Unleash your imagination by producing narratives that inspire and amaze audiences. Immerse yourself in the dynamic realm of animation, where you will learn the newest cutting edge technologies propelling this exciting field.
The BFA in 3D Animation and Motion Arts prepares you with the knowledge and skills to flourish in the animation and visual effects sector. The fundamentals of core modeling, animation, compositing, and simulation software is the basis of the curriculum, guided by projects and assignments that ensure these skills are motivated by carefully constructed concepts and stories.
Student Work
The Experience
The 3D Animation pathway introduces an amazing range of tools and techniques taught by internationally renowned faculty. Studio courses factor in every semester, lending ample opportunity to create an impressive graduation showreel. Most courses are located in our award-winning Myrtle Hall facility, less than 30 minutes away from hundreds of New York’s world famous cultural institutions, many of which sponsor our students through internships. When not in class, our students are soaking up the limitless screenings, openings, festivals, shows and exhibitions that are occurring throughout the year in New York City.
Digital Arts Facilities
Students in the 3D Animation BFA have excellent studios with access to several digital computing facilities that are outfitted with state of the art Apple and Windows/PC computer stations. These computers are loaded with top of the line animation software including Nuke, Maya, Houdini, Adobe Suite, ZBrush, Marvelous Designer, ProTools, and much more. All 3D Animation students also have access to shared Digital Arts facilities that include a green screen room, an audio editing suite, and a world-class spatial computing lab. Further access to Pratt Institute facilities is also possible, including fine art workshops and a large photogrammetry volume.
High End Computer Lab
Green Screen Studio
Green Screen Studio
Stop Motion Studio
Stop Motion Studio
Internships
The Department of Digital Arts and Animation offers an internship program tailored to digital artists. Throughout the academic year, students partake in internship opportunities at a variety of studios and companies in the metropolitan New York area, gaining skills and experience in areas covering animation, visual effects, motion graphics, game design, interaction design, fine arts, and publishing.
The internship program places students on their career paths, providing experiences that aid in determining their educational and professional goals. Internships may be taken for college credit by both undergraduate and graduate students. While the Department has our own Internship Coordinator, students may also want to visit Pratt’s extensive network and dedicated staff that supports and facilitates Internships and Industry Connections.
Study Abroad
Immersing yourself in another culture is an incredible experience that can extend the boundaries of creativity. Study abroad programs are an integral part of the college experience, and Pratt has deep connections with university partners around the world. See where you can go.
Learning Resources
We develop disciplinary fluency in our program of study and we celebrate the interdisciplinary nature of art to critically address the plurality and complexity of the environments in which we operate. Learning resources.
Our Faculty
Pratt’s distinguished faculty of outstanding creative professionals and scholars share a common desire to develop each student’s potential and creativity to the fullest. Bringing different views, methods, and perspectives they provide a rigorous educational model in which students make and learn. See all Digital Arts faculty and administrators.
3D Animation alumni have risen to the top of their fields exhibiting at prestigious venues as the Whitney Biennial and Sundance, and receiving top recognition such as with the Emmy and Oscar awards.
Where they work
Our 3D Animation alumni have gone on to be top leaders at such imminent studios as Framestore, Crafty Apes, Pixar, and The Mill.
Join us at Pratt. Learn more about admissions requirements, plan your visit, talk to a counselor, and start your application. Take the next step.
Building your portfolio can be daunting. We’ll answer your questions and help you feel confident about the portfolio you submit with your application. Start building your portfolio, now.
You’ll find yourself at home at Pratt. Learn more about our residence halls, student organizations, athletics, gallery exhibitions, events, the amazing City of New York and our Brooklyn neighborhood communities. Check us out.
Grace-Marie Cooney, BFA Fashion '25, takes us with her for a day interning in the Garment District!
This summer, Grace-Marie is interning at Kallmeyer (@KallmeyerOfficial), a New York-based ready-to-wear and accessories brand focusing on elevated staples. From a morning greeting from the studio dog, venturing out to source hardware, and standing in as a model for social media content, a day in the life of a fashion intern is busy!
Grace-Marie is also a 2024 Fashion Scholarship Fund Scholar (@FashionScholarshipFund).
Video: @gracemarieoriginals/@gracemariecooney
#PrattInstitute #NYC #Fashion #FashionStudent #GarmentDistrict
Deva Herbert Bai shows us Pratt PreCollege from her point of view!
A BAP Scholar, Deva spent her PreCollege session studying Digital Arts and Art and Technology. Although she is from Brooklyn, Deva dormed for the session so she could have a residential college experience!
Each year the Black Alumni of Pratt (@PrattBAP) funds three scholarships to support student of Black and Latinx heritage based in the New York City area. Many BAP Scholars have gone on to attend Pratt or other art and design colleges.
During the program, the BAP Scholars take courses, go on field trips to museums and galleries and experience the atmosphere of a college campus and developing useful life skills.
Thanks for sharing your day with us Deva!
#ArtSchool #College #CampusLife #PrattInstitute #PrattBAP
*Gushing thank you post incoming*
We wanted to give a shout-out to our graduate assistant, Kerry! Creating social media can be a thankless task and Kerry is always down to lend a hand, face, or tiny mic to help us capture the essence of life at Pratt.
Thanks for everything you do! Especially your willingness to share your outtakes 🙂
#Pratt #PrattInstitute #NYC #Outtakes #Bloopers #Subway
You don't have to hitch a ride to Rockaway Beach, you can take the @MTA!
Kerry (@KerryRichardsonn), graduate architecture student and Pratt Social Media GA, shows us how to get to the beach from the Brooklyn campus.
#PrattInstitute #MTA #NYC #NewYorkSubway #RockawayBeach
Brooklyn resident Sakura Tang takes us with her for a day at Pratt PreCollege!
Each year the Black Alumni of Pratt (@PrattBAP) funds three scholarships to support student of Black and Latinx heritage based in the New York City area. Many BAP Scholars have gone on to attend Pratt or other art and design colleges.
During the program, the BAP Scholars take courses, go on field trips to museums and galleries and experience the atmosphere of a college campus and developing useful life skills.
#ArtSchool #College #CampusLife #PrattInstitute #PrattBAP
Only one month left to check out "To Live In The Imagination" at the Pratt Manhattan Gallery!
The MFA Alumni show is organized as a conversation between seven 2021–2023 alumni of Pratt Institute’s nascent Photography MFA program and a selection of singular works by the six graduates of the class of 2024. Existential essentials—such as memory, landscape, home, family, and the body—are shared subjects of inquiry and exploration among many of the included artists, while others address the shifting field of photographic representation. Throughout the exhibition, care and criticality are of equal importance.
Can't make it to our 14th Street gallery? Explore the work @PrattExhibits.
Images: Jingge Zhang, Untitled, 2024, laser print transferred to packing tape on Plexiglas, 20 x 15 inches. Courtesy of the artist; Rachel Handlin, Untitled (Ezra Roy), 2024 Installation of four silver gelatin prints and cyanotypes with text (artist statement by Ezra Roy); Jingge Zhang installation; Megan Mack and Abby Waters, detail of installation of “Our Town”; Stephanie Espinoza, “it doesn’t have to be something until it is: untitled - untitled x” [detail], 2024, archival inkjet print, ten parts, 35 x 28 inches each; Megan Mack and Abby Waters, installation of “Our Town”; Baillie Vensel installation.
Our students have always had a lot going on.
Hat tip to @gmo.productions478 for unearthing this archival clip of Pratt student, Christine, on a 1986 episode of “The Morning Show” with Regis Philbin and @KathieLGifford on @abc7ny.
#PrattInstitute #Pratt #NYC #NYHC #HxC #ArtStudents #1980
🏙️ Check out five of the buildings they explored on their trip to Singapore and Hong Kong! What interesting features catch your eye?
Featured Buildings:
Park Royal - Singapore 🇸🇬
The Hive at Nanyang Technological University - Singapore 🇸🇬
CapitaSpring - Singapore 🇸🇬
M+ - Hong Kong đź‡đź‡°
Tai Kwun - Hong Kong đź‡đź‡°
M.Arch students taking the summer course Altered Estates engage in on-site fieldwork, speculating on strategies for adapting, densifying, interiorizing, and intervening in sites, habitats, and communities.
Videography: Kerry Richardson, MArch '26
@KerryRichardsonn @Pratt_GUAD @pratt_m.arch @PrattSoA
#Architecture #FieldWork #AlteredEstates #UrbanExploration #Singapore #HongKong #BuildingDesign #MArchStudents
Join M.Arch student Kerry Richardson and her classmates as they explore architecture in Southeast Asia! The summer course, Altered Estates, investigates urban density and climate resilience in Singapore and Hong Kong. Students visit 21st century buildings that focus on green spaces, sustainability and adaptive reuse, gaining inspiration on blending architecture with water management techniques for their studio projects.
This course examines how architectural designs can be conceptualized, documented, and presented through various perspectives to address climate change effects like flooding, sea-level rise, and storm surges.
Videography: @KerryRichardsonn
@Pratt_GUAD @pratt_m.arch @PrattSoA
Students focus on individual expression through form and motion. These stories are set in amazing worlds populated with unique characters. Students bring these worlds to life through a series of animation studio courses that grow in complexity and depth. Courses include 3-D modeling, 3-D animation, character design, character animation, storyboarding and storytelling, animation history, motion dynamics, lighting and rendering and post-production courses. Recommended electives include contemporary issues in film and video, 2-D animation, scripting, special effects, 3-D printing, and other advanced digital animation techniques.
In Pratt’s Department of Digital Arts, undergraduates will develop aesthetic finesse, technological skill, conceptual sophistication related to digital media, and thorough comprehension of the potential of art and technology. Graduates demonstrate an expertise in their discipline, a unique voice in their medium and a knowledge of historical works in art and technology. Students then learn to create professional documentation and presentation skills to launch their careers in the Digital Arts.Â
After graduation, Pratt Alumni can be found exhibiting in galleries and working in major creative industries:Â
![Only one month left to check out "To Live In The Imagination" at the Pratt Manhattan Gallery!
The MFA Alumni show is organized as a conversation between seven 2021–2023 alumni of Pratt Institute’s nascent Photography MFA program and a selection of singular works by the six graduates of the class of 2024. Existential essentials—such as memory, landscape, home, family, and the body—are shared subjects of inquiry and exploration among many of the included artists, while others address the shifting field of photographic representation. Throughout the exhibition, care and criticality are of equal importance.
Can't make it to our 14th Street gallery? Explore the work @PrattExhibits.
Images: Jingge Zhang, Untitled, 2024, laser print transferred to packing tape on Plexiglas, 20 x 15 inches. Courtesy of the artist; Rachel Handlin, Untitled (Ezra Roy), 2024 Installation of four silver gelatin prints and cyanotypes with text (artist statement by Ezra Roy); Jingge Zhang installation; Megan Mack and Abby Waters, detail of installation of “Our Town”; Stephanie Espinoza, “it doesn’t have to be something until it is: untitled - untitled x” [detail], 2024, archival inkjet print, ten parts, 35 x 28 inches each; Megan Mack and Abby Waters, installation of “Our Town”; Baillie Vensel installation.](https://www.pratt.edu/art/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2023/07/453350615_250093398198126_6790373933477246824_n-512x640.jpg)
![Only one month left to check out "To Live In The Imagination" at the Pratt Manhattan Gallery!
The MFA Alumni show is organized as a conversation between seven 2021–2023 alumni of Pratt Institute’s nascent Photography MFA program and a selection of singular works by the six graduates of the class of 2024. Existential essentials—such as memory, landscape, home, family, and the body—are shared subjects of inquiry and exploration among many of the included artists, while others address the shifting field of photographic representation. Throughout the exhibition, care and criticality are of equal importance.
Can't make it to our 14th Street gallery? Explore the work @PrattExhibits.
Images: Jingge Zhang, Untitled, 2024, laser print transferred to packing tape on Plexiglas, 20 x 15 inches. Courtesy of the artist; Rachel Handlin, Untitled (Ezra Roy), 2024 Installation of four silver gelatin prints and cyanotypes with text (artist statement by Ezra Roy); Jingge Zhang installation; Megan Mack and Abby Waters, detail of installation of “Our Town”; Stephanie Espinoza, “it doesn’t have to be something until it is: untitled - untitled x” [detail], 2024, archival inkjet print, ten parts, 35 x 28 inches each; Megan Mack and Abby Waters, installation of “Our Town”; Baillie Vensel installation.](https://scontent-yyz1-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.2885-15/453350615_250093398198126_6790373933477246824_n.jpg?_nc_cat=101&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=18de74&_nc_ohc=rzonumIDSGcQ7kNvgEI-8h8&_nc_ht=scontent-yyz1-1.cdninstagram.com&edm=ANo9K5cEAAAA&oh=00_AYCLwtaw_1fOsKSdH-DrcEtRxWD2qp67qHb9YczJXRxSYw&oe=66BB9772)
![Only one month left to check out "To Live In The Imagination" at the Pratt Manhattan Gallery!
The MFA Alumni show is organized as a conversation between seven 2021–2023 alumni of Pratt Institute’s nascent Photography MFA program and a selection of singular works by the six graduates of the class of 2024. Existential essentials—such as memory, landscape, home, family, and the body—are shared subjects of inquiry and exploration among many of the included artists, while others address the shifting field of photographic representation. Throughout the exhibition, care and criticality are of equal importance.
Can't make it to our 14th Street gallery? Explore the work @PrattExhibits.
Images: Jingge Zhang, Untitled, 2024, laser print transferred to packing tape on Plexiglas, 20 x 15 inches. Courtesy of the artist; Rachel Handlin, Untitled (Ezra Roy), 2024 Installation of four silver gelatin prints and cyanotypes with text (artist statement by Ezra Roy); Jingge Zhang installation; Megan Mack and Abby Waters, detail of installation of “Our Town”; Stephanie Espinoza, “it doesn’t have to be something until it is: untitled - untitled x” [detail], 2024, archival inkjet print, ten parts, 35 x 28 inches each; Megan Mack and Abby Waters, installation of “Our Town”; Baillie Vensel installation.](https://scontent-yyz1-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.2885-15/453664511_852566662999343_6330709301623698287_n.jpg?_nc_cat=105&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=18de74&_nc_ohc=4MiB1ztXGwYQ7kNvgH71J8u&_nc_ht=scontent-yyz1-1.cdninstagram.com&edm=ANo9K5cEAAAA&oh=00_AYC0KCuwcUr8QCXW9pKDlIGuOYtoDTatFOjtbbG_R1A1zg&oe=66BB70E7)
![Only one month left to check out "To Live In The Imagination" at the Pratt Manhattan Gallery!
The MFA Alumni show is organized as a conversation between seven 2021–2023 alumni of Pratt Institute’s nascent Photography MFA program and a selection of singular works by the six graduates of the class of 2024. Existential essentials—such as memory, landscape, home, family, and the body—are shared subjects of inquiry and exploration among many of the included artists, while others address the shifting field of photographic representation. Throughout the exhibition, care and criticality are of equal importance.
Can't make it to our 14th Street gallery? Explore the work @PrattExhibits.
Images: Jingge Zhang, Untitled, 2024, laser print transferred to packing tape on Plexiglas, 20 x 15 inches. Courtesy of the artist; Rachel Handlin, Untitled (Ezra Roy), 2024 Installation of four silver gelatin prints and cyanotypes with text (artist statement by Ezra Roy); Jingge Zhang installation; Megan Mack and Abby Waters, detail of installation of “Our Town”; Stephanie Espinoza, “it doesn’t have to be something until it is: untitled - untitled x” [detail], 2024, archival inkjet print, ten parts, 35 x 28 inches each; Megan Mack and Abby Waters, installation of “Our Town”; Baillie Vensel installation.](https://scontent-yyz1-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.2885-15/453536340_1994938414256482_7588339111312373499_n.jpg?_nc_cat=109&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=18de74&_nc_ohc=AZcMGBk_d44Q7kNvgGqBean&_nc_ht=scontent-yyz1-1.cdninstagram.com&edm=ANo9K5cEAAAA&oh=00_AYClFXfBiR20R_1kU5uAln2kgChekVUW9PHJSlhLcmyL0A&oe=66BB91A3)
![Only one month left to check out "To Live In The Imagination" at the Pratt Manhattan Gallery!
The MFA Alumni show is organized as a conversation between seven 2021–2023 alumni of Pratt Institute’s nascent Photography MFA program and a selection of singular works by the six graduates of the class of 2024. Existential essentials—such as memory, landscape, home, family, and the body—are shared subjects of inquiry and exploration among many of the included artists, while others address the shifting field of photographic representation. Throughout the exhibition, care and criticality are of equal importance.
Can't make it to our 14th Street gallery? Explore the work @PrattExhibits.
Images: Jingge Zhang, Untitled, 2024, laser print transferred to packing tape on Plexiglas, 20 x 15 inches. Courtesy of the artist; Rachel Handlin, Untitled (Ezra Roy), 2024 Installation of four silver gelatin prints and cyanotypes with text (artist statement by Ezra Roy); Jingge Zhang installation; Megan Mack and Abby Waters, detail of installation of “Our Town”; Stephanie Espinoza, “it doesn’t have to be something until it is: untitled - untitled x” [detail], 2024, archival inkjet print, ten parts, 35 x 28 inches each; Megan Mack and Abby Waters, installation of “Our Town”; Baillie Vensel installation.](https://scontent-yyz1-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.2885-15/450373930_508516965050204_7510239393902304280_n.jpg?_nc_cat=110&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=18de74&_nc_ohc=DeVfA7ATJ4cQ7kNvgHszfY1&_nc_ht=scontent-yyz1-1.cdninstagram.com&edm=ANo9K5cEAAAA&oh=00_AYD7PcxJfFwevkqnGZUCZJDRThSsDl9Gbm2nTV-2d-eKJA&oe=66BB9872)
![Only one month left to check out "To Live In The Imagination" at the Pratt Manhattan Gallery!
The MFA Alumni show is organized as a conversation between seven 2021–2023 alumni of Pratt Institute’s nascent Photography MFA program and a selection of singular works by the six graduates of the class of 2024. Existential essentials—such as memory, landscape, home, family, and the body—are shared subjects of inquiry and exploration among many of the included artists, while others address the shifting field of photographic representation. Throughout the exhibition, care and criticality are of equal importance.
Can't make it to our 14th Street gallery? Explore the work @PrattExhibits.
Images: Jingge Zhang, Untitled, 2024, laser print transferred to packing tape on Plexiglas, 20 x 15 inches. Courtesy of the artist; Rachel Handlin, Untitled (Ezra Roy), 2024 Installation of four silver gelatin prints and cyanotypes with text (artist statement by Ezra Roy); Jingge Zhang installation; Megan Mack and Abby Waters, detail of installation of “Our Town”; Stephanie Espinoza, “it doesn’t have to be something until it is: untitled - untitled x” [detail], 2024, archival inkjet print, ten parts, 35 x 28 inches each; Megan Mack and Abby Waters, installation of “Our Town”; Baillie Vensel installation.](https://scontent-yyz1-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.2885-15/453651741_925996622667039_6165903357896908473_n.jpg?_nc_cat=108&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=18de74&_nc_ohc=9shiNpYAGecQ7kNvgHQXd2B&_nc_ht=scontent-yyz1-1.cdninstagram.com&edm=ANo9K5cEAAAA&oh=00_AYBLpsQ4Ji0YV_VRZUItAhwmkeAAwsLUUj0FcSmEJDKzZQ&oe=66BB97BF)
![Only one month left to check out "To Live In The Imagination" at the Pratt Manhattan Gallery!
The MFA Alumni show is organized as a conversation between seven 2021–2023 alumni of Pratt Institute’s nascent Photography MFA program and a selection of singular works by the six graduates of the class of 2024. Existential essentials—such as memory, landscape, home, family, and the body—are shared subjects of inquiry and exploration among many of the included artists, while others address the shifting field of photographic representation. Throughout the exhibition, care and criticality are of equal importance.
Can't make it to our 14th Street gallery? Explore the work @PrattExhibits.
Images: Jingge Zhang, Untitled, 2024, laser print transferred to packing tape on Plexiglas, 20 x 15 inches. Courtesy of the artist; Rachel Handlin, Untitled (Ezra Roy), 2024 Installation of four silver gelatin prints and cyanotypes with text (artist statement by Ezra Roy); Jingge Zhang installation; Megan Mack and Abby Waters, detail of installation of “Our Town”; Stephanie Espinoza, “it doesn’t have to be something until it is: untitled - untitled x” [detail], 2024, archival inkjet print, ten parts, 35 x 28 inches each; Megan Mack and Abby Waters, installation of “Our Town”; Baillie Vensel installation.](https://scontent-yyz1-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.2885-15/453644416_457282153782572_1437934042605735063_n.jpg?_nc_cat=100&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=18de74&_nc_ohc=tY--1xb37rEQ7kNvgE02zf3&_nc_ht=scontent-yyz1-1.cdninstagram.com&edm=ANo9K5cEAAAA&oh=00_AYA5fRcVJ_DZ4XqoWlYRMZKbGasC84TRpX_FCKU-uoNV6Q&oe=66BB7805)
![Only one month left to check out "To Live In The Imagination" at the Pratt Manhattan Gallery!
The MFA Alumni show is organized as a conversation between seven 2021–2023 alumni of Pratt Institute’s nascent Photography MFA program and a selection of singular works by the six graduates of the class of 2024. Existential essentials—such as memory, landscape, home, family, and the body—are shared subjects of inquiry and exploration among many of the included artists, while others address the shifting field of photographic representation. Throughout the exhibition, care and criticality are of equal importance.
Can't make it to our 14th Street gallery? Explore the work @PrattExhibits.
Images: Jingge Zhang, Untitled, 2024, laser print transferred to packing tape on Plexiglas, 20 x 15 inches. Courtesy of the artist; Rachel Handlin, Untitled (Ezra Roy), 2024 Installation of four silver gelatin prints and cyanotypes with text (artist statement by Ezra Roy); Jingge Zhang installation; Megan Mack and Abby Waters, detail of installation of “Our Town”; Stephanie Espinoza, “it doesn’t have to be something until it is: untitled - untitled x” [detail], 2024, archival inkjet print, ten parts, 35 x 28 inches each; Megan Mack and Abby Waters, installation of “Our Town”; Baillie Vensel installation.](https://scontent-yyz1-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.2885-15/452985457_1516557222617470_1890675059749872957_n.jpg?_nc_cat=107&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=18de74&_nc_ohc=3FLM32pL_bwQ7kNvgF2W8EO&_nc_ht=scontent-yyz1-1.cdninstagram.com&edm=ANo9K5cEAAAA&oh=00_AYApJAWVlEznwqS6jEL6p7ALYE7XzNJdwd7WmAr_N-0H8A&oe=66BB7F06)
