Alumni Archives

National Academy of Design Inducts Pratt Fine Arts Chair Jane South and Alumna Kay WalkingStick

Pratt Fine Arts Chair Jane South and alumna Kay WalkingStick, MFA ’75 and Doctor of Fine Arts honorary degree recipient ’16, have been elected to membership of the prestigious National Academy of Design as National Academicians. The two were…

Architecture

We Contain Multitudes: The 2018 Alumni Achievement Award Winners on Empathy at Work

With humanity, compassion, and courage, Pratt alumni are changing culture, altering the landscape of the world for the benefit of others. Patients can access more effective care, communities that have experienced injustice grow stronger, and citizens find means to…

President

Pratt Institute Celebrates the Inauguration of President Frances Bronet

The Pratt community gathered in force to celebrate the inauguration of Frances Bronet as its twelfth president on November 2, 2018. The inauguration ceremony, which attracted a packed audience to Memorial Hall and was livestreamed on Pratt’s website, was…

President

Inauguration Week Features Special Reception and John Ashbery Exhibition on Manhattan Campus

Pratt Institute hosted a reception at its Manhattan campus to celebrate the inauguration of its twelfth president, Frances Bronet. The reception was held on October 30 at the Pratt Manhattan Gallery exhibition John Ashbery: The Construction of Fiction, and…

The World in Young Eyes: Alumni Work Shines a Light on the Perspectives of Today’s Youth

How can young people’s stories help us relate to experiences vastly different from our own and perhaps make the world a more understanding, connected, and tolerant place?

School of Architecture

From Pollution to Climate Change: Pratt Blue Week 2018 Addresses Global Water-Related Issues

Water is at the center of some of today’s most challenging global and local issues, whether it’s waste and pollution or rising seas and climate change. Pratt Institute’s fourth annual Blue Week brought together its largest audience of campus-wide…

Giving

Pratt Institute Announces Honorees and Special Performance for Legends 2018

On Thursday, October 25, Pratt Institute will present Legends 2018, an annual scholarship benefit supporting Pratt students and honoring creative icons whose works have helped shape the cultural landscape. Hosted this year at Weylin, the site of the iconic Williamsburgh…

Pratt Institute Celebrates Alumni Day 2018 with Awards, Exhibitions, and Creative Events

Pratt Institute celebrated Alumni Day 2018 on September 29, welcoming a wide range of alumni to the Brooklyn campus to reconnect with classmates. The daylong celebration featured a full program of events and activities, from interactive creative workshops and…

Engagement, Culture & Community

Hispanic History is Pratt History: A Celebration during Hispanic History Month

In celebration of Hispanic History Month (September 15-October 15), Pratt Institute’s social media channels, in conjunction with The Black Alumni of Pratt, are highlighting some of the Institute’s Latinx alumni and their contributions to the fields of art and…

Film/Video

Animation Alumni Win Emmy for Outstanding Motion Design on Broad City Episode

Pratt alumni Maya Edelman, BFA Animation ’08; Erica Pérez, BFA Animation ’10; and Isam Prado, BFA Animation ’08, received an Emmy Award for Outstanding Motion Design on the “Mushrooms” episode of Comedy Central’s hit series, Broad…