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When One Person’s Trash Is an Artist’s Treasure

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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School of Design

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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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  • Visiting Instructor in Foundation Judy Chung, BFA Communications Design ’13; Enrique Garcia, BFA Fine Arts (Sculpture) ’17; and Amy Bravo, BFA Communications Design (Illustration) ’19, were accepted to the 2026–27 Smack Mellon Artist Studio cohort. Created to offer affordable space for artists living and working in New York City, the program “provide[s] six NYC-based early career artists with a free private studio space, access to our shared production facilities, and a stipend (dependent on funding).”

    Jul 08, 2026

  • Adjunct Associate Professors of Pratt Integrative Courses Jonathan Stanish and Loney Abrams, both MFA ’13, were profiled in Galerie Magazine in a piece that explores their education at Pratt, career journeys, and shared art practice. “While still at Pratt, they staged guerrilla-style exhibitions in unexpected locations, images of which often outlived the installation itself. In many ways, Wretched Flowers grew naturally out of Hotel Art. Both projects were rooted in finding beauty and possibility in overlooked places, whether that meant staging exhibitions in ATM vestibules or foraging plants from the vacant lots surrounding their Brooklyn studio.”

    Jul 07, 2026

  • Cultured Magazine published an article describing how Lillian Bassman, BFA Fashion Design ’41, transformed fashion photography. “Bassman also bucked the traditional expectations of fashion photography—like, say, putting the clothes in focus. Her risk-taking in the darkroom imbued her work with an impressionistic mood, an undeniable elegance, and a Modernism that defied the industry’s commercial standards. Sometimes, her photographs could almost be mistaken for drawings.” 

    Jul 06, 2026

  • Epicenter NYC visited the studio of Amanda Phingbodhipakkiya, MFA Communications Design ’15, in Brooklyn as part of a larger profile of her practice and influences. “Phingbodhipakkiya works across assemblage, sculpture and installation. Fiber has long been central to her practice, and in recent years she has expanded into ceramics, copper and wood, continually widening her materials vocabulary. She moved to New York City in 2006 and studied neuroscience with a focus on aging before fully committing to her art practice. She noted that strong community ties are among the most significant predictors of how we age—an idea that quietly underpins much of her work.” 

    Jul 06, 2026

  • Professor of Architecture Jason Vigneri-Beane was interviewed by Business Insider for an article on artificial intelligence in the design room. “I find that for everyone who is excited about it, there are also people who are concerned about losing agency and authorship, as well as energy and water use,” Vigneri-Beane said. “I’m excited about its use for experimental aesthetics. It can be useful for examining conceptual possibilities.”

    Jul 02, 2026

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