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Coinciding with Black History Month, the Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion published a Black Resource Guide with links to resources, articles, books, films, podcasts, and other materials for the Pratt community.

In the Another Earth Integrative Course led by Visiting Instructor Victoria Wagner students explore the design of imaginary worlds. See some of their work from fall 2021 at @pratt_integrative_courses.

Stephen Slaughter, who was recently named chair of undergraduate architecture, was featured in the Design Milk Friday Five series in which designers, artists, architects, and other creatives are invited to select five things that inspire them.

This Thursday, February 10, at 6:30 PM EST, Adrienne Jones, professor of fashion design, is joining April Walker, the founder and creator of Walker Wear, for a conversation on the landmark exhibition Black Dress, a project initiated by Professor Jones to honor Black designers and address the lack of diversity in the fashion industry.

Projects in Digital Archives students are working on inventorying audiovisual collections for digitization from the Lesbian Herstory Archives. Read more on the Pratt.edu news page about recent work in the School of Information to preserve these archives.

Kerry Schuss Gallery and Gordon Robichaux are presenting an exhibition of recent work by Jenni Crain, BFA Fine Arts (Sculpture) ’13, who passed away in December 2021. Called Moments Spared, the show meditates on pause and reflection on the persistence of memory.

Follow @prattinstitute—which shared this art by CEI peer leader Khushi Shan—and check out the events calendar for happenings all month for Black History Month. The Black Alumni of Pratt, the Center for Equity and Inclusion, Pratt Archives, and Pratt Alumni are also sharing features on Black community members and alumni who have impacted campus history and the history of their fields.

John Powers, BFA Fine Arts (Sculpture) ’98, was profiled in the New York Times for how he adapted his practice after a life-changing injury to his hand: “Art has given me a way to look at this and take part in this.”

Students are back on campus this week, including in the Foundations Lab where a visual representation class led by Visiting Assistant Professor Fay Ku sketched minerals in the collection.