Pratt Institute Spring 2013 Lectures

Pratt Institute's School of Art and Design and School of Liberal Arts and Sciences will feature talks by esteemed individuals and working professionals as part of each department's spring 2013 lecture series. 

ART AND DESIGN EDUCATION
"Creating the Conditions for Possibility" by Arts Educator Graeme Sullivan
Tuesday, February 12
Higgins Hall Auditorium, 6:30 PM

GRADUATE COMMUNICATIONS DESIGN
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DIGITAL ARTS
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Wednesdays
Myrtle Hall, Lecture Room 3E-4, 12:45 PM 

FINE ARTS
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Tuesdays
Engineering, Room 307, 12:45 PM 

PHOTOGRAPHY
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Wednesdays
Higgins Hall Auditorium, 6:30 PM

WRITER'S FORUM
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Wednesdays
Engineering, Room 307, 12:30 PM

Undergraduate Communications Design Faculty Exhibition

An exhibition of work created by faculty teaching courses in Undergraduate Communications Design at Pratt will be displayed.

January 30–March 6, 2013
Monday–Friday, 9 AM–5 PM; Saturday, 12–5 PM

Pratt Brooklyn
The Rubelle and Norman Schafler Gallery
Chemistry Building, First Floor

"Good on Purpose" Design for Social Impact Exhibition

The Graduate Communications Design Department will showcase Good on Purpose, an exhibition by Savage Brands + Savage Good. Good on Purpose showcases the power of design for social impact and demonstrates how design can drive change. For more on the exhibition, click here.

January 29–April 22, 2013
Monday–Friday, 9 AM–5 PM

Pratt Manhattan
The GradComD Gallery
144 West 14th Street, Seventh Floor

"Kinesthetics: Art Imitating Life" Contemporary Exhibition on Movement

Alan Rath, Lala ZaZa, 2006, wood, aluminum, polyethylene, fiberglass, G-10, Delrin, software, computers, electronics, motors, and feathersKinesthetics: Art Imitating Life is a contemporary exhibition that focuses on sculptures that mimic the movement of the body, of trees and other organic forms, with the aid of technology. Artists represented in this exhibition employ sophisticated robotics and engineered mechanisms that are powered by electricity, solar power or wind power, to create sculptures that achieve elegant and highly articulated gestures. Co-curated by Nick Battis and Linda Lauro Lazin, the show features work by artists Casey Curran, Chico MacMurtrie, Reuben Margolin, Alan Rath, Adriana Salazar, Björn Schülke, and Che-Wei Wang.
 

Opening reception on Thursday, February 7, 6 PM
February 8–April 27
Monday–Saturday, 11 AM–6 PM; Thursday 11 AM–8 PM

Pratt Manhattan Gallery
144 West 14th Street, Second Floor

Photo: Courtesy of the artist and Hosfelt Gallery, San Francisco.