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Pratt Manhattan Gallery Presents Naomi Leff Exhibition

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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Media Arts Professors Awarded Prestigious Arts Grants

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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2008 Alum Wins BKLYN Designs Best of Show Award from Target

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 Interior Design Ranked 1st by U.S. News & World Report

U.S. News and World Report's 2009 edition of America's Best Graduate Schools, released last month, ranked Pratt Institute number one in the country for interior design, number four in the country for industrial design, number nine for graphic design, and fifteenth in the U.S. for its master of fine arts degree program.

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Pratt Ranks High in National Design Survey

Pratt Institute’s design departments were among the highest ranked schools in the 2008 “America’s Best Architecture and Design Schools” issue of Design Intelligence (DI), a monthly architecture and design journal. The journal’s annual school rankings are based exclusively on companies’ perceptions of how well schools prepare their graduates for professional practice.

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Exhibition on New York Roots Music Through July 14


Photographer and former Center for Continuing and Professional Studies student Kimberlee Piper presents an exhibition of photographss documenting the surprisingly robust "roots music" (country and bluegrass) scene in New York City. A reception will be held on June 20 from 7-9 PM. The exhibition and reception are free and open to the public.

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Wall Street Journal Article Quotes Pratt Design Expert

A May 30 Wall Street Journal article chronicling ecologically-aware home furnishings design features a quote from Academic Director of Sustainability Deb Johnson.

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People Magazine Features Emmy Rossum at Pratt Fashion Show

People and People.com showcased Phantom of the Opera star Emmy Rossum in a pleated Carmen Marc Valvo gown from Pratt's 2008 Fashion Show, held May 7 in Manhattan.

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Design Students Featured on Page One of Brooklyn Daily Eagle

Recent Pratt alumni Ian Collings and Gregory Buntain and Pratt student Robert Volek were highlighted in a front page Brooklyn Daily Eagle article regarding their winning designs from a Design Within Reach competition held at the sixth annual BKLYN Designs show in May.

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06-26-2008

Media Arts Professors Awarded Prestigious Arts Grants

 

06-26-2008

2008 Alum Wins BKLYN Designs Best of Show Award from Target

 

06-17-2008

Pratt Alum Selected As Official Artist of Summer Olympics

 

06-04-2008

Pratt Manhattan Gallery Presents Naomi Leff Exhibition

 

05-30-2008

Media Arts Professor Receives Prestigious Arts Writers Grant

 

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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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