Ekin Gulen and Selin Demirbas, both MArch ’24, received first place in the 2024 SUNY ESF Mass Timber Design Competition, while Patrick Rutan and Emily Young, also MArch ’24, received third place in the competition. The competition is the basis of the elective ARCH 770F: CONSTRUCTING COMPLEXITY taught by Cristobal Correa, professor of Graduate Architecture and Urban Design.
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Pratt’s Sustainable Design Foundation is listed among seven courses that address sustainability themes in Dezeen. “The Sustainable Design Foundation short course at Pratt Institute in New York City combines practical and theoretical skills to teach sustainable design principles,” writes Andreea Popovici.
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Carlos Motta, associate professor of interdisciplinary practice in fine arts, is featured on Artsy as an LGBTQ+ artist to celebrate this Pride Month. Léuli Eshrāghi, curator of Indigenous practices at Musée des Beaux-Arts de Montréal, says that Motta’s practice “situates a profoundly queer intersectional critique of imperialism and binarism in relation to futurities of queer wellness and fulfillment, which we all need more of!”
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Pratt alumna SJ Fuerst, who studied painting, was interviewed about her surrealist pop paintings, solo show Gimme Some Sugar, and Andy Warhol for Hunger Magazine. “As an artist, you want as many people as possible to look at your work and be like, ‘I understand’ or ‘I connect with it,’” Fuerst says.
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A new article in the London Review of Books contextualizes and considers Last Day in Lagos, a book of photographs by Marilyn Nance, BFA Communications Design (Graphic Design) ’76, that also includes essays and interviews.
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Fashion design alum Emilio Sosa is the costume designer for Broadway play A Beautiful Noise, off-Broadway play Breaking the Story, and upcoming movie, Descendants: The Rise of Red.
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Pat Steir, BFA ’62, was honored at Print Center of New York’s Spring Benefit 2024, covered by Surface Magazine. Steir also spoke with Art Historian Pepe Karmel for The Brooklyn Rail. “If you do something, it has to be from the heart,” said Steir. “The heart shows up in great art and poetry.”
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A sculpture by Ben LaRocco, adjunct associate professor – CCE of fine arts, will be included in the Harlem Sculpture Gardens debut art project, which places installations in local public parks. LaRocco’s sculpture, created in collaboration with Carol Diamond, will be installed at the Morning Side Park location.
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Pratt Institute was listed among the Best Fashion Schools for Design, Marketing, and More in the US by Vogue. “As a whole, Pratt Institute has a prestigious reputation for excellence in the arts, so it only makes sense that they’d have a top-ranking fashion design program, too,” writes Kendall Becker. “The School of Design emphasizes the art of cultural storytelling through the lens of fashion—basically, this program is a solid option for those who have avant garde aspirations or are looking to enter the luxury market. With immediate access to NYC, students have secured internships at Thom Browne, Zero Maria Cornejo, and The Row, to name a few.”
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Chen Chen, BID ’07, and Kai Williams, BID ’06, were profiled in the New York Times about their new furniture collection. “This line of work is all about designing a process,” Williams told the Times. “Each thing can be slightly different. It’s the process that is the product for us.” Their latest knife design for Craighill was also featured in Design Milk.
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Alumni Harvey Fierstein and Paul Tazewell Shine at the Tony Awards
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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.