Suneil Sanzgiri, visiting assistant professor of film/video, received the fourth annual UOVO Prize presented by the Brooklyn Museum. As reported by the Art Newspaper, the honor supports emerging Brooklyn-based artists and includes a solo show at the museum.
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Richard Leigh, visiting professor in Math and Science, was interviewed for a New York Times story on green design for skyscrapers, focusing on One Vanderbilt recently constructed in Manhattan.
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The exhibition I Can Show You Better Than I Can Tell You by Pratt Trustee and alumnus Derrick Adams, BFA Art and Design Education ’96, that is on view at the FLAG Art Foundation in Manhattan through March 11 was reviewed by the New York Times: “His small, perfect planes of color give his figures stasis and solidity—a regal hereness.”
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Karin Tehve, associate professor of interior design, will participate in the first annual Public Interiority Symposium + Exhibition this Saturday, February 18, at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. Tehve is serving on the Public Interiority’s editorial board and will be moderating a Q&A session for the Virtual + Psychologies session.
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Visit the @PrattInstitute Instagram for a video with Shanoya Allwood, BFA Film ’25, whose installation “Eyes Like Mine – (inherited longing)” is currently on view in the Pratt Film/Video Building: “Black History Month is a space to encompass more than just our heroes, activists, and leaders. It should celebrate our personal histories as well.”
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A virtual tour of Dragging the archive: Re:Encounters with Franklin Furnace’s cyber beginnings by Elly Clarke, on view through April 6 in Pratt’s Brooklyn campus library, is available online. The exhibition is based on the materials related to ephemeral and avant-garde art in the Franklin Furnace Archive, which relocated to Pratt in 2014.
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Interview magazine featured a conversation that includes Anika Levy, BFA Writing ’17, about Forever, the literary magazine she co-founded: “I think the idea of publishing feels so formal and institutional that we had this moment like, ‘Oh, we can actually just print this out and call it a magazine and it is.’”
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DesignWanted interviewed studio ANDEAN founder Alejandro Moyano, MID ’19, on how the designer is promoting Ecuadorian material heritage. Moyano shared how studying at Pratt influenced an “ongoing interest in reaching solutions that directly impact a demographics’ need.”
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Pratt students from Turkey and Pratt do_ (the Pratt chapter of IDSA) are partnering to raise awareness and relief following the Turkey–Syria earthquakes. Find details on donations and where to share physical items.
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The 2022-23 Taconic Fellows have been announced, including a Pratt phenology trail, public history of transportation access, and a food justice project. Awarded annually by the Pratt Center for Community Development, the fellowships support Pratt’s contribution to civic engagement by supporting partnerships with community groups and organizations across New York City.
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