The latest exhibition by Xenobia Bailey, BID ’77, is listed among twelve gallery shows to see in NYC in June by The New York Times. “The show’s centerpiece…took fully 16 years,” writes Holland Cotter. “You can see why. It’s a complex thing.” The show was also featured in Colossal.
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A roundup of ideas and projects from around the Institute
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Hanna Pennington, MSLIS ’22, archivist and associate director at the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, has co-curated an exhibition, The Guggenheim Fellowship at 100, on view through November 30, 2025, at The New York Historical. The exhibition is marking the centennial of the Guggenheim Fellowship program and exploring its impact on American cultural and intellectual history through the mission of supporting exceptional scholars, scientists, and artists to pursue their work “under the freest possible conditions.” [image from SoI newsletter]
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Associate Professor and MFA Program Faculty Director Katherine Hubbard will exhibit her work with New York-based gallery Company at Frieze London. “I believe deeply that photography is a form of sociality and a way of being in the world,” said Hubbard. “Photography transforms [my mom’s] home from a space which overwhelms me into a stage where the accumulation of her life’s collections and a perverse sense of composition become the world of the image.”
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Poet Mahogany L. Browne, MFA Writing ’16, posits a future for New York’s art scene in 2050 for The New York Times. “We will exchange languages, recipes, resistance tactics and survival stories. History will not be handed down but braided in: song, story, dance. We’ll defend the old, hold space for the silenced and dream the new.”
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Visiting Assistant Professor of Undergraduate Architecture Annie Coombs is featured in The New York Times for her work developing an innovative form of housing for the Lakota people of South Dakota. Read more at the School of Architecture News Page.
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Dean of the School of Architecture Quilian Riano discussed the School’s increasing focus on housing with Archinect. “We have a particular interest in co-housing and understanding how models of living are shifting, as many of our studios and seminars postulate, people become more willing to share more spaces for social and environmental impact.”
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Pratt Munson celebrated its 25th anniversary. “For 25 years, our unique partnership with Pratt Institute has brought emerging artists to Utica,” Pratt Munson President and CEO Anna D’Ambrosio told the Daily Sentinel. “Each fall over 100 students, the next generation of creatives, join our community, honoring a legacy while creating their own.”
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The Pratt Center for Community Development received a grant from The New York Community Trust that enables its research and policy team to conduct community-engaged research and policy advocacy to address the threat of small homes speculation on housing affordability and stability in NYC low- and moderate-income neighborhoods of color, building off of the recent Pratt Center report, Flipping Out. Through this partnership, the Pratt Center will be able to provide community partners and policymakers with the data they need to develop sound policy interventions and the tools to demonstrate their need and impact.
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Open House New York is returning to Pratt again on Sunday, October 19. As in years past, the History of Art and Design Department will lead two walking tours of the Pratt campus and surrounding neighborhood and provide booklets, etc. for a self-guided tour of the Sculpture Park.
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Visiting Associate Professor in the School of Information Ken Soehner, Arthur K. Watson Chief Librarian at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, was quoted in the recent announcement about the renovation of the museum’s Nolen Study Room. “The renovation and design project is an exceptional opportunity for the library. The plans evoke optimism for the future and reflect our commitment to providing a more welcoming, comfortable, and inspiring environment for library researchers and staff.”
More Pratt Institute News
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
From Pratt Institute News
Pratt students took a stroll to paint serene fall scenes.
Biocircuits Wins 2025 Material Lab Prize
From Pratt Institute News
The winner of the 6th annual prize tackled the growing problem of e-waste.