Follow @prattphotoleague for updates from the ongoing photography senior showcases, including Su Ji Lee’s Thing Tectonics, a series of visual queries that examine things we neglect to acknowledge.
The Daily Hub
A roundup of ideas and projects from around the Institute
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The newly reopened Pratt Manhattan Gallery is exhibiting From Forces to Forms, curated by Visiting Associate Professor of Humanities & Media Studies Ellen K. Levy, through April 27. The exhibition of work in both art and science can also be explored virtually.
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Next Thursday, March 31, Dean of the School of Architecture Harriet Harriss is joining the Grace Farms Design for Freedom Summit as part of a panel on “Corporate Ethical Responsibility Within the Material Supply Chain.”
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Industrial design alumna Jessandra London returned to campus to share the processes of working with natural dyes with a current class. See more @prattindustrial.
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Visit the Pratt Institute LinkedIn this Women’s History Month for stories on women leaders in the Pratt community making positive change, with recent features highlighting Pratt fashion alumna Lily Pao Hsu who aims to increase access to higher education, and Dr. Barbaralee Diamonstein-Spielvogel who is a champion of the arts in New York City.
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Madeline Rupard, MFA Fine Arts (Painting) ’19, is featured in the latest issue of New American Paintings, a juried exhibition-in-print, which focuses on emerging artists in the Western United States. Read more @prattfineart.
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Heaven Is a Place On Earth: Searching for an American Utopia by Adrian Shirk, adjunct assistant professor in the Writing Department, was excerpted on Literary Hub and reviewed by the Indypendent. The book exploring American utopian experiments was published this month by Counterpoint Press.
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amNewYork covered Pratt’s collaboration with the Weeksville Heritage Center on a publicly-accessible oral history project about the past and future of the Black community in Weeksville, Brooklyn. Read the full story on the Pratt Weeksville Archive in the latest issue of Prattfolio.
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This Saturday, March 26, join the Political Intimacy exhibition closing and collage session at Recess Art with Pratt Fine Arts. Come chat and make with State Assemblymember Phara Souffrant Forrest and State Senatorial Candidate Maya Contreras. The event is organized by Fine Arts Civic Engagement Fellow Amy Khoshbin with Camilo Godoy, a Recess: Assembly artist.
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Architecture students Jason Zeng and Morgan Ye designed the “Post Pandemic Quick Respond City” examining how coastal cities like New York can be more resilient to future crises of health and natural disasters. Read more @prattsoa.
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From Pratt Institute News
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Alumni Harvey Fierstein and Paul Tazewell Shine at the Tony Awards
From Pratt Institute News
Esteemed writer and actor Harvey Fierstein was honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award for his contributions to the theater; Oscar-winning designer Paul Tazewell won for Best Costume Design in a Musical.