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Pratt Launches Storefront Gallery on 14th Street Corridor

A new installation along NYC’s 14th Street corridor in partnership with The Village West turns vacant storefront windows into a public showcase for Pratt students.
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Pratt Shines at NYCxDESIGN 2026

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From light shows to student design competitions, Pratt students, faculty, and alumni showcased their creativity during the 2026 NYCxDESIGN festival.

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A Radio City Celebration for Pratt’s Class of 2026

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This year’s Commencement at Radio City Music Hall honored the achievements of graduating students and bestowed honorary degrees on David Remnick, Dr. Mariët Westermann, and Ted Shaine.

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Award-Winning Architect, Designer, and Educator Francine Monaco Named Chair of Interior Design 

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Longtime Adjunct Associate Professor of Interior Design Francine Monaco will assume the role on July 1, 2026.

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Pratt Students Help Reimagine the Future of 14th Street

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Through studio projects and field research, Pratt students are helping to reimagine 14th Street as a more connected, dynamic public space.

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These Entrepreneurs Jumpstarted Successful Careers at Pratt

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The School of Design’s Entrepreneurship Minor has become an engine of creative success for students starting their own businesses.

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Artist and Educator Tori Purcell Named Chair of Photography

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Assistant Chair of Photography and faculty member Tori Purcell will assume the role on July 1, 2026.

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  • Adjunct Associate Professor – CCE of Graduate Communications Design Katya Moorman was quoted in a WWD article exploring Shein’s recent acquisition of fashion brand Everlane. “Consumers did everything right. They researched, they paid more, they extended trust. What these two stories show is that the trust was being held by companies that weren’t willing to do the hard work when it stopped being profitable. Sustainability is structurally at odds with the growth model.”

    Jun 29, 2026

  • Violet Middlebrook, BFA Fine Arts ’26, received the Henriette Reiss Award for Artistic Endeavor from the Hawthorne Valley Waldorf School to further her education in visual arts. “She grew up in Upstate New York surrounded by deep nature, and theories of queer ecology are intrinsically linked to her life and work as a result. Beyond this her work explores themes of decay, regeneration, the abject, communal structures found in nature, and relations to her physical form. Her practice primarily involves painting, sculpture, and printmaking.”

    Jun 26, 2026

  • Lillian Ismail, BFA Fine Arts (Jewelry) ’17, was profiled in Vogue Arabia in a piece that explores her career journey and namesake brand. “Whether I draw from Hejazi coins, traditional braids, palm weaving, or the architecture of Old Jeddah, my work reflects a deep connection to the culture I grew up with,” she told Vogue. 

    Jun 25, 2026

  • Mary Mattingly, former Fine Arts Civic Engagement Fellow, was featured in T Magazine’s Art Issue. “Rather than despair at the scope of our current environmental crisis, though, the artist Mary Mattingly creates works of art that double as pilot programs in how societies might rethink broken systems.” 

    Jun 25, 2026

  • Elise LaGraize, MS Historic Preservation ’26, received the 2026 Jeffrey Kroessler Student Research Award for her thesis “What Remains: Preserving Industrial Memory at the Lidgerwood Site,” which combines “heritage interpretation, speculative design, and community-informed programming [to demonstrate] how redevelopment can be a preservation tool for industrial heritage in urban waterfront neighborhoods facing gentrification pressures.”

    Jun 24, 2026

  • Undergraduate Architecture released their annual publication of student work, InProcess. “Ultimately, InProcess is more than a catalog; it is a celebration of the learning journey, the resilience of creative minds, and the transformative power of architecture,” said Undergraduate Architecture Chair Stephen Slaughter. “It captures the spirit of Pratt Undergraduate Architecture’s pedagogy, one that is rooted in critical thinking, design excellence, and an unwavering commitment to making a positive impact on the world.”

    Jun 24, 2026

  • A doorway framed by six vertical, white cylindrical tubes emits soft, colorful lighting in shades of blue and pink. The space has rough, textured walls and a stone floor, emphasizing the contrast between the smooth tubes and the rustic surroundings.

    Graduate Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and Urban Design faculty Alex Barker and Reid Freeman installed Photochromic Organ, a site-responsive installation for the north stairwell of the Monastery of Santa Clara-a-Nova, in Coimbra, Portugal. Composed of a series of volumetric forms installed within the west and north window niches, the work engages the monastery as a receptive environment, an architecture that receives light, holds traces of time, and continually reveals its relationship to the world beyond its walls. The vertical forms recall the rhythmic arrangement of organ pipes, referencing the monastery’s ecclesiastical history and the organ as a symbolic and architectural presence within sacred space.

    Jun 23, 2026

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