Nancy Grossman, BFA Graphic Arts and Illustration ’62, was awarded the National Arts Club’s Medal of Honor. “I’m so grateful and fortunate to have this time to still keep learning, to still keep showing, to be collected, to still be relevant and influential after all these years,” she said.
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Greer Lankton, BFA Sculpture ’81, was featured in an article for the Art Institute of Chicago. “Whether paying homage to real-life individuals or fictitious characters, Lankton aspired to animate each of her creations with a unique vitality.”
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The School of Design’s 4th annual Social Justice and Sustainability Award winners were announced, recognizing students for leadership, scholarship, activism, and sustainability.
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For Cultured, Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore picked his five favorite images by accomplished New York photographer James Hamilton, who studied painting at Pratt. Hamilton is also the subject of the documentary Uncropped, which was reviewed in the New York Times. “We depend on history to recount what is vanished, what is missed, dreamed of, mythologized,” Moore tells Cultured. “In James Hamilton’s photographic archives I encounter a universe of sweetness, of salaciousness and a spell-binding grace.”
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Professor of Undergraduate Communications Design Rudy Gutierrez, BFA Communications Design (Illustration) ’79, captured the courtship of Cicadas in his signature illustration style for the New York Times.
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Adam Friedman, chief strategy officer of research and strategic partnerships in the office of the provost, was included in City & State New York’s 2024 Brooklyn Power 100. NYC Comptroller Brad Lander, MS City and Regional Planning ’98 and former director of the Pratt Center for Community Development, was also included in the prestigious list of local changemakers.
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Monse and Oscar de la Renta co-creative director Laura Kim, BFA Fashion Design ’04, was featured in Vanity Fair. “I wanted to share my passion for cooking through products that people could use in their daily lives,” she says about her new homeware collection for Crate & Barrel.
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Afzal Hossain, BArch ’05, is featured in a Queens Chronicle profile, which focuses on his Jackson Heights cafe Espresso 77 and his art practice. “When I painted figuratively, I would finish a painting and be done with it,” he said. “When I paint abstractly, I paint for hours and hours. I keep adding and changing things. It never stops.”
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Contemporary Istanbul Foundation presents the solo exhibition Mythologiques by Tomokazu Matsuyama, MFA Communications Design ’04, which is running concurrently with the 60th Venice Biennale. “Matsuyama, bridging his heritage between Japan and the USA, distills a bicultural narrative into a vibrant oeuvre that navigates the complexities of a globalized society.”
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Visiting Assistant Professor of Fine Arts Andrew Woolbright was named the recipient of the Sharpe-Walentas Studio Program’s 2024 Irving Sandler Prize in recognition of “his ongoing contribution to the New York City arts community, both in his artistic practice and generous spirit, as well as an educator, writer, and curator.”
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Archival Fashion by Legendary Designer Mary McFadden Arrives at Pratt
A portion of the iconic fashion designer’s world-renowned archive has officially relocated to Pratt’s Brooklyn campus. A generous gift from the McFadden family will support ongoing scholarship, preservation, and the promotion of the collection.
Capturing Light in Fort Greene Park
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Pratt students took a stroll to paint serene fall scenes.
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The winner of the 6th annual prize tackled the growing problem of e-waste.