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PBS featured the recent exhibition by Coby Kennedy, BID ’00, at Pioneer Works in Brooklyn that with an eight-by-ten-by-six-foot sculpture replicated the dimensions of a solitary confinement cell on Rikers Island. Kennedy’s installation, which is named for Kalief Browder who died by suicide after three years in the prison including over 700 days in solitary confinement, is now on view in Philadelphia as part of the Monumental Tour, as covered by WHYY.

Students in the Light & Space studio led by Michael Sarno, visiting assistant professor of industrial design, engaged in a cut paper project inspired by the lessons taught by Josef Albers at the Bauhaus to create sculptural forms with light and shadow. See more @PrattIndustrial.

For National Hispanic Heritage Month, @prattinstitutearchives is highlighting Pratt’s Latinx community members, such as alumnus José López Gutierrez whose innovations include the development of plastic material formulations for art.

On Thursday, October 7, Pratt Institute will present Legends 2021. For a second year, Legends raises funds for student scholarships that support diversity. Legends 2021 will celebrate architect Sir David Adjaye OBE and artist, author, and educator Deborah Willis, MFA ’79. The event is virtual and registration is free and open to the public.

President Frances Bronet joined the ArtMovez podcast for a conversation on Pratt’s role as an anchor institution in Brooklyn making a difference in the community, from its ongoing initiatives in the Navy Yard to the 19th-century roots of Saturday Art School, as well as her career and the potential for creativity to change the world. Listen online.

For Hispanic Heritage Month, Made in NYC, an initiative of the Pratt Center for Community Development, is spotlighting Latinx-owned businesses on social media and on their website. A recent feature highlighted the work of industrial design alumnus Manny Mota of Makelab, a 3D printing company based in Downtown Brooklyn that enables anyone to create, iterate, and prototype faster.

A story in the Believer explored the art systems of clothing and food used by Susan Cianciolo, assistant professor of fashion, in her work. The article includes coverage of her teaching at Pratt where she gives “the students her awareness, which is a great lesson for any student, since awareness is the primary medium for any artist.”

Students and faculty are working together to get ready for Foundation Expanded on Myrtle Avenue Plaza, opening on September 24. @PrattFoundation shared their progress on student Shu Cheng Liu’s “Joy” that will be one of the public art installations.

Alanna Fields, MFA Photography ’19, created artwork for “The Dark Underside of Representations of Slavery” in the Atlantic, part of the publication’s “Inheritance” project about American history and Black life. The work is also on view in a presentation by the Atlantic at Photoville, now on view in Brooklyn Bridge Park.