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Study Abroad Opportunities

multiple houses and their rooftops in the foreground, aerial shot, more houses and coastline in the background
Roof top view of Lisbon. Photograph: Mary Elmer De-Witt.

STUDY ABROAD OPPORTUNITIES

Pratt in Puerto Rico

  • Institute-wide elective ADE 401/601 Community Matters offered in the spring includes a spring break to Puerto Rico. In addition to a deep dive into Puerto Rican history and politics, students will participate in a series of cultural activities and enjoy unstructured time to explore San Juan and surrounding areas. Students will engage with a community-based organization and advance their knowledge of their discipline area through making explicit connections between academic learning and a community-based experience in a study-away program. Students work and learn alongside professionals in public schools or community based organizations. Students will interact with artists in studio visits, and with art curators and museum professionals at the Museum of Art and Design Miramar or the Museum of Contemporary Art. 

OPEN TO ALL STUDENTS. 

Pratt in South Korea

  • In a two-week summer immersive in Seoul, South Korea students participate in a series of educational and cultural activities and enjoy unstructured time to explore Seoul and surrounding areas. Students are introduced to the history, culture, politics of South Korea through a series of tours and cultural experiences; learn about traditional and contemporary art and design practices through studio, museum and gallery visits; and advance their interests in teaching and learning through engaging with art and design educators (K-12, museum and college) and in school, university and program visits. Participating students must register for institute-wide elective, ADE 432P/632 Community Arts: The Networked City  – 3 Credits.

OPEN TO ALL STUDENTS. 

Pratt in Portugal

  • A semester-long exchange with Lusófona University in Lisbon, Portugal. Students take coursework in art and design education and studio electives at the University. The exchange also offers unique opportunities including student teaching in a Lisbon public high school teaching visual art (in English) and/or an internship with the Gulbenkian Foundation. 

    OPEN TO ADE MAJORS ONLY: juniors enrolled in the BFA in Art and Design Education during the spring semester of their senior year, and graduates in the BFA/MA in Art and Design Education students in the final semester of their 5th year are eligible. Information sessions are held in October, students apply a year ahead of their intended semester of travel.

Questions about any of these opportunities? 

Contact:

Aileen Wilson

Chair, Art and Design Educationawilson2@pratt.edu

students standing in a group, some kneeling, smiling for a picture, standing in front of a mural of a puerto rican flag
Faculty and students on a walking tour, Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico