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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 Manhattan Gallery will present “Manufactured Surfaces: Three Pratt Institute Sponsored Research Studios for Sustainable Architecture and Design,” from May 19-30, 2008. The exhibition features full-scale prototypes, material demonstrations, and project proposals of three sponsored studios from Designtex, Hunter Douglas, and VELUX that took place within Pratt’s Undergraduate Architecture Department and Interior Design Department. The exhibition and opening reception are free and open to the public. The reception coincides with the closing day of the International Contemporary Furniture Fair, which runs from May 17–20.
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Pratt Institute will present “Breaking In,” a panel of five Pratt alumni discussing how they are making their mark on the design world, led by Julie Taraska, a contributor to Interior Design, at 5 p.m. on Friday, May 9 at St. Ann’s Warehouse on 38 Water Street in the DUMBO neighborhood of Brooklyn. The event is part of the sixth annual BKLYN DESIGNS™ show presented by the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce and featuring designers and manufacturers of contemporary furnishings.
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Pratt Institute will present degrees to approximately 1,000 bachelor's and master's degree candidates during its 119th Commencement at 10 a.m. on May 9 on The Grand Mall of the Brooklyn campus. The Institute also will award honorary degrees to architect Zaha Hadid, dancer/choreographer Judith Jamison, and arts administrator Thomas J. Cahill, who will deliver Pratt’s Commencement address at approximately 11 a.m. It will also honor 2008-2009 Distinguished Teacher Floyd Hughes, adjunct associate professor, Communications Design.
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Pratt Institute will present 2008 Pratt Show, an annual juried exhibition of exceptional design work by 300 of Pratt’s graduating students from May 6 - 8 at The Manhattan Center, located at 311 West 34th Street. The show is free and open to the public and will be open on Tuesday, May 6 from 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; Wednesday, May 7 from 9 a.m.-9 p.m; and Thursday, May 8 from 9 a.m.-1 p.m.
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Pratt Institute will present to the fashion world the creative talents of its senior class during the annual Pratt Fashion Show on May 7, 2008. There will be two shows – one at 2 p.m. and one at 5:30 p.m. – at The Altman Building located at 135 West 18th Street in Manhattan. The 2008 Pratt Fashion Show is sponsored by the Importer Support Program of the Cotton Board and Cotton Incorporated.
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This program provides the means to master the new technologies that are reshaping how people interact, communicate, and create new forms of expression. Digital Arts prepares students for art and design professions in which new media and new forms have become essential tools in the creation and transmission of audio/visual ideas.
The curriculum prepares students for professional positions in the art and design disciplines that currently employ this technology: interactive media, computer animation, digital imaging, and experimental fine arts. This 134-credit program may be completed in four calendar years.
Two specialized curricular options allow selection of a specific area of interest that corresponds to an area of professional concentration.
Digital Animation and Motion Arts
This option concerns itself with form and motion, time-based narrative, and 2- and 3-D animation techniques. Recommended electives include traditional animation, character design and rigging, lighting and rendering, audio and video, and advanced digital animation techniques.
Interactive Media and Game Arts
This option concentrates on the design of computer-human interfaces and interactions through digital media including online (Web) media. Students work with a variety of time-based media under computer control. Electives for this option include traditional design courses and programming, interactive, online media, and game arts courses.
3D Computer Modeling
DDA-300
This course introduces students to the basic principles of building three-dimensional objects and environments with a computer system. The concepts of three-dimensional space and geometric transformations are reviewed in detail. The core of this course deals with different modeling techniques including point digitizing, surfaces of revolution, extrusion, cross-section and also cutting, drilling, surface wrapping and beveling. A variety of shading and rendering techniques are also explored.
3.00 credits
3D Computer Animation
DDA-310
This course introduces students to the basic aspects of designing and producing 3-D computer animation. It is assumed that students are familiar with all basic modeling techniques. Students will learn how to develop storyboards in terms of clarity of storyline, camera moves, and rendering techniques. Key frame and interpolation techniques are covered thoroughly. This course will also deal with command macros for single-frame recording and color animation. Students will be required to complete a short animated piece in wireframe mode.
3.00 credits
Interactive Media
DDA-320
This course teaches the concepts and techniques necessary to design and produce interactive projects that include computer graphics and animation and desktop digital video. This course covers computer/human interface techniques, storyboarding and flowcharting, sprite and background animation, capture of real-time video and scripting techniques.
3.00 credits
Advanced Interactive Media
DDA-330
This course teaches the concepts and techniques necessary to design and produce interactive projects that include computer graphics and animation and desktop digital video. This course covers computer/human interface techniques, storyboarding and flowcharting, sprite and background animation, capture of real-time video and scripting techniques.
3.00 credits
Digital Imaging Studio
DDA-364
This sequence pursues advanced studio problems in digital imaging and experimental media with an emphasis on directed independent creative work. It encourages the extended development and articulation of individual concepts in digital imaging and visualization. Students may choose to undertake either fine or applied art projects. Students may enroll up to four times provided they do not repeat any subject area at the same level.
3.00 credits
Senior Project I
DDA-400
The goal of this course is to produce a final portfolio of computer graphics that can be used for job interviews. Students work on a combination of assignments and personal projects dealing with various aspects of computer graphics. A final project executed with a variety of computer graphics systems is required. Possible areas of concentration include desktop publishing and electronic pre-press, two-dimensional graphics, computer animation, interactive programming, computer-aided design and mixed media. Internship projects in professional environments, if available, may be submitted with chairperson approval. Open to senior students only.
4.00 credits
Digital Arts in Context
DDA-225
Provides an overview of the development of the digital arts from both a design and a fine arts perspective. Topics include the evolution of the field, the development of digital arts disciplines the impact of technology, the pioneers and leading figures in electronic art and design, the digital arts community today, and contemporary works and activities in computer graphics.
3.00 credits
Digital Arts Tech Workshop
DDA-201
This course introduces the fundamental concepts and techniques of computer-based graphics. In addition to an overview of digital-arts concepts and terminology, the course will include hands-on exercises demonstrating digital arts procedures and techniques.
2.00 credits
Audio for Digital Media
DDA-280
This course covers the aesthetic, conceptual, and technical aspects of using audio and music for use with various electronic media, such as 2D/3D animation, video, and the World Wide Web. The course includes lectures on the physical properties of sound, music instruments, music notation, and musical styles.
3.00 credits
Video Editing
DDA-270
Introduces video editing as a creative tool for digital arts students interested in its application to motion graphics, animation, and interactive genres. It offers a thorough technical understanding of nonlinear editing on the Final Cut Pro system. Through editing exercises, students learn to manipulate time, space, sound, and emotions to create subjective narrative and experimental works.
3.00 credits
Graphics Programming I
DDA-200
This course introduces students to the basic concepts of computer programming, with an emphasis on art and design. Two-dimensional graphics and interactivity are explored through the use of line, form, and color.
3.00 credits
4 Drawing I: Figure & General FDC-143
3 3-D Design I FDC-157
3 Light/Color/Design I FDC-163
2 4D Design I FDC-180
3 Survey of Art I HA-115
3 Introduction to Literary & Critical Studies I ENGL-101
18 CREDITS
4 Drawing II: Figure & General FDC-144
3 3-D Design II FDC-158
3 Light/Color/Design II FDC-164
2 4D Design II FDC-181
3 Survey of Art II HA-116
3 Introduction to Literary & Critical Studies II ENGL-103
18 CREDITS
3 Graphics Programming I CG-200
2 Digital Arts Technical Workshop CG-201
3 Digital Imaging CG-250
3 3-D Computer Modeling or Interactive Media I CG-300 or CG-320
2 Media Arts/Communications Design
2 Survey of Art: 19th Century HA-215
3 Social Science/Philosophy
18 CREDITS
3 Digital Arts in Context CG-225
2 Survey of Art: 20th Century HA-216
2 Film/Communications Design
3 Computer Graphics Elective
3 Math/Science
3 Studio Elective
16 CREDITS
3 World Civilizations I CH-300
3 Social Science/Philosophy
6 Computer Graphics Elective
3 Liberal Arts Elective
2 Studio Elective
17 CREDITS
3 World Civilizations II CH-400
3 Math/Science
9 Computer Graphics Elective
3 Studio Elective
18 CREDITS
4 Senior Project I CG-400
6 Computer Graphics Elective
2 Studio Elective
3 Liberal Arts Elective
15 CREDITS
4 Senior Project II CG-410
2 Art History Elective
6 Computer Graphics Elective
2 Liberal Arts Elective
14 CREDITS
Senior Project II
DDA-410
The goal of this course is to produce a final portfolio of computer graphics that can be used for job interviews. Students work on a combination of assignments and personal projects dealing with various aspects of computer graphics. A final project executed with a variety of computer graphics systems is required. Possible areas of concentration include desktop publishing and electronic pre-press, two-dimensional graphics, computer animation, interactive programming, computer-aided design and mixed media. Internship projects in professional environments, if available, may be submitted with chairperson approval. Open to senior students only.
4.00 credits
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Peter Patchen
Chairperson of Digital Arts
Activity Resource Center F10a
(718) 636-3693
ppatchen@pratt.edu
Personal Biography
Peter Frank Patchen is a digital artist exhibiting and lecturing nationally and internationally. He grew up in Colorado where the natural environment had a profound influence on his perception of the relationships that exist between nature, humanity, culture and technology.
In 1993, he founded the Cyber Arts (now New Media) program at the University of Toledo.
Recent work includes interactive artworks, prints, web-based art and mixed media pieces.
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Melissa Lundquist
Assistant Chairperson of Digital Arts
Activity Resource Center LL
(718) 399-4273
mbarrett@pratt.edu
Personal Biography
Melissa has taught at the School of Visual Arts and Pratt Institute, and has lectured at New York University's Steinhardt School of Education and the Baltimore School for the Arts. Her sculptures, collages and prints have appeared in group exhibitions at Lehman College, Bronx, NY; Vox Populi Gallery, Philadelphia, PA; Jack the Pelican Presents, Williamsburg, Brooklyn; Nahcotta Gallery, Portsmouth, NH; New York Institute of Technology, New York City; Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY and the 2005 AAF Contemporary Art Fair, New York City.
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Thomas Bone
Visiting Assistant Professor
Activity Resource Center LL
(718) 636-3411
tbone@pratt.edu
Personal Biography
Professional digital and traditional animator and cartoonist with over 14 years of professional work experience in varied works from film, television, illustrations, web, advertising and merchandising productions.
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Liubomir Borissov
Associate Professor
Activity Resource Center LL
(718) 636-3696
lborisso@pratt.edu
Personal Biography
Liubo Borissov received a doctorate in Physics from Columbia, where he also studied electro-acoustic music at the Columbia University Computer Music Center. He holds a masters in Interactive Telecommunications from NYU's Tisch School, where he was a Global Vilar Fellow in the performing arts.
In his works, he explores the interface between art, science and technology. His multimedia installations, performances and collaborations have been featured throughout Europe, Japan and North America.
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Svjetlana Bukvich-Nichols
Visiting Associate Professor
Activity Resource Center LL
(718) 636-3411
sbukvich@pratt.edu
Melanie Crean
Visiting Instructor
Activity Resource Center LL
(718) 636-3411
mcrean@pratt.edu
Marianna Ellenberg
Visiting Instructor
Activity Resource Center LL
(718) 636-3411
mellenbe@pratt.edu
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