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Katrin Zimmermann, visiting associate professor of fine arts (jewelry), was part of the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) Scholarship Fund Selection Committee and shared why it was important to empower the next generation of designers: “This year more than ever before, I feel the need to lift the students up … we have a chance to really push forward important new ways of looking at this country and fashion overall, of telling stories that matter in such a true and fundamental way.”

An exhibition by Carrie Moyer, BFA Painting ’85, and Sheila Pepe is on view at the Museum of Arts and Design through February 13, 2022. Called Tabernacles for Trying Times, it was highlighted by the New Yorker for a collaborative installation that offers a place to lounge and reflect “beneath an extravagant, genre-defying canopy of clouds.”

In a recent Q&A, Alisa Zamir, professor of graduate communications design, shared advice for students and reflected on her long career in design: “Love what you do. Never say it is good enough. Stay curious, keep experimenting and expand your horizons.” Read more @prattgradcomd.

Uzma Z. Rizvi, associate professor of social science and cultural studies, and Murtaza Vali, visiting instructor of social science and cultural studies, co-curated the Pavilion of Saudi Arabia at the 2021 Venice Architecture Biennale. Called Accommodations, it reflects on the Biennale’s theme of How Will We Live Together? by examining spaces of quarantine.

Annabelle Selldorf, BArch ’85, was selected to lead the restoration of London’s National Gallery: “Our work is quietly resonant. It is not an architecture, first and foremost, of a loud bang. I’d rather do less than more.”

UPROSE and its partners, including Pratt’s Graduate Center for Planning and the Environment (GCPE), have been awarded a $600,000 Kresge Foundation, Climate Change, Health and Equity grant. The work will support the implementation of the community’s plan for the green reindustrialization of the Sunset Park waterfront. Read more.

Kayla Newnam, BFA Fine Arts (Painting) ’15, was featured by the Phoenix Independent for her project to paint a mural in all 50 states, beginning with her home state Arizona: “I just kicked off the project at Desert Ridge Marketplace in Phoenix and will be moving onto Colorado and Utah next. The goal for the project is to connect with different communities in a creative way.”