Pratt Institute Assistant Chair of Fine Arts Sheila Pepe and Visiting Assistant Professor and alumna Mickalene Thomas won 2009 Joan Mitchell Foundation Grants and $25,000 for their accomplishments in sculpture and painting, respectively. Alumna Carrie…
Pratt Institute ranks second among the country's colleges of art and design in terms of its appearances in global print and electronic media, on the Internet, throughout the blogosphere, and in social media outlets, according…
Pratt's graduate program in interior design was recently ranked first in the country for the second year in a row, based on surveys completed by industry professionals and made available through monthly architecture and design…
Pratt senior fashion design student Kasia Wisniewski was honored by the YMA Fashion Scholarship Fund with one of four $25,000 Fashion Scholarship Fund (FSF) Geoffrey Beene National Scholarship Awards at the 2010 FSF Geoffrey Beene…
Pratt's Department of Industrial Design has partnered with the Folkwang Academy, a college of art and design in Germany, to exhibit chair designs as part of the renowned international furniture and interior design fair imm…
Pratt Institute's Board of Trustees has named Dr. Susan Hakkarainen as its newest member. Hakkarainen's appointment was effective in October 2009.
Hakkarainen is a lighting industry expert whose career includes creating and leading international lighting…
Pratt Institute Associate Professor of Humanities and Media Studies Samantha Hunt was awarded the Bard Fiction Prize for 2010 and $30,000 for her second novel The Invention of Everything Else (Houghton Mifflin, 2008). Hunt will…
Pratt Manhattan Gallery will present "Ethics + Aesthetics = Sustainable Fashion," the first American exhibition to investigate the sustainable practices of American fashion designers, many of whom are based in New York City. The exhibition…
Artist Mary Kelly will speak at Pratt Institute about her influences, artwork, and career as part of the 2009-2010 Visiting Artists Lecture Series, from 12:45 p.m. to 1:45 p.m., Tuesday, November 10, in the Engineering…
Eva Frederiksen, Assistant Director, Architecture and Design, of the Denmark International Studies (DIS) program will deliver a lecture titled "New Spaces in Scandinavian Architecture" at Higgins Hall auditorium at 61 St. James Place in Brooklyn…
Over 400 guests attended Legends 2009 -- Pratt Institute's largest annual scholarship benefit -- which raised $400,000 through ticket sales during a festive and glamorous event on October 29 at 7 World Trade Center…
Pratt Institute will present Legends 2009, a scholarship benefit honoring fashion designer Marc Jacobs; architect and designer David Rockwell; and performer, poet, and visual artist Patti Smith on Thursday, October 29, 2009 at 7 World…
At the site of the Pratt Design Incubator for Sustainable Innovation, Governor David A. Paterson announced on October 22 the award of $7.8 million to five projects, part of the first round of awards through…
An exhibition will open in the main gallery of Pratt's Juliana Curran Terian Design Center on Monday, October 26 at 10 a.m. that will feature a world-famous and uniquely gifted artist drawing - from memory…
Pratt Institute's World History Program in the Department of Social Science and Cultural Studies will co-sponsor and host the annual Mid-Atlantic World History Association (MAWHA) Conference, titled "Time and How it Frames Our World," at…