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  • Duff Norris, MFA Fine Arts ’20, discusses how an expansive view of masculinity shapes his interdisciplinary work in an interview with Hyperallergic. “Through the journey of coming out, transitioning, and living as a trans fella, there has always been a natural curiosity, criticality, and experimental aspect to my perspective which also guides my artistic practice,” Norris said.

  • Edel Rodriguez, BFA Fine Arts (Painting) ‘94, recently displayed a selection of his drawings, posters, book covers, acrylic paintings, and more at the County College of Morris in Randolph, New Jersey. The show, Apocalypso, examined “the state of the world in the past thirteen years,” he told the New Yorker in a profile of his career.

  • Graduate Communications Design Visiting Instructor John Chaich, MFA Communications Design ‘11, curated Queer Threads, a textile-based exhibition exploring contemporary LGBTQ+ experiences on display through Aug. 20 at the San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles. “As queer people we have this resilience and industriousness, and creativity and spirit, and a kind of vibrancy, to really fight forward,” Chaich told KQED.

  • Fine Arts Civic Engagement Fellow Mary Mattingly’s new exhibition Ebb of a Spring Tide, on display at the Socrates Sculpture Park in Queens through Sept. 10, features work exploring our relationship to water, including the 65-foot living sculpture Water Clock. “Water Clock is a tribute to the power of water, time, and the life force of this riparian edge,” Mattingly said.

  • Anton Ginzburg, visiting assistant professor of graduate communications design, and John Monti, professor of fine arts, were selected for Pratt and KinoSaito’s new partnership artist in residence fellowship program. Ginzburg and Monti worked onsite at KinoSaito, a nonprofit interdisciplinary art center in Verplanck, New York, through June 14.

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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.
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Capturing Light in Fort Greene Park

From Pratt Institute News

Pratt students took a stroll to paint serene fall scenes.
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Biocircuits Wins 2025 Material Lab Prize

From Pratt Institute News

The winner of the 6th annual prize tackled the growing problem of e-waste.