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School is out! Explore exhibitions, public art, and activities by members of the Pratt community—all summer long.
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When One Person’s Trash Is an Artist’s Treasure

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Pratt Fine Arts’ Studio in Social Practice class collaborated with the NYC Department of Sanitation to reimagine our collective relationship with materials and waste.

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Pratt Launches Storefront Gallery on 14th Street Corridor

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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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  • Pro Se, a film by Jet Lipman and Phoenix Abernathy, BFA Film ’27, will premiere at NoBudge Live 51 at Nitehawk Cinema on July 27th.

    Jul 17, 2026

  • British menswear label Far Afield tapped Rose Wong, BFA Communications Design (Illustration) ’14, to collaborate on their latest capsule collection. “I can be very organised and systematic but also silly and playful, hence I am attracted to drawing things that are structured with a little whimsy poking through… Drawing in my sketchbook slows me down and makes me observe things I would normally miss. With both the digital and analog in constant conversation, it helps to exercise different parts of my personality.”

    Jul 17, 2026

  • The Bower, a new installation by Studio Elsa Ponce, MPS Creative Enterprise Leadership (Design Management) ’17, was commissioned by the NYC DOT Art program as part of this year’s Summer Streets. “Over the past few years, my work has centered on creating spaces of care and belonging,” said Ponce. “The Bower continues that exploration through something both simple and essential: shade.” Throughout the day, people will be invited to contribute to a collective chalk mural, “reflecting on what shade means to New Yorkers and why it is becoming an essential form of care, comfort, and safety in our warming city.”

    Jul 16, 2026

  • Momo Cao, MFA Digital Arts (3D Animation) ’25, was interviewed by Cartoon Brew about her animated short Not Alone, which received the first-ever Cartoon Brew Award for Excellence in Filmmaking at the ASIFA-East Animation Festival and began as her thesis project at Pratt. “Not Alone turns on a cat who absorbed their twin sister during fetal development, a real medical phenomenon known as chimerism. The non-linear story is told through dreamlike imagery and emotional symbolism as the protagonist struggles through pain and isolation before ultimately reuniting with their lost sibling among the stars.”

    Jul 16, 2026

  • Mark Heller and Mariel Collard Arias, both assistant professors of graduate architecture, landscape architecture, and urban design, exhibited Landscape Workshop as a part of Data Through Design Exhibition: Echo(logies) at BRIC. Landscape Workshop invited the public to experience the varied ways landscape architects use geospatial data to study, draw, and ultimately produce spaces of ecological diversity within New York City.

    Jul 16, 2026

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