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A Second Act in Creative Arts Therapy

Pratt’s flexible Creative Arts Therapy Low Residency program helps nontraditional students, creatives, and working professionals pivot careers and find meaningful paths to the future.

Pratt in Venice: Forty Years of Opening Doors

From Pratt Institute News

The unique program provides exceptional access to cultural and artistic experiences, and is made possible in part through scholarship support.
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Pratt Welcomes New Faculty and Administrators This Fall

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A look at Pratt’s new full-time faculty members and academic leaders for 2026–27
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Behind the Runway: Pratt Fashion Students at New York Fashion Week

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From hand sewing and fabric manipulation to production files and factory shipments, Pratt fashion students are contributing to collections before they reach the runway.
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Prattfolio Wins 2026 Circle of Excellence Awards

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The magazine of Pratt Institute received honors from the Council for Advancement and Support of Education.
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Pratt Institute’s Board of Trustees: Recently Elected Members and Trustee Emerita

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Evan Akselrad, Iona Fromboluti, Zara Harris, and Michael Schafler have joined the Board of Trustees. Longtime Trustee Katharine L. McKenna became trustee emerita.
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Designing Regenerative Futures

From Pratt Institute News

Following President Frances Bronet’s recent appearance at the UN for the Regenerative Communities Summit, explore some of the ways in which Pratt students, faculty, and alumni are developing design solutions that restore ecosystems, strengthen communities, and address climate change.

In the Press

The Daily Hub

A roundup of ideas and projects from around the Institute

  • Academic Coordinator of the MS Arch Program Jaffer Kolb was invited by The World Around and PIN–UP Magazine to share his thoughts on how New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani can improve the city. “My advice for Mayor Mamdani is to find ways to plug the city’s agencies into its young design talent. Each agency has a lot to offer, and young designers have so much imagination; the combination of the two could be extraordinary. Find as many outlets as possible for that creative synthesis.”

  • Abhishek Tuiwala, MFA Fine Arts (Sculpture) ’21, has been selected for a two-year public art installation of The Boundaries with Culture Lab LIC in Long Island City, New York City. “The project marks an important new direction in my practice, extending my ongoing investigation into perception, boundaries, social structures, and the ways familiar forms and materials can carry larger cultural meanings,” said Tuiwala. “Moving the work into the public realm allows these ideas to encounter audiences beyond the conventional gallery and museum context, within the everyday experience of the city.” The Boundaries will be installed in October 2026.

  • Nia Starr, MS Sustainable Environmental Systems ’24, reflected on a “life-changing” study abroad trip she took to the Muji headquarters in Japan and what it taught her about sustainability.

  • Anjali Chandrashekar, BID ’15, reflected on her first five cartoons for The New Yorker. “I started making cartoons during COVID when the world felt bleak, and I was questioning my voice as an artist and how I wanted to shape my practice. Making cartoons saved me, in the most dramatic way possible. It’s been fun, challenging and eye opening and one of the hardest things I’ve worked towards.”

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Level Up

Recent Pratt Institute alumni share their personal strategy guides for launching a creative career.