This is the time of care. As so many of us emerge from the intensity and fatigue of the year behind us, carrying the call to reckon with staggering injustices and crises both social and ecological, there is an urgency to make our world anew. What we have collectively endured exposed the fissures, places where care had fallen by the wayside—areas ripe for the response of builders and innovators working in the space of compassion. That reimagining begins at Pratt.
I hope the stories in this issue begin to connect you to the network of your colleagues doing just that—imagining and preparing a thriving future together. (Read more)
—President Frances Bronet
New York Reimagined
Community, diversity, accessibility, serendipity. As we emerge from our isolation, and New York City reawakens, designers, architects, and urbanites who live in and love this…
Working with Care
When Prattfolio was planning the Summer 2021 issue on the theme of Care, we asked Pratt students and faculty in an email survey how care was influencing their work.…
A Personal Politics
As spring unfolded and New York City slowly awakened—ready to reconnect, reimagine, and rebuild life together in the metropolis—students in Pratt Institute’s Fine Arts Social…
The Art of Holding
Through a certain lens, a period of rejuvenation is happening in the US. Friends and families are reconnecting, daily routines of protection relaxing, the outlook…
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Class Notes Summer 2021
Prattfolio Class Notes highlights Pratt alumni news and updates on work and life. Read on for the Summer 2021 issue’s dispatches, and see below for… -
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With Keiron de Nobriga, BFA Fine Arts ’16
What does it mean to be an artist citizen? Through dialogue-provoking works and an approach to practice that extend across disciplines, Keiron de Nobriga reveals… -
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Sophia Kayafas Finds Flow in a Cloistered Studio
Last summer, painter Sophia Kayafas, visiting instructor of foundation at Pratt, fostered connection among fellow artists working in Brooklyn as one of the hosts of… -
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Tarot for Care
Even as we emerge from the grips of the past year and enter a promising period of rejuvenation, the need for self-care is strong as… -
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Notes from the Field with Jenni Graham LCAT, ATR-BC, MPS Arts Therapy and Creativity Development ’13
Care begins with the self “Many clinicians have been overextending themselves in an attempt to meet the increased needs of a society that has been… -
2021 Alumni Books Roundup
Prattfolio presents our annual roundup of recently published books by Pratt Institute alumni, in time for last-minute additions to a summer reading stack. Read on… -
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Architecture for Rapid Response in a Health Crisis
“In a lot of what we think of as architecture, we deal with concerns well beyond the building, per se,” says Eunjeong Seong, adjunct associate… -
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With Farah Kafei and Valentina Vergara, both BFA Communications Design ’18
When entering a creative field, it’s only natural to seek out the wisdom and work of predecessors whose experiences resonate with our own. But what… -
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Letter from the President: Rebuilding with Care
This is the time of care. As so many of us emerge from the intensity and fatigue of the year behind us, carrying the call…
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Director of Web and Digital Communications
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