters most to the next generation of artists, designers, architects, and creative thinkers.”
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Hyperallergic reviewed Part II of Pratt’s Fine Arts MFA thesis exhibition Inside/Out. “The spatial fissures in the work of Pratt’s 2025 MFA graduate students resonate in what feels like an increasingly disjointive time,” writes Daniel Larkin. “By challenging viewers’ perception of space to gesture towards these indeterminate horizons, these artists open up a new view to think through these perilous times.”
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Adeeba Rana, MSLIS ’13, was interviewed by New York’s PIX11 about the reopening of the The Bedford Branch Library, where she is the branch manager. “Bed-Stuy is full of artists and thinkers and makers, and really this community flourishes when there’s a library space to help those things happen.”
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Adjunct Associate Professor of Fine Art Ross Knight was interviewed in Office Magazine about his sculptures, which are described as “playful, irreverent, and touchingly close to everyday life.”
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Morgan Gruer, BFA Communications Design ’16, is profiled by Tap Into in a piece that explores her artistic background, career trajectory, and short film Fire at Will, which will be featured at the Nantucket Film Festival. “I wanted to explore a more applied form of visual storytelling. I attended Pratt Institute, which gave me the tools to bridge fine art and design thinking in a really dynamic way.”
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Kate Sekules, visiting assistant professor of history of art and design, is featured in an article about visibly mending clothes. “When you’ve invested time and energy and thought and craft into your clothing, you value it so much more.”
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Traditions, clubs, spaces, places, events, happenings, and hidden gems that make Pratt our place.