Professor of Undergraduate Architecture John Lobell appears in a documentary film about post modernist architects Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown, which premiered at the 2024 Architecture & Design Film Festival. Lobell was a student of Venturi and Scott Brown in the 1960s, and a clip of his interview appears in the film.
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Visiting Assistant Professor and Temporary Department Coordinator of Fine Arts Yasmeen Abdallah, MFA Fine Arts ’15, reviewed recent exhibitions for Art Spiel.
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Jason Karolak, BFA ’97, completed an Albers Foundation Thread Residency in Senegal.
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Lisa Corinne Davis, BFA ’80, was named a recipient of a 2024 NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship.
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Alumnus and 2022 Pratt Legends Honoree Arem Duplessis served as a judge for the W. Eugene Smith Fund’s 2024 Grants in Humanistic Photography.
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Senior Thesis film Entre o Céu e a Terra by Bruna Braga, BFA Film ’24, was named Panelist Choice for Best Film in the Student Experimental Film Festival.
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Adjunct Associate Professor of Photography Matthew Leifheit was interviewed about his work with queer archives. He was also featured in the Daily Gazette.
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The iconic poster for My Fair Lady was created by Bill Gold, who earned a certificate in advertising design from Pratt in 1940. The poster was featured on Country Life’s list of the 14 greatest movie posters in cinema. “This 1964 Audrey Hepburn classic was masterminded by Bill Gold, the man behind the posters for most of Clint Eastwood’s repertoire,” they write.
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Illustrations by School of Continuing and Professional Studies Lecturer Nina Edwards were included in the AsianInNY Fashion Show.
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Fine Arts Fellow in Civic Engagement Alex Strada spoke at CUNY Graduate Center, organized by the United Nations Network on Migration on December 16, for Every Day Is Migrants Day. The event showcased work by “a diverse group of artists, scholars, and organizations with projects that foreground migrant narratives” and “highlight[ed] the essential role migrants play in the creation of culture.”