Digital Arts Facilities

Pratt’s Digital Arts and Animation programs are supported by dedicated labs, studios, and production facilities housed in Myrtle Hall at the Brooklyn campus. These state-of-the-art facilities feature the newest hardware and software and are maintained by our in-house team of technology specialists. Digital Arts students have 24-hour access for most of these tools, technologies, and fit-for-purpose spaces.

This space is freely available for students, faculty, courses, and clubs to reserve for exhibitions across the school year. It has also been used to conduct workshops. The gallery storage has a range of monitors and displays, as well as pedestals and tools that may be resourced for installation.

Two participants wearing virtual reality headsets stand in separate marked play areas on small green rugs while interacting with a VR experience. A white arcade-style display cabinet stands between them against a white gallery wall, with headset cables extending to the equipment and an open gallery entrance visible to the right.

Three students stand together using a desktop computer at an interactive digital art installation. One student operates the keyboard and mouse while the others watch the screen, one holding a takeaway coffee cup. A white speaker sits on a pedestal in the foreground, and a glass entrance with people visible outside is in the background.

This space is primarily used as a presentation and critique space, as well as supporting screenings, reviews, and visiting artist talks. With moveable walls and furniture, the Digital Plaza is incredibly versatile and a good option for hosting workshops, social functions, and special events. Two 115-inch screens are part of a state-of-the art AV system that can automatically record presentations.

Person wearing a virtual reality headset and holding motion controllers demonstrates an immersive VR experience in a presentation space while seated attendees observe. A large display screen mirrors the virtual environment, and colorful illuminated ceiling panels brighten the room as audience members watch the interactive presentation from nearby couches.

Audience seated in a modern presentation space attending a lecture while a presenter speaks beside large display screens showing digital artwork. Attendees sit on chairs and couches facing the front of the room beneath colorful illuminated ceiling panels, with several people taking notes or viewing laptops during the presentation.

This state-of-the-art sound recording room features a Foley pit, mix-down hardware, and a two-way booth for productions that utilize musicians, voice actors, and other performers.

Student records vocals in a professional soundproof recording booth while another student operates the control room workstation using digital audio workstation software and studio mixing equipment. Through the soundproof glass, the performer gestures while speaking into a studio microphone wearing headphones as the recording engineer monitors the session using studio speakers, audio processors, and recording controls.

Students collaborate in a professional audio recording studio as one student performs in a vocal booth wearing headphones and speaking into a studio microphone while two classmates monitor and direct the recording from the control room. Digital audio workstation software, studio monitor speakers, audio interfaces, and mixing equipment are used to review and refine the recording session through the soundproof glass window.

The Game Arts Arcade supports multiple activities including coursework, groupwork sessions, workshops, and playtest events. Mobile furniture and large wall mounted displays allow for multiple configurations spanning development through to production and presentation.

Student plays a computer game using a keyboard, mouse, and over-ear headphones at a desktop gaming workstation while others observe nearby. Multiple gaming computers with illuminated towers, monitors displaying gameplay, and attendees exploring student-created games are visible throughout the digital media lab.

Students and visitors participate in a game showcase inside a digital media lab filled with desktop gaming computers, monitors, keyboards, and illuminated computer towers. People gather around workstations playing games, observing demonstrations, and talking with developers while shelves of board games and presentation displays are visible throughout the space.

Students participate in a collaborative gaming event using desktop gaming computers equipped with monitors, keyboards, mice, and illuminated computer towers while others observe gameplay and wait their turn. Groups of participants gather around the room socializing, discussing games, and exploring the digital media lab's gaming and arcade spaces.

Students gather in a digital media lab for a social event, talking in small groups around a large communal table while others use computer workstations in the background. Plates, refreshments, board games, arcade cabinets, and desktop computers create a shared space for community building, collaboration, and informal interaction.

One side of this studio features a seamless cyclorama with temperature-controlled LED panels for working with live actors. The other side is set up for working with stop-motion, and includes a tie-down turntable, blue/green screen backdrops, and Dragonframe stations.

A student adjusts a camera rig suspending a small puppet on a swing above a green screen tabletop animation stage, with a DSLR camera positioned to capture stop-motion animation and studio equipment surrounding the workspace.

A student animates two green clay characters on a tabletop stop-motion set, carefully positioning one character inside a metal pot while a DSLR camera records the scene under colored studio lighting against a blue backdrop, with replacement clay parts arranged nearby.

These two studios were mainly designed for life-drawing courses, but they can also be used for other activities. A pipe grid of studio lighting allows for custom configurations, for crafting mood and achieving cinematic looks. Each room also has a range of costumes, props and a cart-mounted LED monitor. As such, the space could also be used for general purpose photography or virtual production experiments. These studios are further equipped with Mac computers and drawing tablets.

Students work at digital pen display workstations during a drawing class. In the foreground, a student wearing over-ear headphones concentrates on sketching with a stylus while another student draws at a neighboring workstation in the softly lit studio.

A close-up shows a student drawing character gesture studies with a stylus on a digital pen display in Adobe Photoshop. Blue sketch lines depict a standing figure holding a staff, with the workstation illuminated by low ambient lighting.

Credit: Aditri Bhattacharjee, MS, Packaging, Identities and Systems Design Major ’27 — Instagram: @aditri_bhatt

Production Labs support coursework in Art + Technology, 2D Animation, 3D Animation, and Game Arts. Workstations are equipped with professional-grade software used in contemporary production pipelines. These workstations include Mac and PC computers and are upgraded every 3-4 years. The standard configurations typically include either dual monitors or Wacom drawing tablets

Software includes: Ableton, Adobe Creative Suite, Blender, Dragonframe, Godot, Houdini, Marvelous Designer, Maya, Nuke, ProTools,Substance Painter / Substance Designer, ToonBoom Harmony, Touch Designer, Twine, Unity, Unreal Engine, ZBrush

A student works at a digital drawing workstation using a pen display while creating a colorful illustration of children playing on a playground. Additional drawing tablets and computer workstations are visible throughout the animation studio.

Students gather around digital drawing workstations for a critique or discussion in a storyboard and animation classroom. One student smiles while holding a stylus and speaking with classmates seated nearby, with pen displays, keyboards, and notes arranged across the desks.

MFA students in Interactive Art are assigned studio spaces to support coursework and thesis-level projects. A multi-use gallery/seminar space sits internally to the studios, and a slop sink room is also conveniently located for water-based material cleanup.

Two students sit across from each other discussing a digital art project at a table with two open laptops. Colorful abstract digital artwork is projected onto the wall behind them, and a projector stands nearby in a bright studio space.

Three people gather around a workstation during a virtual reality project demonstration. One participant wears a VR headset and reaches forward with both hands while another gestures to explain the experience, as a third person observes beside a desktop computer. Prototype artwork and 3D-printed models are displayed across the table.

The Motion Capture Studio provides students with access to the Rokoko inertial capture system for character animation / performance capture based projects. The studio includes a high-end computer with real-time capture preview and retargeting pipeline, and multiple sizes of Rokoko inertial suit systems, including gloves and facial tracking hardware.

A student wearing a motion capture suit performs movement in a large studio while another student wearing a matching suit stands opposite. A laptop in the foreground displays real-time motion capture software with a live animated character preview, and a tracking camera on a tripod records the performers.

Two students work together on a motion capture project at a workstation. One student wears a motion capture suit and head-mounted tracking device while leaning toward the computer, as the other student operates the software on a laptop. A monitor in the background displays a 3D character generated from the captured motion data.

This is a dedicated presentation and critique space that supports screenings, project reviews, and visiting artist talks. The room includes a high-quality projector and audio system.

A guest speaker presents to a full classroom of students in a lecture space while standing beside a podium and projection screen. A large black puppet resembling a dog and smaller articulated animal puppets are displayed at the front of the room as demonstration pieces.

A guest speaker addresses a packed classroom of students seated and standing throughout the room during a lecture. Students watch attentively while the presenter speaks beside a podium with a laptop, and audience members hold notebooks and sketchbooks for note-taking.

All BFA seniors have access to a dedicated studio that may be used for capstone development and group projects. The spaces include a variety of equipment and furniture specific to the requirements of each program.

A student stands at the front of a room speaking into a microphone during a digital media presentation while audience members watch. A monitor, laptop, headphones, and projection displaying abstract green imagery are arranged on a table beside the presenter.

A student presents a digital media project while standing beside a table with a laptop, monitor, speakers, and tablet. Two audience members wearing headphones sit facing the presentation as a video with subtitles plays on the monitor and abstract imagery is projected onto the wall.

This sound-isolated space is used for projection mapping, VR testing, and project exhibition/documentation. It is frequently used by both BFA and MFA students throughout the academic year. Faculty also develop, demo, and exhibit installations in this lab.

A person wearing a virtual reality headset gestures with one hand while immersed in a VR experience, with a colorful projection resembling the northern lights filling the background and the headset cable extending overhead.

An empty black-box performance and rehearsal studio with black walls, overhead lighting, a polished floor, and several chairs arranged along the perimeter of the room.

Several analog and digital synthesizer units are installed in this room for exploring sound design and crafting sonic compositions.

An electronic music production studio featuring modular synthesizer systems connected with patch cables, a desktop computer running digital audio workstation software, studio monitor speakers, a keyboard, and audio production equipment arranged for sound design and music composition.

A student adjusts controls and patch cables on a modular synthesizer system in an electronic music production studio, with a computer displaying digital audio workstation software and studio monitor speakers positioned at the workstation.

This studio includes an assortment of hand tools for fabricating puppets, miniatures, and sets for filming stop-motion and experimental animation. The room includes directional lighting, two downshooter stations, and a wide selection of art supplies.

Digital Arts Facilities

DDA Gallery

Digital Plaza

Finishing Suite

Foley Control Studio

Game Arts Arcade

Green Screen Studio

Life Drawing Studios

Production Labs

Maker Space

MFA Studios