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Communication Design Course, © 2008 Bob Handelman
The mission of Pratt Institute is to educate artists and creative professionals to be responsible contributors to society.
Pratt seeks to instill in all graduates aesthetic judgment, professional knowledge, collaborative skills, and technical expertise.
With a firm grounding in the liberal arts and sciences, a Pratt education blends theory with creative application in preparing graduates to become leaders in their professions.
Pratt enrolls a diverse group of highly talented and dedicated students, challenging them to achieve their full potential.
Pratt Institute media arts professors Lisa Crafts and Ellen Wallenstein were recently both awarded unrestricted $7,000 New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) grants for their film and photography work. NYFA awarded 136 fellowships to 144 New York artists representing eight artistic disciplines that cover the visual, performing, and literary arts. The fellows were selected from over 4,500 applicants by peer panels assembled according to each artistic discipline.
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Recent Pratt industrial design alumnus Gregory Buntain received the Target Design Award for his ingeniously designed side table, titled “(intension),” as part of the sixth annual BKLYN DESIGNS™, presented by the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce on May 9. This first time award celebrates exceptional talent and promise in the field of design and its winner was judged among all exhibitors of the show. As part of the award, Buntain has been invited to join an assembly of the country’s top designers in an event at the Cooper Hewitt, National Design Museum during National Design Week in October.
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Pratt alumnus and Miami-based painter Mark T. Smith was one of ten artists selected by the U.S. Olympics Committee to be an official artist of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. His winning work depicts a vibrant blue dragon breathing fire onto the Olympic torch.
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Pratt Institute President’s Exhibition Series will present “Naomi Leff: Interior Design,” the fourth in a series that honors distinguished alumni and faculty, at Pratt Manhattan Gallery from June 19 – September 13, 2008. The exhibition will be the first to explore the work of Naomi Leff (1938–2005), and will include photographs, furniture, and objects from her personal collection and video presentations devoted to signature projects for companies such as Polo/Ralph Lauren and Giorgio Armani. The exhibition is free and open to the public.
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Pratt Institute adjunct professor Jim Supanick recently received a prestigious Arts Writers Grant from Creative Capital | Warhol Foundation for his article Windsock Navigation: eteam’s International Airport Montello, an in-depth investigation of artist collective eteam’s International Airport Montello, an elaborate art project staged near a defunct airstrip in the remote desert town of Montello, Nevada.
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The Helpdesk is located on the Lower Level of the Engineering Building and is open Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. During the summer, the Helpdesk closes at 4:00 p.m. You may contact the Service Desk via phone at 718-636-3765 or via email at helpdesk@pratt.edu.
The EDS lab is located on the second floor of the Engineering building and offers an assortment of computer services. Seven computer classrooms (four Macintosh and three PC) are open from 9 a.m. to midnight during the regular semester, with extended hours during final exams. Available applications allow students to create 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional work and computer animation; edit digital video; and produce DVD projects. Students may digitize their artwork and photographs using the available flatbed and slide scanners. Teachers have access to LCD projectors in each classroom and are able to share files with students through the lab's network resources. Free black & white printing is available from all computers in the lab and all computers have Internet and FTP access.
Engineering Building, 2nd floor
The MCC Lab is located on the first floor of the Machinery building and has four classrooms. The two Macintosh classrooms are equipped with various Apple computers running OSX and the two PC classrooms are equipped with Dell computers running Windows XP. Each classroom has scanners and a digital projector. Black & white printing is available from all computers. The MCC Lab is open from 9 a.m. to midnight every day during the regular semester, with extended hours during final exams.
The MCC Lab also offers a plotting room. The plotting room is equipped with PC's and large format plotters. Students may plot using AutoCAD2005, SolidWorks2004 and Pro-Engineer Wildfire 2.0. An appointment is required in order to use the plotting room and may be scheduled by calling 718-636-3737 or 718-399-4270. All appointments are for 60 minutes and are limited to two per day. Students are required to show a current and valid Pratt I.D. when arriving. Appointments may be scheduled up to two weeks in advance.
Machinery Building, 1st floor
The Foundation Media Lab, located on the 3rd floor of the Main building, offers 60 Macintosh workstations running OSX. Primary applications allow students to create 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional work and computer animation; edit digital video; and produce DVD projects. Digital video equipment and digital photography equipment is available for checkout to students registered in a Foundation 4-D Design class. Other resources include flatbed scanners; media card readers; and black & white laser printing. FML is open Monday through Sunday from 9 a.m. to midnight during the regular semester, with extended hours during final exams.
Main Building, 3rd floor
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The w14 labs at the Pratt Manhattan Center are located in the Chelsea section of Manhattan at 144 West 14th Street in New York City. Our labs offer state of the art technology for student and faculty. The labs are broken into three distinct types; computer classrooms, technology suites, and open labs. Computer classrooms are used for classes requiring computer technology in the curriculum. Technology suites are smaller rooms containing more advanced technology geared toward specialized areas. We currently have three technology suites, one for video editing, one for high end scanning, and one for ink jet printing. Suites are available on a reservation basis for student and faculty. Open labs are spaces which are open for student, faculty, or staff during our operating hours. Academic Computing at Pratt Manhattan is also responsible for audiovisual equipment requested for us in traditional classrooms, 17 smart classrooms, and the lecture hall in our facility. Please use the link on the left to reserve equipment or request a tutorial today.
Pratt Manhattan
144 West 14th Street, 5th floor
The Higgins Hall computer lab, located on the 3rd floor of Higgins Hall North, offers 40 PC workstations running Windows XP Professional. It is open from 9 a.m. to midnight Monday through Sunday during the regular semester, with extended hours during final exams. Primarily used by architecture students, the lab houses a high quality output and plotting room, which is open during regular lab hours. Other resources include 11x17 flatbed scanners, slide scanners, a 3ds max networked rendering cluster, and user storage accounts.
Higgins Hall North, 3rd floor
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