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Films by Pratt Faculty and Alumni Premiere at the Sundance Film Festival
Wednesday, January 15, 2020Two films by members of the Pratt Institute community will premiere at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival, being held from January 23 to February 2. The annual event is considered the largest showcase of independent...
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Research Accelerates: Pratt Fosters an Ecosystem of Investigation
Friday, January 10, 2020Throughout its history, Pratt Institute has been a fertile site for research—from the earliest drawing classes that helped students explore the visible world through their own hands, to technological study that shaped emerging manufacturing fields...
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Solved: Pratt Alumna Blends Art, Design, and Science to Connect Viewers with the Natural World
Wednesday, December 18, 2019From the pages of Prattfolio, this article is part of a section highlighting the problem-solving process in the real world, from the perspective of alumni in the field. The Fall/Winter 2019 issue features the work...
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Pratt Manhattan Undergoes Renovations to Offer a More Welcoming Campus for Students and Visitors
Wednesday, December 18, 2019The Pratt Institute Manhattan campus is undergoing renovations that will enhance its presence on 14th Street to better welcome both students and visitors. Work is underway to add facilities including a new lecture hall as...
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Pratt’s Consortium for Research and Robotics Removes Barriers to Technology for Startups
Monday, December 16, 2019At the Consortium for Research & Robotics (CRR) hosted by Pratt Institute in the Brooklyn Navy Yard, education and industry are brought together in technology-driven collaboration. From applied research projects to STEM programs, these experiences...
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Pratt Researchers Investigate Why the Global South Is Disproportionately Impacted by Ocean Plastics
Thursday, December 12, 2019Plastics are cheap, durable, lightweight, and resistant to decay, all qualities which have made them ubiquitous in packaging. However, those same characteristics have contributed to an environmental catastrophe. Each year, according to the Ocean Conservancy,...
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Pratt Alumni Push the Boundaries of Painting at UNTITLED, ART Miami Beach
Wednesday, December 11, 2019At this year’s 2019 UNTITLED, ART Miami Beach held from December 4 to 8, Pratt Fine Arts presented an exhibition exploring and challenging conventional boundaries in art and society through the work of seven Pratt...
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New and Noteworthy: 2019 Faculty Books Roundup
Thursday, December 05, 2019From artist books, to cultural surveys, to collections of neighborhood histories and poetry, Pratt faculty have contributed notable works to several corners of the literary landscape this year. Read on for New and Noteworthy’s annual...
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Immersion in Japanese Culture Expands Students’ Thinking about Design
Thursday, December 05, 2019Opportunities for Pratt students to experience a globally-engaged education range from studying Scandinavian design in Copenhagen to an exploration of art and its history in Venice, with each program aimed at inspiring students to ask...
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Crit: Pratt Industrial Design Faculty and Students Create Instrument for Public Celebration
Wednesday, December 04, 2019From the pages of Prattfolio, this article is part of a series of conversations among faculty and students on the subject of work that students have made individually or collaborated with others to create. This...
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NY Times Features Alumna Mickalene Thomas and How She Uses Artistic Success for Positive Change
Tuesday, November 26, 2019With celebrated solo shows at major museums and work in the collections of leading institutions including the Whitney Museum of American Art, Mickalene Thomas, BFA Fine Arts ’00, continues to be recognized for her powerful...
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Local Seniors Share Their Stories and Neighborhood History in Pratt Oral Histories Project
Monday, November 25, 2019As the current wave of gentrification rapidly transforms the New York City landscape, a team of Pratt faculty, students, and Writing Program alumni have responded with a project that will outlast the dizzying transformations. Maria...
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Pratt Kicks off 2019 NYC Jewelry Week with Talks and Exhibitions on the Art of Adornment
Monday, November 25, 2019Wearing jewelry can express self-empowerment, identity, culture, and a love for the craft, with the materials themselves conveying an attention to sustainability, innovation, and tradition. Pratt Institute kicked off the second annual NYC Jewelry Week,...
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Habitat for the Bees: Pratt Professor Explores Post-Human Architecture for Native Pollinators
Wednesday, November 20, 2019By Steve Neumann Think bees and one familiar set of images, habits, and behaviors likely comes to mind. But this is scratching the surface of all that could be understood about some of nature’s most...
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Remembering Gillian Jagger, Acclaimed Sculptor Who Taught at Pratt for Four Decades
Monday, November 18, 2019The Pratt Institute community mourns the loss of one of its longest-serving faculty members, the sculptor Gillian Jagger, who passed away on October 21, 2019 at the age of 88 in Ellenville, New York. Jagger...
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Top of Mind with Provost Kirk E. Pillow
Tuesday, November 12, 2019In the Top of Mind Q &A series, Pratt.edu sits down with leaders around the Institute to gain insight into what they do and how they are working in their area to prepare students for...
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Pratt Initiatives and Research Projects Tackle Food Insecurity and Waste
Tuesday, November 12, 2019Uncertainty about where the next meal will come from is an insecurity impacting millions of people. Pratt Institute researchers are investigating how to make healthy food more attainable for all, both locally and around the...
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Fourth Annual Design Symposium Investigates How We Design for the New Normal
Wednesday, October 30, 2019The Whitney Museum of American Art’s Hess Family Theater and Gallery was filled with design enthusiasts on October 29 for Pratt’s Fourth Annual Design Symposium, which focused on the theme, “Designing for the New Normal.”...
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Prattfolio Asked Pratt Students: What Question Can You Not Stop Thinking About?
Wednesday, October 30, 2019Prattfolio Asked Pratt Students: What Question Can You Not Stop Thinking About? As last academic year came to a close, Prattfolio interviewed dozens of students around the Brooklyn campus to find out what questions were...
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How Pratt’s Architectural Theory Leaders Are Inspiring the Next Generation of Critical Thinkers
Tuesday, October 29, 2019The question is often raised—such as in the recent Theory’s Curriculum program hosted by e-flux Architecture: why teach architectural theory? While theory was part of most architecture programs from the 1970s to 1990s, technology is...
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