BLIND DATES
PRATT MANHATTAN GALLERY
Manhattan Campus
144 W. 14th St.
Second Floor Tuesday–Saturday, 11 AM–6 PM
November 19, 2010–February 12, 2011
Public Reception: 6–8 PM Thursday, November 18
To create Blind Dates, co-curators Defne Ayas and Neery Melkonian paired artists and non-artists from areas once controlled by the Ottomans, including what is now modern-day Turkey and Armenia, to go on “blind dates.”
The “match-making” created encounters between distanced neighbors and their estranged cultures; the exhibition is based on collaborations stemming from these encounters with “otherness.”
For more on the project, please visit the Pratt Manhattan Gallery or www.blinddatesproject.org.
From left: details from works by Linda Ganjian and Elif Uras; Silva Ajemian and Aslihan Demirtas
SCHAFLER@25
THE RUBELLE AND NORMAN SCHAFLER GALLERY
Brooklyn Campus
200 Willoughby Avenue
Chemistry Building, first Floor
Monday–Friday, 9 AM–5 PM; Saturday, 12-5 PM
October 7, 2010–January 21, 2011
Top row: Installation view, Schafler Gallery, Where are the Picassos in the Natural History Museum?, 1999. Bottom row (L-R): Adam Bezer, Untitled, September 11, 2001, Chromogenic Print; Leyla Modirzadeh, Secret Histories: Oxford, 15 minute DVD clip; Sally Tosti, Coney Island series, 2010, archival inkjet print, 15x10 inches
Celebrating a quarter century of exhibitions at The Rubelle and Norman Schafler Gallery including recent work by alumni and students. Highlights of six of the most memorable and influential exhibitions will be reassembled along with recent work by original participants. Guest-curated by Eleanor Moretta, former director for exhibitions.
CROSSING DISCIPLINES: BOOKS
THE RUBELLE AND NORMAN SCHAFLER GALLERY
Brooklyn Campus
200 Willoughby Avenue
Chemistry Building, first Floor
Monday–Friday, 9 AM–5 PM; Saturday, 12-5 PM
February 10–March 10, 2011
Opening reception: Tuesday, February 9, 4–6 PM
All exhibitions and events are free and open to the public. Please visit our website www.pratt.edu/exhibitions for more information, updates, and podcasts.
Dis/Copenhagen Furniture and Textiles
Brooklyn Campus • 200 Willoughby Avenue
JULIANA CURRAN TERIAN DESIGN CENTER GALLERY
Second Floor
November 10–17
Monday–Saturday, 9:30–5 PM
On exhibition will be work by Pratt graduate students who participated in the Danish Institute for Study Abroad (DIS) program in Copenhagen in summer 2010. During the seven-week session, students also took a study tour of Sweden, Finland, and Western Denmark. The remainder of the trip was spent in Copenhagen working on either the chair or a textile design to be on view.
Photo: Amy Aronoff