The article highlights a collaborative experimental dining project, “Farm is Table,” co-created by visiting Interior Design professor Allan Wexler, in which the table is literally embedded into the earth to explore hyperlocal food, ecology, and the blurring of art, agriculture, and architecture.
Exploring the Role of Values in Art and Design Education
Hosted on Pratt’s Brooklyn campus, the 2025 AICAD Symposium featured sessions on climate literacy, community-based learning, and interdisciplinary collaboration.
Repair. Rest. Repeat.
From Pratt Institute News
Mending Circle, one of Pratt’s newest student clubs, sets aside time for care and community.
Open Studios, Endless Possibilities
From Pratt Institute News
Pratt’s annual MFA Open Studios were complemented by the first-ever Open Fields artist resource fair, making for an electric day of events celebrating artistic practice and the resources that sustain it.
Designing Digital Interfaces for Real-World Clients
From Pratt Institute News
Graduate student Shreesa Shrestha, MSIXD ’26, is making the most of every opportunity at Pratt as she balances client projects, community-building initiatives, and a prestigious Product Design Fellowship at The Museum of Modern Art.
Architecture Students Make Strong Debut at Design Competition
From Pratt Institute News
The Pratt team earned national recognition and the honorable mention award for a project centered on food, culture, and connection in Kansas City.
Celebrating Creative Legends
From Pratt Institute News
Legends 2025 raised vital funds for student scholarships and honored distinguished creative icons Jeremy Scott and Mavis Wiggins, with awards presented by Heidi Klum and Cindy Allen.
Nurturing Exquisite Relations
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Cocreated with alumni, faculty, and students across the Institute, a recent exhibition presented by Pratt’s School of Art embodied mentorship, collaboration, and support for the LGBTQIA+ community.
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Jeremy Scott Accepts Legends Award at Pratt
The WWD article celebrates designer and Pratt alum Jeremy Scott as a 2025 Legends Award honoree, tracing how his Pratt education and perseverance after early rejection shaped his creative journey—from aspiring ceramicist in Missouri to globally recognized fashion visionary whose bold, unconventional designs reflect the transformative power of a creative education.
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Harvey Fierstein Is Now a Full-Time Quilter
Pratt alum and seven-time Tony Award winner Harvey Fierstein has embarked on a new creative chapter, shifting from his celebrated theater career to quilting—a later-in-life pivot that reflects his enduring connection to making and creative expression.
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New York art students navigate creativity in the age of AI
NBC News Now spotlighted two Graduate Communications Design students and spoke with Chair Gaia Hwang about how Pratt’s designers are reimagining creativity in the age of AI.
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Architecture-Focused High School Opens In Newark: ‘Milestone For Students’
The Newark School of Architecture & Interior Design has officially opened, with Pratt as a key higher education partner helping shape the curriculum to prepare local students for careers in architecture, interior design, and the building trades.
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NJDOC and Pratt Institute unveil groundbreaking fashion design program for incarcerated women
In partnership with the New Jersey Department of Corrections, Pratt has launched a pioneering 10-month fashion design and workforce development program at the Edna Mahan Correctional Facility, offering incarcerated women professional-level training and a Pratt certificate to support reentry and career opportunities.
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Robert Redford, Screen Idol Turned Director and Activist, Dies at 89
Obituary for Robert Redford, acclaimed actor, Academy Award–winning director, environmental advocate, founder of the Sundance Institute and Film Festival, who studied painting at Pratt, and passed away at his home in Utah at the age of 89.
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Archinect City Guide: Explore Brooklyn with Quilian Riano, Dean of Pratt School of Architecture
Archinect’s Brooklyn City Guide features Quilian Riano, dean of the School of Architecture, who shares his favorite local spots while highlighting Pratt’s architecture events, sculpture park, and campus spaces as must-visit destinations.
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A Long Sunrise Walk to Start the School Year
The New York Times highlights Pratt’s annual tradition where first-year students join President Frances Bronet and Vice President for Student Affairs Delmy Lendof for a sunrise walk across the Brooklyn Bridge, a bonding ritual that helps them connect with one another and the city.
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Broiled by Heat Waves, Residents of the Concrete Jungle Suffer
Explores how climate change and urban design intensify heat in New York City—especially in low-income neighborhoods and communities of color. The article highlights research by Pratt’s Dr. Yuliya Dzyuban, who studies “heat walks” to measure how infrastructure impacts thermal comfort.
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NYC art schools see record-high application numbers as Gen Zers clamber to enroll
The article highlights a surge in applications to NYC art schools, with Pratt seeing record enrollment and waitlists for its fine arts programs as Gen Z pursues creative, hands-on careers in response to an AI-driven world.
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Associate Professor of Sculpture and Integrated Practices Cassils received an eight-page portfolio review of their durational performance Undersight in the latest issue of Artforum. Cassils writes, “My work suggests that trans rights must be linked with all of our other political movements. My wish is for my work to be part of a continuum of cultural production created by disenfranchised communities who work in solidarity to liberate ourselves from systems and regimes that deny us our humanity. My hope is that art can be a part of the struggle for justice everywhere that people are fighting to live, heal, and have their humanity honoured amidst violent conditions. I strive for liberation, compassion and for a world that insists upon both gentleness and justice.”
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Game Design students Nai’im Muhammad and Fides Wong, both AOS Game Design and Interactive Media ’26, had the opportunity to showcase their projects at Game-A-Palooza 2025, a first-of-its-kind NYC games showcase held by IGDA and the NYC Mayor’s Office of Media & Entertainment. Accompanied by Visiting Instructor of Associate Degrees Laura Reyes Arias, the students’ games were play-tested by fellow developers and members of the general public who provided valuable feedback on various elements of the games.
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Chief Librarian at the Moorland-Spingarn Research Center at Howard University Christina Vortia, MSLIS ’15, was interviewed for Fine Books magazine’s Bright Young Librarians series. “One of the most beautiful aspects of this role is connecting these books, which I see as ancestors, to their descendants. It is deeply moving and spiritual work,” she said.
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Pratt Center was named among the recipients of the first-ever NYC Nightlife Grant, provided by the New York City Department of Small Business Services (SBS). “The New York City Office of Nightlife is proud to award the first-ever NYC Nightlife Grants to nonprofits whose initiatives support safer, more inclusive, and sustainable nightlife businesses and communities,” said ONL Executive Director Jeff Garcia. “We are excited to see these ideas come to life across the city, helping New York City remain the world’s nightlife capital.”
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Trey Phillips, BFA Communications Design ’27, was named the Atlantic East Conference’s Men’s Basketball Player of the Week following a 19 point and 15 rebound performance against neighborhood rival St. Joseph’s on Nov. 22. The men’s basketball team has surged to an early 5-2 record.
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Merve Kayan and Sasha Sumner, both adjunct assistant professors of Film/Video, received 2025 New York State Council on the Arts grants for work on films. Kayan was awarded the grant for her film Baby Gates, and Sumner received it for her film Ripple.
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Visiting Assistant Professor of Fine Arts Yasmeen Abdallah, MFA Fine Arts ’15, reviewed “I Find Rest” by V Walton and “Sarsabzi” by Misha Japanwala at Hannah Traore Gallery in Hot Coffee Conversations.
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