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INSIDE THIS ISSUE • Vol. 21 • No. 5 • February 2011
ANNOUNCEMENTS

ALUMNI, FACULTY,  STAFF 
INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IN 
PRATT’S 125TH ANNIVERSARY 
MEMORY PROJECT

As part of Pratt’s 125th Anniversary celebration, we’re launching the Pratt 125th Anniversary Memory Project, which will document the recollections of Institute alumni, faculty, and staff over the past 125 years. Pratt’s history spans some of the most important events of the 20th century—events that helped shape our culture and continue to influence society. Now, we’re turning to you to help us capture and preserve these precious stories.

Do you remember the elevated train that once ran through campus? The exhilarating classes with your favorite professor? The mood on campus and your response to the Vietnam War or the aftermath of September 11, 2001?  We invite you to share your most compelling memories and images of Pratt Institute through the decades. Selected submissions will appear in a special commemorative issue of Prattfolio, on the Pratt website, and in promotional and other materials related to Pratt’s 125th Anniversary. 

You may send your submissions to the 125th Anniversary Memory Project, including photographs (300 dpi at 100%, if possible), via email to 125memory@pratt.edu.

Please include your contact information and Pratt affiliation, including degree and year if you are an alum.

MUSEUM OF ARTS AND DESIGN OFFERS ADVICE TO YOUNG DESIGNERS

Industrial Design Adjunct Professor Mark Goetz (B.I.D. ’86) to Speak on March 24 Panel  

Are you a young designer caught between a culture ambivalent on the values of design and a slowing economy? Do you anticipate facing an enormous challenge after graduation? Then be sure to attend “AFTER CLASS: The first steps of the American designer” at the Museum of Arts and Design (MAD) in Manhattan on March 24, 2011. The panel is part of MAD’s new public program series, “The Home Front: American Furniture Now,” and will be moderated by Interior Design magazine editor Annie Block. Designers Dror Benshetrit and Todd Bracher (B.I.D. ’96) will join Adjunct Professor of Industrial Design Mark Goetz (B.I.D. ’86) in a panel discussion on how they navigated their own path to success. A portfolio review for students and alumni with the designers will follow.

Free tickets are available to current Pratt students who RSVP to public.programs@madmuseum.org.

For the general public, the program is $12; for MAD members $10. You can purchase tickets online here.

Thursday, March 24, 7–9 PM

Museum of Arts and Design Theater
2 Columbus Circle, Manhattan

GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT WORKSHOP

Private property owners, businesses, and not-for-profit organizations interested in applying for one of New York City’s new green infrastructure grants may attend a free workshop to learn how to apply for the funding.

Projects eligible for a portion of the $3 million in green infrastructure grants include but are not limited to ones that use constructed wetlands, green roofs, and rain barrels and cisterns to reduce or manage storm water.

Monday, February 28, 5:30–7 PM 

Pratt Manhattan Campus
Room 213
144 W. 14th Street

People wishing to attend the workshop must RSVP to sustainability@dep.nyc.gov by 12 PM on February 28th.

PRATT’S AMERICA READS/COUNTS PRESENTS COSTUMED READ OUT

Pratt’s America Reads/Counts  program will host its eighth annual Costumed Read Out, featuring Brooklyn political figures, authors, and other members of the community reading to at least 1,800 children from around the city.

Volunteers in costume will staff more than 30 reading stations, as well as stations for face-painting and other activities.

When: Friday, March 4, 9 AM - 2 PM

Where: ARC, Pratt Institute’s Gym, Brooklyn Campus

The event is free and open to the public.

For more information or if you would like to volunteer to read, please contact Peggy West-Barton Feagan at 718-399-4489 or peggywestbar@pratt.edu

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PRATT FILM SOCIETY

All films take place in the Higgins Hall Auditorium, Pratt Brooklyn Campus.

Tuesday, March 1, 5:30 PM
MORGAN: A SUITABLE CASE FOR TREATMENT
Directed by Karel Reisz
 (1966, UK, 97 mins.)
A classic 1960's cult film in the British "angry young man" tradition, the lunatic hero Morgan Delt finds himself married to a woman far above him in social standing.

Tuesday, March 8, 5:30 PM
CAFE LUMIERE
Directed by Hsiao-Hsien Hou 
(2003, Japan, Taiwan, 103 mins.)
[Director Hsiao-Hsien Hou] conveys the meaning of his Tokyo story visually rather than through dialogue, and the subtle, underplayed style enhances the delicate beauty of the film.

March 22, 5:30 PM
THE LIMEY
Directed by Steven Soderbergh 
(1999, US, 89 mins.)
After the murder of his daughter, Wilson, an ex-con finds himself in L.A. with friend in tow trying to uncover the truth of her death. 

March 29, 5:30 PM
DIVINE INTERVENTION
Directed by Elia Suleiman (2002, France, Morocco, Germany, Palestine, 92 mins.)
The film is a witty and outrageous tale about love and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

 

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