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Photography Student Brandon Foushee Brings Love & Care to Myrtle Avenue for Black Artstory Month

“Forever Caring” by Brandon Foushee, BFA Photography ’21 (photo by Kate Therrian Barron) The words “forever caring” stretch across four windows of the Pratt Institute Film/Video Building on Myrtle Avenue in Brooklyn as part…

In Pratt’s New Entrepreneurship Minor, Students Learn Business Skills to Thrive in Creative Fields

Pratt Institute’s new interdisciplinary Minor in Entrepreneurship will prepare artists and designers with an entrepreneurial mindset, business acumen, and essential skills to embark on their own creative ventures. Starting this spring, the minor will provide students…

Students Use Pratt’s Launchpad to Create Projects & Access Campus Labs from Any Computer

This academic year, Pratt Institute students have a new way to remotely access technology from their home computers, addressing the needs of students during hybrid and remote learning. The cloud-based Launchpad is part of the new onePratt platform bringing the…

Inside ComD Professor Ari Melenciano’s Research and Design Haven

Prattfolio looks inside the creative laboratory of Pratt communications design professor Ari Melenciano’s home studio in Brooklyn.

Networking from Home: Pratt Students Lead Discussions with Industry Leaders

With an uncertain job market and the disruption of the workplace due to the pandemic, recent graduates have faced a formidable first year of their post-college careers. In supporting Pratt Institute’s 2020 graduates, the Center for Career and Professional Development…

5 Steps to Make Wellness a Daily Part of Your Creative Practice

In times of uncertainty, taking control of what you can—rather than stressing about what you cannot—is crucial for both mental and physical wellness. Rethinking a routine can seem challenging, but there are ways to purposefully use the moments you already…

Pratt Young Scholars Continue their Pratt Education in the Class of 2024

After developing their creative passions in the Pratt Young Scholars (PYS) program, several participants are now part of the incoming undergraduate class of 2024. Aizen Chen, Britney Gil Fernandez, Alex Orozco, and Asia Silverio have entered Pratt Institute and Sky…

Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Pratt’s Office of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion: A Look at Two Years of Collaborative Action

The Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) has released Pratt Institute’s first Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Progress Report. The extensive document, now available to explore online, chronicles the past two years of cultivating a campus where all students, faculty,…

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Pratt Photography Students Reflect on Intimate Spaces Through a New Lens

Designing for Nourishment of People and Communities

In this installment of Crit, Prattfolio features Industrial Design professor Amanda Huynh’s capstone studio Nourishment and Social Change.