Develop as an artist supported by distinguished faculty, world-class new facilities, and a close-knit creative community. Our interdisciplinary program advances your practice through sustained dialogue between rigorous making and contemporary discourse, grounded in the cultural nexus of New York City.
Opportunities for Interdisciplinary Practice
Our program supports interdisciplinary practice. While you will choose an area of emphasis—integrated practices, painting and drawing, printmaking, or sculpture—you are free to explore other forms and use any of our Fine Arts facilities as your work evolves. Supported by expert faculty who are all working artists, you’ll receive guidance across disciplines and training in our shops and labs.
Learn more about each area of emphasis including examples of student work in the sections below.
Join an Extensive, Supportive Community
Become part of a community of fellow students, faculty members, and an active alumni network. Faculty and students build close relationships through structured studio visits, seminars, and informal conversations. Our program connects students to New York’s art world through faculty and alumni. The relationships you build here create a vital community that endures long after graduation.
“Students and professors at Pratt have really stimulated my curiosity to understand the reasoning behind my work, the message I want to deliver and ultimately to push the boundaries of my performances.”
Agnes Questionmark, MFA Integrated Practices ’25
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New, World-Class Facilities
Opened in September 2024, our outstanding facilities in Brooklyn Navy Yard’s Dock 72 include:
- 80 art studios
- seminar and critique spaces
- galleries
- computer lab
- fabrication shops
- performance lab
- light lab
In line with the department’s interdisciplinary ethos, all Fine Arts MFA students have access to these facilities, regardless of area of emphasis. Students need only attend a one-on-one orientation with a dedicated technician to use the woodworking shop, the industrial sewing machine, plaster studios, and many other facilities are available via elective class offerings.
See a full list of Fine Arts facilities.
Renowned Visiting Artists, Curators, and Critics
The department’s Visiting Artists Lecture Series (VALS) brings internationally renowned artists to campus to give public lectures and conduct one-on-one studio visits with graduate students. Pratt Artists’ Liaisons (PAL) is led by two Fine Arts Graduate Assistants (GAs) who represent Fine Arts MFA students. PAL GAs meet weekly with the MFA Assistant Chair to generate ideas, plan events, raise concerns, and help ensure that the MFA student voice is heard.
Our Faculty
Our faculty are active professional artists distinguished by their numerous national and international exhibitions and inclusion in major publications. Many have also received awards from organizations such as the Guggenheim Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation, the Joan Mitchell Foundation, the Pollock-Krasner Foundation, Creative Capital, and the New York Foundation for the Arts.
View all graduate Fine Arts faculty and staff.

Alumni Career Paths and Continued Practice After Graduation
Our graduates thrive. They’ve been accepted into prestigious residencies such as Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture; Black Rock, Senegal; and the Whitney Independent Study Program. Our alumni have exhibited at museums such as the Brooklyn Museum, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and Museum of Modern Art, along with national and international galleries.
Alumni have received grants from around the world such as Anonymous Was A Woman, the Pollock-Krasner Foundation, and the John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship. Their work is represented in international public and private collections including the Guggenheim Museum, the National Gallery in Washington D.C., and the Panza Collection in Varese, Italy.
Graduates have careers as professors at schools, many also find their place in the world as writers, gallerists, and curators, or working in the community as social justice advocates, educators, and change-makers.
Career Support for Life
Students and alumni can schedule one-on-one appointments with career strategists in Pratt’s Center for Career and Professional Development. A career strategist can work with you to develop your job/internship search strategies and life and business plans, as well as review résumés, cover letters, websites, and other marketing materials.
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Events
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Pratt Shows 2026
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Opening Reception | Pratt Shows: MFA Thesis Exhibition, Part 1
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Opening Reception | Pratt Shows: BFA Printmaking Thesis Show
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Pratt Shows: BFA Sculpture and Integrated Practices Thesis Show
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Opening Reception | Pratt Shows: MFA Thesis Exhibition, Part 2
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