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PrattCard to Expand to Myrtle Avenue this Fall
Pratt to Hold Community "Design Jam" on July 11
Pratt to Celebrate its First Ever Endowed Professorship
Rebeccah Pailes-Friedman Named Acting Fashion Design Chair
2009 Fine Arts Graduates Win Joan Mitchell Fellowship Awards
Pratt Institute and the Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn Partnership (the Partnership) recently announced a collaboration to expand the reach of PrattCard, Pratt’s student and faculty identification card, to businesses on the Myrtle Avenue commercial corridor at the start of the Fall 2009 semester. Once in place, Pratt students, faculty, and staff will be able to put a cash balance on their cards similar to a debit card that can be used to shop or dine at participating Myrtle Avenue businesses.
Pratt Institute Center for Sustainable Design Studies (CSDS) and the Pratt Incubator for Sustainable Design Innovation will partner with Pratt Towers housing cooperative to hold a community “design jam” on Saturday, July 11 from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Pratt Towers located at 333 Lafayette Avenue. Members of the community are invited to brainstorm possible residential uses for 60 square feet of unused space behind the towers that has remained empty for 15 years.
Pratt Institute President Thomas F. Schutte and The Board of Trustees of Pratt Institute will hold a dinner to celebrate the establishment of The Marc Rosen Distinguished Visiting Chair in Design on Tuesday, June 16, 2009 at The Gramercy Park Hotel Roof at Two Lexington Avenue in Manhattan. The event will include a cocktail reception at 7 p.m. followed by dinner, and will celebrate the first endowed professorship in the history of Pratt Institute.
Rebeccah Pailes-Friedman, a Pratt alumna and fashion design executive with over 15 years of experience, has been named acting chair of the Institute’s Fashion Design Department. Pailes-Friedman, who has taught in Pratt’s fashion and industrial design departments since 1998, will begin her appointment July 1, 2009. She replaces Rosie DePasquale, who is stepping down after serving as chair of the Fashion Design Department since 2000 to work on the launch of her yoga accessories and clothing line. DePasquale will return in the spring 2010 semester as a full-time professor.
Pratt Institute department of fine arts graduate students Charlotte Meyer and Kris Scheifele won 2009 Joan Mitchell Fellowship Awards for their accomplishments in sculpture and painting, respectively. Through this award program, Meyer and Scheifele will each receive a $15,000 grant and will also participate in a group exhibition at the Cue Art Foundation in Chelsea, New York in spring of 2010.
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William Mac Donald, a full professor and Chair of the Graduate Architecture and Urban Design Program. Director of KOL/MAC LLC, Architecture + Design co-founded with Sulan Kolatan. Holds a MSc in Architecture and Urban Design from Columbia University and a BArch from Syracuse University. Attended the Architectural Association in London, England. Taught at the GSAPP at Columbia University from 1985-2005 holding various director and coordinator positions, first and post-professional graduate degree programs. In 1984, appointed acting chair of the undergraduate architecture program at the University of Virginia.
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Meta Brunzema is the principal of Meta Brunzema Architect P.C., an award-winning architecture and urban design practice that addresses contemporary spatial, environmental and socio-political challenges in innovative ways. The firm specializes in net-carbon-zero design. Ms. Brunzema holds a Master of Architecture degree from Columbia University. She is an Adjunct Assistant Professor and the coordinator of the Graduate Architecture and Urban Design Program at Pratt. Meta Brunzema is a fellow of the Institute for Urban Design and a LEED® accredited professional.
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Elliott is interested in how art and design contribute to the success of the urban experiment: her current research focuses on temporal and situational spatiality. She is a partner in thread collective, a multi-disciplinary firm that explores the seams between building, art and landscape. A broadly defined notion of sustainability, existing site characteristics, and sensory experience further inform their design process. For 5 years she worked with Mary Miss, one of the most influential artists in the public realm.
Higgins Hall North 1
(718) 399-4314
Higgins Hall North 1
(718) 399-4314