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Class Notes Spring 2024

Class Notes is Pratt alumni news on work and life compiled from alumni submissions, items shared by faculty and staff, and media mentions. Read on for the Spring 2024 issue’s dispatches.

For Taezoo Park, MFA Digital Arts ’12, the City Is His Circuit Board

In his 3 World Trade Center studio, artist Taezoo Park, Pratt alumnus and visiting instructor of digital arts, is creating art for the future using abandoned technology.

By Nikolas Slackman

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Perspective, Connections, and “Extreme Possibilities”

Mentorship and intergenerational knowledge sharing are some of the most transformative gifts an artist can receive. To that end, Pratt Institute Fine Arts Chair Jane…

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For Ian Montgomery, MS Package Design ’18, Mentorship in Sustainable Design Is a Two-Way Street

“Education isn’t just sitting in a classroom and reading or taking in knowledge and completing your assignments,” says Ian Montgomery, MS Package Design ’18, principal…

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Not Only a Place, But a Feeling

“Home is the place where we most intimately meet ourselves, and can build a space where the primary concern is love, and care.” Madeline McQuillan,…

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A New Monograph Shines Light on John Pai’s Life in Sculpture

For decades, Pratt Institute School of Art and Design alumnus and professor emeritus John Pai, BID ’62; MFA Fine Arts (Sculpture) ’64, has been creating…