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Two individuals are engaging in conversation while looking at a book in an art gallery. One person has short hair and glasses, wearing a black sleeveless top with a white panel and a long black skirt. The other has long, dark hair in a ponytail, dressed in a bright blue blouse with a bow tie and light gray pants. A large pink artwork is visible in the background.

Nurturing Exquisite Relations

Cocreated with alumni, faculty, and students across the Institute, a recent exhibition presented by Pratt’s School of Art embodied mentorship, collaboration, and support for the LGBTQIA+ community.

The front of a public school, with colorful signs and trees with green leaves.

Creative Arts Therapy

Starting Young: Art Therapy Comes to K-12

A new internship program at Pratt brings art therapy to a local public school in Brooklyn.

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Artist and Designer Douglas Easterly Named Chair of Digital Arts

Arriving at Pratt Institute from New Zealand, he will assume the role at the start of July.

Collage by Jasmine Smith, BFA Photography ’23

Undergraduate Photography

Making Connections to Heritage in a Family Archive

Gordon Parks Foundation Scholar Jasmine Smith, BFA Photography ’23, shares how she uses collage to reflect on Guyanese culture.

Nicole Tucker, BFA Film ’24, at NBC Studios

Film/Video

Students Gain Real-World Experience in NYC’s Film & TV Industry

Students and alumni share what they learned interning at production companies, late night television shows, and more.

Blair Peters, MFA Painting and Printmaking ‘23 (photo: courtesy Blair Peters) and Olivia Noss, BFA Photography ‘22 (photo: Katie Kwok, BArch ’23)

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Pratt Student and Alumna Named 2023 Fulbright Semifinalists

Pratt Institute continues to be a Fulbright Top Producing Institution for U.S. Scholars.

Animation still by Logan Shanahan, BFA Digital Arts ’24

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Pratt Ranked One of Nation’s Top 10 Colleges for Animation in 2023

The 12th annual Animation Career Review rankings considered nearly 200 schools with animation programs in the United States.

Giving

An Award-Winning Film Editor’s Childhood Creativity Flourished at Pratt

Lillian Benson, BFA Art Education ’70, shares how growing up in Brooklyn & attending Pratt led to a prolific career editing documentaries that chronicle African American stories.

“Eyes Like Mine – (inherited longing)” by Shanoya Allwood, BFA Film/Video ’25, in the windows of the Film/Video Building on Myrtle Avenue (photo by Kate Therrian)

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Reclaiming Lost Memories through Art

For the 2023 Black Artstory Month installation, Shanoya Allwood, BFA Film ’25, used black-and-white drawings to remember the forgotten ancestors in the African diaspora.

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Forging Community through Mentorship

Over a month this fall, Pratt>FORWARD invited 10 emerging artists to the second edition of the program launched in 2021 by Pratt Fine Arts. This was the first iteration of Pratt>FORWARD to be in person and was held at…