A roundup of ideas and projects from around the Institute
Karina Sharif, BFA Fashion Design ’08, was featured in Vice’s i-D magazine as part of the BTF100, a list of Black creatives, artists, and tastemakers making an impact on art and media. The article highlights her artwork that involves wearable paper sculptures, photography, and set design: “I tend to think of Black womxn and our minds, [our] voices, as a map. All we need to do is connect in order to continually see and contribute to the vision.”
Oct 28, 2021
The Pratt Center for Community Development announced the 2021-22 Taconic Fellows. This year’s edition of the annual awards supports teams of Pratt faculty, staff, and students working on projects related to public health, from healthy food vending carts to reviving a neglected community garden. See all the fellows here.
Oct 27, 2021
The Pratt Textile Dye Garden located on the Brooklyn campus recently harvested fresh indigo leaves for bundle dyeing. The project explores collaboration, sustainability, and experimentation in using natural dyes. See more @prattdyegarden.
Oct 27, 2021
Architecture student Venice Patron designed “Flip Learning,” a junior high school that challenges the idea of conventional classrooms by encouraging at-home learning. See more @prattsoa.
Oct 26, 2021
This Tuesday from 3 PM to 8 PM EST, Pratt’s Graduate Architecture and Urban Design (GAUD) program is joining a virtual and in-person event at the Center for Architecture with the AIANY Committee on the Environment, NJIT’s Hillier School of Architecture, and Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM). Wast(ED): Living with Trash will examine how waste is addressed in an urban context. The event includes work from Pratt and NJIT students. See a full schedule of panels and register for the free event online.
Oct 25, 2021
Rachel Bavaresco, BFA Digital Arts 2D Animation ’21, won in the Animation category of the 2021 Global Design Graduate Show that featured thousands of students from around the world. Her film 311 is a visual exploration of how intricately and beautifully connected people’s lives are. The animated short is available to watch on Vimeo.
Oct 25, 2021
The Pratt Center for Community Development has released New York’s Housing Underground: 13 Years Later, an update to their 2008 analysis that found over 100,000 “informal” basement, cellar, and other unaccounted-for units across New York City. The report can be explored online.
Oct 25, 2021
Keira Phillips, BFA Painting ’23, shared a day in the studio as part of Student Takeover Week on the @PrattInstitute Instagram. See more @PrattInstitute.
Oct 22, 2021
The film Habitually written, directed, and edited by Ama Buzo, Film ’24, was nominated for best thriller at the Paris Film Festival, won best thriller at the Florence Film Awards, and was an official selection in the Cannes World Film Festival. The short film examining the ways habits shape our lives can be viewed on YouTube.
Oct 22, 2021
The School of Information is organizing events to get their community offline and out in NYC, with a recent trip featuring foraging in Central Park with naturalist Steve Brill. See more @prattischool.
Oct 21, 2021
