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Mill, Melt, Press, Shape

From Five Students Across Majors, an Inside Look at Making in Pratt’s Shops and Labs

“Whatever Is Happening Now Is Never Going to Happen Again”

AI Is Offering New Visions for Architecture and Opportunities for Architects to Shape Its Future

By Allison C. Meier
Alumna Ananda Ray is pictured from the side while sitting in a chair and holding a microphone.

Patience, Persistence, and a Pivot: Career Advice from Creative Technologist Ananda Ray ’24

Ananda Ray, BFA Digital Arts ’24, shares how Pratt prepared her for a role as an associate creative technologist at the advertising agency Doner.

The Art of Connection: Career Advice from Visual Artist and Global Sales Account Manager Suhyeon Lee ’24

Since graduating from Pratt Institute, Suhyeon Lee, BFA Fine Arts ’24, has built a one-of-a-kind career based on his talent for connection.
Alumna Vonetta DeVonish sits on a chair facing the camera with her legs crossed and hands in her lap against a white backdrop.

Redesigning Your Path: Tips on Career Pivots from Vonetta DeVonish ’22

Vonetta DeVonish, MS Information Experience Design ’22, enrolled at Pratt to rediscover her creative voice and apply it to solve business challenges in the technology sector.
A square artwork made of multicolored Lego bricks arranged in an abstract pattern.

Bridging Touch and Vision, Brick by Brick

In her tactile Lego Braille paintings, Pratt alumni artist Jaye Moon creates sensory experiences that connect people across languages and experiences.
Inside Pratt's Foundations Lab, a classroom is filled with skeletons, live plants, and natural science displays. Two model human skeletons stand near those of a stag and a primate, the latter of which is perched on a case of animal skulls. Atop another case filled with pinecones and a large egg, a small, four-legged skeleton is posed as if in mid-leap. The room is lined with window succulents, a hanging airplant, and a mounted wasp nest.

In the Foundations Lab, Pratt Students Find Inspiration in the Natural World

Part art studio, part science lab, the innovative space invites students to explore art and nature.
Artist James Grashow sits in a chair in his studio with his head bowed, surrounded by large cardboard sculptures of monkeys, fish, and a couple dancing.

The Message in the Medium

Artist and alumnus James Grashow found the extraordinary in everyday materials and, in his practice and his teaching, made art an invitation.

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