Pratt Institute News

Harvard University's Graduate School of Design has named Brooklyn-based architect Gia Wolff winner of the inaugural Wheelwright Prize.

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Debra Lin, a former Cerritos High School student, who will take part of the 2013 graduating class of the Pratt Institute in New York is making some noise in the world of fashion.

Submitted photo - Vernon artist Agatha Wyman, right, and store owner Sussan Chakamian with a display of Wyman's ceramic pieces at the Silken Wool Home store in Warwick, N.Y. Some of Agatha Wyman's "Innate and Natural" ceramic pieces are currently at the Silken Wool Home store in Hamburg.

The man responsible for creating the sleek 2010 Nissan Ellure Concept you see above is now the design director for Infiniti.

NOVEMBER 01: A general view of the Pratt logo at the Legends 2011 Pratt Institute Scholarship benefit gala at the 7 World Trade Center on November 1, 2011 in New York City.

The new Wellness Gym at Masonic Care Community has beautiful artwork gracing its walls, thanks to the generosity of local art students.

THIS WEEK, my friend Shannon sent a story to me about the Vigilante Copy Editor surreptitiously roaming Pratt Institute, an art school in Brooklyn, N.Y. I don't spend a lot of time thinking about what I'd like my epitaph to read, but I would be pretty happy with "Vigilante Copy Editor.'' Even though I'm not the perpetrator at Pratt.

Art comes alive at the Masonic Care Community Wednesday as a group of art students from Thomas R. Proctor High School and the Pratt Institute painted a mural on a wall in the facility's new gym.

Dozens of Pratt Institute students who saw their work literally go up in smoke have rebounded from that loss to stage a new exhibit of works they've created since.

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Woodbridge, New Jersey- The Barron Arts Center presents Beauty Reconstructed: The Art of Marcel Truppa.

On Wednesday, May 8, the Orange Arts and Culture Council will host an opening reception for artist Rosemary Benivegna at the Gallery at Town Hall from 5-8 p.m. Orange Live met Rosemary recently when she and Lucia Bloom from the Arts Council were hanging her show in the gallery.

Michael Silba's hilariously awesome "Kaleidopope" is like a visit to the Vatican Museum on acid.

The Rehoboth Art League announces William Dec as the artist to create paintings of the eight homes on the 64th Annual Cottage Tour.

"He really cared for Foster City. He devoted his time to make Foster City the best it could be," said Rick Wykoff, who served alongside Harter on the council.

The Regional School Unit 13 Board gave final approval Thursday night to a $27 million budget that cuts teaching positions and hikes taxes.

The 2013 Pratt Institute Art of Packaging Award Gala, which benefits the Marc Rosen Scholarship and Education Fund for Packaging by Design at Pratt Institute, honored Veronique Gabai-Pinsky and the Aramis and Designer Fragrances division of The Este Lauder Companies for their outstanding commitment to package design this year.

In February, Pratt Institute students who were in the midst of mid-term projects returned to the school's historic Main Building to find that their work had either been destroyed, or, at best, damaged, in a four-alarm fire that had broken out in the night.

Three founding members of the Beach Guild of Fine Arts - Shirley Jones, below left, Mary Cserepy, below centre, and Jennifer Cline, below right - will showcase their work through the month of May at the Beacher CafA©, 2162 Queen St.