About Gateway

Gateway is the community newsletter of Pratt Institute. It is published monthly by the Office of Communications, in the Division of Institutional Advancement. For a list of contributors, click here.

Visit Pratt's Homepage

Visit Pratt at www.pratt.edu!

Pratt Alumni
INSIDE THIS ISSUE • Vol. 21 • No. 7 • APRIL 2011
ANNOUNCEMENTS

Last Chance to Buy Tickets to 2011 Pratt Fashion Show Honoring Hamish Bowles


Join Pratt for its 112th annual runway show featuring collections by the 2011 graduating class and presentation of the 2011 Pratt Fashion Icon Award to Vogue's European Editor at Large Hamish Bowles. The award will be presented by 2006 Pratt Fashion Icon Diane von Furstenberg.

Wednesday, April 27
6 PM Award Presentation and Fashion Show
7 PM Cocktail Benefit

Cocktail Benefit Music by
The Misshapes

Metropolitan Pavilion, 125 West 18th Street
between Sixth and Seventh Avenues, Manhattan

Tickets

To purchase Fashion Show and Cocktail Benefit tickets click here.  

For more information, visit pratt.edu/fashionshow, or please call 718.230.6814 or email fashionshow@pratt.edu.  

Proceeds to benefit Pratt Institute's Department of Fashion Design.

HELP CHOOSE PRATT'S 125TH ANNIVERSARY LOGO

As part of Pratt's 125th Anniversary Celebration, Pratt is holding a competition to choose the logo that will be used on the 125th Anniversary branded materials. The pool of designs from current students, alumni, faculty, and staff was narrowed down to three designs.

Members of the Pratt community can vote for their favorite design through Monday, May 9.

To cast a vote, click here.

The winner and two runners-up will be announced on May 16.

Answer the Call!

Fund for Pratt Phonathon to begin April 25.

Beginning Monday, April 25, students from throughout Pratt will be calling alumni and parents asking them to contribute to The Fund for Pratt, the Institute’s annual giving program. The phonathon is part of Pratt’s efforts to encourage participation in The Fund for Pratt, which provides funding for financial aid and scholarships, faculty development, and innovations in the curriculum. Over the past two years, alumni giving to The Fund for Pratt has increased by 60%. You don’t have to make a large gift to make a big difference. When you receive the call, say “Yes” to Pratt!

To give to The Fund for Pratt today, click here.

Pratt Show Opens May 10 at Manhattan Center

Pratt Institute will present Pratt Show 2011, an annual juried exhibition of exceptional design work by over 300 of Pratt’s graduating students from May 10 through May 13 at The Manhattan Center located at 311 West 34th Street. 

Pratt Show 2011, juried by Pratt faculty, will feature the best work by students in various programs at Pratt including advertising, digital arts, fashion, graphic design, illustration, industrial design, interior design, jewelry design, and package design.

For the first time, a special exhibition at Pratt Show 2011 will feature top design work created in studios sponsored by Pratt's corporate partners.

The Pratt Show is designed to give industry professionals and the public a chance to see the best work of students in Pratt’s design programs, many of whom will go on to become masters in these industries.

Hours:
Tuesday, May 10, 9 AM-5 PM
Wednesday-Thursday, May 11-12, 9 AM-9 PM
Friday, May 13, 9 AM-1 PM

There will be a special champagne reception for design industry professionals from 6 to 9 PM on Tuesday, May 10. Tickets to the reception are free but required for entry, along with business credentials.

There will be a reception for friends and family of participating students from 6 to 9 PM on Wednesday, May 11.

For more information call 718-636-3506 and press 2 for reception.

Archives
Tuesday
Apr192011

NEW. An M.F.A. Design Show

PRATT MANHATTAN COMM-D GALLERY
Manhattan Campus
144 W. 14th St., Seventh Floor

April 22 - May 3
Reception: Friday, April 22, 6-9 PM

(Left) Elizabeth Kuehnen, America's First Age of Terrorism, 2011, 24x36 inches, mixed media, courtesy of the artist; (Right) Julian Rehani, Shift in Perception, 2011, 40 inches x 30 inches, photography (courtesy of the artist)Two exhibitions of work from the Department of Communications Design's first M.F.A. class will present thesis installations in diverse mediums including print, audio, and digital.

AuthorGateway Editors | CommentPost a Comment |
Monday
Apr182011

2011 Year-End Student Exhibitions

AuthorGateway Editors | CommentPost a Comment |
Friday
Apr152011

OBJECT RESONANCE

POWERHOUSE ARENA
37 Main Street
Brooklyn, NY 11201,
Monday–Friday 10 AM–7 PM; Saturday–Sunday 11 AM–7 PM

May 3, 2011–May 8, 2011
Opening reception: Saturday, May 7, 7–9 PM

Object Resonance is an exhibition showcasing new, emerging work by Pratt Institute’s Graduate Industrial Design students.  Marking the culmination of year-long thesis investigations, this show encapsulates a breadth of topics that reflect a dialogue about where the field of industrial design is going. The exhibition covers five themes relevant to design and living today: material and form; health and body; mind and spirit; personal and conceptual; and public and cultural.

More information about the work and the show can be found at www.objectresonance.tumblr.com.

AuthorGateway Editors | CommentPost a Comment |
Wednesday
Apr132011

We Are Grammar

PRATT MANHATTAN GALLERY
Manhattan Campus
144 W. 14th St. Second Floor, Tuesday–Saturday, 11 AM–6 PM

February 25–May 7, 2011

(Left) Savage, I’m a Fraud, 2010, Lambda digital photographic print, 15 ¾ x 15 ¾ inches, courtesy of the artist; (Right) Ronan McCrea, Everything (multi-coloured neon version) Boxed, 2000, neon and cardboard box, 16 1/2 x 15 ¾ x 15 ¾, courtesy of the artist and Green on Red Gallery, Dublin. Exhibition design: Anthony Gross. 

Several generations of artists’ works will be brought together to explore the impact, establish a dialogue, and draw lines between competing conceptions of the role of text in art. The guest curators for the exhibition are Dave Beech and Paul O’Neill.

AuthorGateway Editors | CommentPost a Comment |
Tuesday
Apr122011

Architecture Lecture Series

Pratt Brooklyn Campus
Higgins Hall South Room 111

Monday, April 18, 12:30 PM
Jose Koechlin, CEO, and Denise Koechlin, Designer, Inkaterra, Peru
“Design of the Pueblo Nature Center in Machu Picchu”


Pratt Brooklyn Campus
Higgins Hall Auditorium

Monday, April 18, 6 PM
Paolo Portoghesi, Architect, in conversation with Catherine Ingraham, Professor, Pratt Institute

AuthorGateway Editors | CommentPost a Comment |
Page 1 2 Next 5 Entries »