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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 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 professors Joe Fyfe and Thad Ziolkowski were recently selected as two of 190 to receive 2008 Guggenheim Fellowships by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Fyfe is a Brooklyn-based painter who is a Visiting Assistant Professor of Painting in the Fine Arts Department. Ziolkowski, a Brooklyn-based writer, is Associate Professor of English and Humanities and Director of the Writing Program.
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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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Media Arts encompasses photography, film,video, and animation in one academic program in which students elect a specific field of concentration while surveying the department’s other areas. Pratt’s Media Arts program emphasizes an awareness of fine arts traditions as well as the professional disciplines of the contemporary media artist. About one-third of the students work in documentary, one-third in experimental and one-third in narrative. The department promotes critical thinking and independence across the spectrum of media making.
B.F.A. in Film (Film or Animation)
The film and video program is structured to offer parallel production courses at each level of the curriculum. Students acquire foundation skills while pursuing their own artistic visions. Courses in ways of seeing cinema, documentary, personal diary media, project development, and contemporary issues in film and video, augment the education of the a media maker. Animation courses are constructed to afford a wide exposure to all aspects of animation production and to allow students to focus on the areas of greatest interest. Courses in animation history, character development, storyboarding, and storytelling enhance the animation production courses. The junior workshops are advanced studies in film/video or animation production using traditional and digital tools. Because of Pratt’s proximity to New York City, students are encouraged to work in internship programs in film, video, animation, and postproduction studios.
The four years culminate in a senior film/animation project that can be in any genre—experimental, dramatic, documentary, or a combination thereof—and in a variety of media. The projects, which are screened in an end-of-the-year show, become students’ portfolios. A portfolio reel can be part of a graduate school application, can be sent to festivals, or can serve as a calling card demonstrating the student’s skill.
B.F.A. in Photography
The photography department is committed to the education of artist/professionals who have acquired a comprehensive understanding of the artistic and professional options inherent in the field of photography. The curriculum is designed to create a broad-based knowledge of photography from traditional photographic techniques to the digital darkroom, including aesthetics, history, and artistic and professional practice.
The student moves from a highly structured program in the sophomore year to a more self-determined program in the senior year in which individual interests are emphasized. This approach is intended to facilitate the transition from student to independent artist/professional.
MEDIA ARTS STAFF
ADMINISTRATIVE
Deborah Meehan
Acting Chairperson
dmeehan@pratt.edu
Jake Selvidio
Assistant to the Chairperson
jselvidi@pratt.edu
ACADEMIC
Fran Krause
Animation Coordinator
frankrause@hotmail.com
Dianne Bellino
Film/Video Coordinator
diannebellino@gmail.com
Anne Turyn
Photography Coordinator
aturyn@pratt.edu
TECHNICAL
Gregory Blazer
Film, Video, and Animation Technician
gblazer@pratt.edu
Yorke Flynn
Photography Technician, Digital Imaging Specialist
yorkeflynn@gmail.com
Martin Lennon
Photography Technician, Instructor
mlennon@pratt.edu
Andrea Reising
Photography Technician
areising@pratt.edu
Sandra Rosenberg
Photography Technician, Instructor
srosenbe@pratt.edu
ANIMATION
FILM & VIDEO
PHOTOGRAPHY
Video I
FILM-109
Enables the art student to produce her/his own work in video, through the learning of basic production and post-production skills, and to develop critical skills in looking at video. The course consists of instruction, video screenings and discussion, and group critiques. It focuses on the production of short video works, with an equal emphasis on concept, content and equipment use. Experimentation is encouraged in all areas.
2.00 credits
Graphics and the Moving Image
FILM-281
Students, through studio projects, investigate the intersection of visual arts, graphics, symbols, and the moving image. The course emphasizes the process between conception and the final execution, rather than production technology. Students use a cross-section of media employing visual arts, film, video, and computer techniques. A basic knowledge of Macintosh computers is recommended.
2.00 credits
Ways of Seeing Cinema
FILM-212
A film analysis course for film/video makers focusing on the study of the production methods of classic, influential films. The class will look at work from the international, Hollywood, and independent film worlds - particularly those works that are innovative and unconventional in their approach to exploring the medium. The films will be considered within current theoretical, aesthetic, and social contexts using five different perspectives: the technical and economic aspects of film-making, the ideological and psychological effects of cinema, and historical aesthetic developments of the art form. This cinema course is designed for students who want to strengthen their critical writing skills and for filmmakers who want to expand their aesthetic, theorhetical, and technical insights into the medium.
2.00 credits
Multimedia Installation
FILM-330
Integrates digital and photographic prints, digital video, objects, performance, and traditional media (drawing, etc.) into an environmental installation. The objective is to be proficient in all aspects of digital imaging (print & video) and be willing to experiment with the nature of media on both a visual and conceptual level.
2.00 credits
Character Animation II
FILM-304
Expanding on the foundation laid in Character Animation I, students will apply their knowledge and skills to a series of practical exercises, putting these principles into practice through a series of exercises in the form of scenes of drawn animation. Students learn in-depth the application of lip sync in animation, filmic composition for animation and putting in the extra touches that transform basic animation into vivid personality animation. Examples that illustrate the principles discussed are screened in class.
4.00 credits
Animation II
FILM-384
This course is for students who are serious about the art of animation. It focuses on an in-depth study of all the magic in this limitless film form. Students are required to create individual short films in a technique of their own. They also learn to work on a group assignment and handle responsibility of either the producer, director, or animator.
3.00 credits
Photography: Digital I
PHOT-250
Students learn about the scanning of slides and prints and manipulation through dodging, burning, color correction, retouching and printing.
2.00 credits
Photography: Color I
PHOT-265
In this course, students are introduced to color photography, including additive and subtractive color, the Kelvin scale, and color negative developing and printing. Aesthetic possibilities in color photography are reviewed in slide presentations. Students learn automatic processes. Color darkrooms with appropriate chemicals and equipment are available for student use outside of scheduled class time.
2.00 credits
Photography: Studio II
PHOT-321
This class is a continuation of Studio Photography I. The course has two related aims: to develop the photographic skills in professional, editorial and studio photography. Advanced lighting, location, and digital photography will be covered. Students will learn studio photography with portrait figure, still life, and architectural form and will be able to work in black-and-white, color and all formats. Guest speakers, such as photo editors, editorial photographers, and/or studio visits will be included.
2.00 credits
Photography: Large Format I
PHOT-307
Students spend the first semester becoming acquainted with the 4" x 5" view camera, its uses and limitations. Emphasis is placed on developing a sense of comfort and facility with the camera and exploiting the unique potential of the medium, like its ability to corrent perspective and render fine detial. View cameras are on loan to class members.
2.00 credits
Processes: Non-Silver
PHOT-315
Students are introduced to photographic processes that bridge the gap between traditional photography and the aesthetics of painting and printmaking. Light-sensitive emulsions are applied to paper, cloth, or other materials by hand. Additional processes such as gum bichromate, Xerox, cyanotype, cliche verre, and experimental toning also are reviewed.
2.00 credits
Animation I
FILM-143
An introduction to general animation techniques, this course combines theoretical elements of animation aesthetics with pratical experience in animation filmmaking. Students are exposed to all types of animated film production through lectures, film presentations, classroom work, and outside assignments. Class projects include single-cell hand animation prepared for film or video. This course is a prerequisite for all intermediate and advanced animation courses.
3.00 credits
New Gallery
4 Animation IV FILM-410
2 Major Seminar: Animation FILM-442
4 Studio Elective
5 Liberal Arts Elective
15 CREDITS
4 Drawing II: Figure & General FDC-144
3 Light/Color/Design II FDC-164
2 Photography II PHOT-102
2 Film I FILM-141
3 Survey of Art II HA-116
3 Introduction to Literary & Critical Studies II
ENGL-103
17 CREDITS
4 Drawing II: Figure & General FDC-144
3 Light/Color/Design II FDC-164
2 Photography II PHOT-102
2 Film I FILM-141
3 Survey of Art II HA-116
3 Introduction to Literary & Critical Studies II ENGL-103
17 CREDITS
4 Drawing I: Figure & General FDC-143
3 Light/Color/Design I FDC-163
2 Photography I PHOT-101
2 Video I FILM-109
3 Survey of Art I HA-115
3 Introduction to Literary & Critical Studies I ENGL-101
17 CREDITS
3 3-D Design I FDC-157
2 Photography III PHOT-201
2 Photography: Color I PHOT-265
2 Photography: Digital I PHOT-250
2 Photography I: 1839 to WW II HA-337
2 Survey of Art: 19th Century HA-215
3 Social Science/Philosophy
2 Studio Elective
18 CREDITS
3 3-D Design I FDC-158
2 Photography: Studio I PHOT-320
2 Photography: Color II PHOT-266
2 Photography II: 1946 to present HA-338
3 Math/Science
2 Photography: B/W Printing PHOT-303
2 Survey of Art: 20th Century HA-216
2 Studio Elective
18 CREDITS
4 Drawing I: Figure & General FDC-143
3 Light/Color/Design I FDC-163
2 Photography I PHOT-101
2 Video I FILM-109
3 Survey of Art I HA-115
3 Introduction to Literary & Critical Studies I ENGL-101
17 CREDITS
2 Photography: Large Format II PHOT-308
2 Photography: Advanced Critique PHOT-301
3 World Civilizations I CH-400
3 Math/Science
2 Processes: Platinum/Palladium or Photography: Digital II PHOT-316 OR PHOT-350
4 Studio Elective
16 CREDITS
4 Senior Project I PHOT-401
2 Contemporary Issues in Photography PHOT-441
3 Social Science/Philosophy
4 Studio Elective
2 Liberal Arts Elective
15 CREDITS
4 Senior Project II PHOT-402
2 Photography: Digital II or Photography: Digital III PHOT-350 OR PHOT-450
4 Studio Elective
5 Liberal Arts Elective
15 CREDITS
2 Film II FILM-242
2 Project Development FILM-290
3 3-D Design I FDC-157
2 Survey of Art: 19th Century HA-215
3 Social Science/Philosophy
5 Studio Elective
17 CREDITS
2 Video II FILM-209
2 Graphics & the Moving Image FILM-281
3 3-D Design II FDC-158
2 Survey of Art: 20th Century HA-216
3 Math/Science
2 Film: Early Film to WW II HA-341
4 Studio Elective
18 CREDITS
4 Animation III FILM-409
3 Social Science/Philosophy
6 Studio Elective
2 Liberal Arts Elective
15 CREDITS
3 Animation II FILM-384
2 Drawing II: Animation FILM-331
3 World Civilizations I CH-300
2 Film: Early Film to WW II HA-341
5 Studio Elective
3 Liberal Arts Elective
18 CREDITS
2 Drawing I: Animation FILM-230
4 Character Animation I FILM-303
2 Survey of Art: 20th Century HA-216
2 Graphics & the Moving Image FILM-281
2 Animation HA-343
3 Math/Science
2 Studio Elective
17 CREDITS
2 Video I FILM-109
2 Animation I FILM-143
2 Survey of Art: 19th Century HA-215
3 Social Science/Philosophy
6 Studio Elective
15 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
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
2 Post-Production FILM-386
4 Character Animation II FILM-304
3 World Civilizations II CH-400
3 Math/Science
6 Studio Elective
18 CREDITS
3 Film V FILM-401F
3 Video V FILM-401V
2 Major Seminar: Film FILM-441
3 Social Science/Philosophy
3 Studio Elective
2 Liberal Arts Elective
16 CREDITS
3 Film IV FILM-302F
3 Video IV FILM-302V
2 Sound Design & Editing FILM-305
3 World Civilizations II CH-400
3 Math/Science
4 Studio Elective
18 CREDITS
3 Film III FILM-301F
3 Video III FILM-301V
2 Ways of Seeing Cinema FILM-212
3 World Civilizations I CH-300
4 Studio Elective
3 Liberal Arts Elective
18 CREDITS
2 Photography: Large Format I PHOT-307
2 Processes: Non-Silver or Photography: Digital II PHOT-315 OR PHOT-350
2 Photography: Studio II PHOT-321
3 World Civilizations I CH-300
6 Studio Elective
3 Liberal Arts Elective
18 CREDITS
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The Brooklyn Arts Council has given Community Arts 2008 Regrants to Photography Department alumni Lindsay Blatt in Photography and Ben Wolf in Sculpture.
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James Costanzo
Adjunct Associate Professor,Adjunct Associate Professor
William Beirne
Visiting Assistant Professor
Activity Resource Center LL
(718) 636-3633
wbeirne@pratt.edu
Peter Bellamy
Visiting Assistant Professor
Activity Resource Center LL
(718) 636-3633
pbellamy@pratt.edu
Dianne Bellino
Visiting Assistant Professor
Activity Resource Center LL
(718) 636-3633
dbellino@pratt.edu
Gregory Blazer
Film/Video Technician
Activity Resource Center LL
(718) 636-3766
gblazer@pratt.edu
Mark Boswell
Visiting Instructor
Activity Resource Center LL
(718) 636-3633
mboswell@pratt.edu
Jacob Burckhardt
Visiting Assistant Professor
Activity Resource Center LL
(718) 636-3633
jburckha@pratt.edu
Nichole Colon
Visiting Instructor
Activity Resource Center LL
(718) 636-3633
ncolon3@pratt.edu
Cecilia Dougherty
Visiting Assistant Professor
Activity Resource Center LL
(718) 636-3633
cdou1281@pratt.edu
Personal Biography
Cecilia Dougherty is an artist who works in video, photography and mixed media. She has been teaching video and fine arts at the university level since 1991 and is on the Core Faculty of the Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts, Bard College. She is Assistant Professor at Pratt Institute as well.
Ms. Dougherty has screened her work internationally in many venues, from pubs to museums. From 2004 to 2007, she was co-owner of Anthology Books, an independent bookshop in Dublin, Ireland.
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Robert Fiala
Adjunct Associate Professor
Activity Resource Center LL
(718) 636-3633
rfiala@pratt.edu
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