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Changes in US-Cuba Relations Inspire New Pratt Academic Initiatives and Travel to Cuba

Recent changes in United States policy toward Cuba are opening up new potential for educational exchange and travel between the two countries. Pratt Institute is offering new opportunities for Pratt students, faculty, and alumni to visit Cuba to explore its…

Jewelry

Museum of Arts and Design Acquires Work by Casey Sobel (B.F.A. Jewelry ’15)

The Museum of Arts and Design (MAD) has acquired Jewelry alumna Casey Sobel’s Domina Collar for its permanent collection. The neckpiece is part of Sobel’s senior thesis collection and was included in the 2015 edition of LOOT: MAD about Jewelry,…

Graduate Digital Arts

Pratt Faculty and Alumni to Participate in Art Basel Miami Beach

A number of Pratt faculty and alumni will be participating in exhibitions and events during Art Basel Miami Beach from December 3-6. In addition, Pratt will present a panel discussion, “Women of Influence in the Business of Art” with media…

Graduate Fine Arts

National Museum of the American Indian Presents Retrospective on Alumna Kay WalkingStick

Celebrated artist and Pratt alumna Kay WalkingStick (M.F.A. ’75) is the focus of a major retrospective at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C., which opened to the public on November 7 and will be…

Undergraduate Photography

Center for Creative Photography Chief Curator Leads Talk to Launch Exhibition on Campus

Pratt’s Photography Department launched the exhibition The pure products of America go crazy on October 7 with an evening featuring contemporary artists Lucas Blalock and John Lehr, assistant professor of photography at Pratt, in conversation with…

Fashion

Professor Rebeccah Pailes-Friedman and Students Display Wearable Technology in Israel

The Biet Ha’ir Museum in Tel Aviv is displaying The BioWear Project, a wearable technology piece designed by Adjunct Associate Professor of Industrial Design and Fashion Rebeccah Pailes-Friedman. Also on view are a number of works created by the students…

Undergraduate Fine Arts

American Embassy in Beijing Features Solo Painting Exhibition by Alumna Monique Rollins

Beijing Memory: Nostalgia Paintings, a solo exhibition of paintings by Monique Rollins (M.S. History of Art and Design ’ 06; M.F.A. Fine Arts ’04) is on display at the American Embassy in Beijing through the end of November. Curated by…

Jewelry

Museum of Arts and Design Show to Feature Work by Pratt Jewelry Designers

Casey Sobel (B.F.A. Jewelry ’15) and Fangding “Andie” Xu (B.F.A. Jewelry ’15) will sell work from their thesis collections alongside renowned jewelry designers at LOOT: MAD about Jewelry, the 15th annual juried sale and exhibition at the Museum of Arts…

Film/Video

USA TODAY Ranks Pratt One of the Country’s 10 Best Colleges for Film Majors

USA TODAY, one of the nation’s most widely read newspapers, has ranked Pratt’s Film/Video Department in a list of the top ten colleges for a major in film in the United States. “Developing our students’ artistic vision by exposing them…

Film/Video

New State-of-the-Art Facility Opens for Film/Video Department Expansion

Pratt Institute recently opened a new home for the Film/Video Department in the former Prattstore building at 550 Myrtle Avenue on the Brooklyn campus. The 15,000-square-foot facility was designed by WASA/Studio A with lead architect and Pratt alumnus Jack…