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A cluttered laboratory workspace filled with various scientific instruments and equipment. There are metal tubes, valves, and connectors, along with wires and cables crisscrossing the surface. An oxygen tank and a pressure gauge are visible alongside a blue control box with a label. Tinfoil and colorful cans are interspersed among the equipment.

The Human Hand in Everything

In her new book, photographer Cait Oppermann, BFA Photography ’12, goes behind the scenes of the creative process in an unexpected place—the world of people shaping technology at IBM.

Level Up

Recent Pratt alumni share their personal strategy guides for launching a creative career.

By Hannah Holden, BFA Writing ’14

A woman in a white lab coat stands in a brightly lit, enclosed space filled with various green plants. She is examining the leaves of a plant growing in a large white planter filled with soil and foliage. The walls are white with a perforated design, and ceiling lights provide ample illumination. Additional plant displays are visible in wall-mounted sections nearby.

Beyond the Frame

From interactive experiences to effects made on set, digital artists’ work meets the physical world.

A basketball player is leaping towards the hoop to score a basket, holding a basketball in one hand. In the background, a scoreboard displays the time as 11:56, with a score of 1 for the black team and 10 for the gold team. The scoreboard also shows the current period and foul counts. The setting appears to be an indoor basketball court.

What Is It About This Game?

As generations of Pratt basketball players and appreciators have shown, there’s a special connection between creative practice and the sport they love.

Two performers in vibrant blue bodysuits with intricate patterns dance together in the foreground. Their outfits feature details resembling traditional porcelain designs. Behind them, a man in silver attire stands atop a ladder, while other performers in golden costumes are visible in the background. The stage is illuminated with dramatic lighting and colorful visuals.

Alumni Notes Spring 2026

The spring 2026 update of Pratt alumni news on work and life, compiled from alumni submissions and other sources.

Joyce Billet stands in an art studio, leaning on a table filled with various materials. The background shows shelves with boxes and artworks. Bright lighting illuminates the room, highlighting the organized workspace.

Blurring the Boundaries of Painting, Sculpture, and Design

Artist and designer Joyce Billet, BArch ’08, explores the tension between nature’s materials and digital processes.

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Curating Connection in Unexpected Spaces

Two Pratt graduates team up to reimagine what a gallery can be and how artists can support one another.
Views from Pratt

Look at your world in a new way with Prattfolio’s viewfinder project.
Home Decor, Accessories, and More from Alumni

From a pierced baseball cap to a bar cabinet disguised as a llama, new products elevate the everyday with artistry and wit.

Alumni News and Events

Check out the Alumni News and Events page.

Issues

A soft-focus image of an interior space featuring a window with a view of city buildings. Sunlight casts a warm glow on the walls and a small table lamp sits on a light-colored surface nearby. The wall beside the window is adorned with textured wooden panels. The atmosphere is calm and inviting.

Detailed close-up of a weave made of glass strands in gray, red, and purple tones forming an undulating pattern along a transparent warp.

A painting with 3D geometric forms and objects resembling a table and stairs arranged in unexpected angles

A person sits in a chair covered with multicolored plushes looks up into a VR headset, amid an art installation that also includes a pink rotary phone hung on a wall, with its receiver dipped in a fishbowl of toys atop a small vintage color TV

Color blocked scene with stacked square and triangular buildings in the background and figures of woman and child in foreground, without hands or heads

Blackout curtains open slightly to a residential urban streetscape

Four people model woven and sewn garments in an orange, ocher, red, and green color palette, some featuring repeating graphic motifs

Painting of two gloved hands, one green and one blue, interlaced with one another